Pins from the road,
stories worth the trip.

Slow notebooks from Thailand, Vietnam, Oman, and India — every guide built from places I'd send a friend, with maps, pins, and the small details that matter.

— Countries pinned
— Hand-picked spots
— Stories written
No sponsored fluff Every place paid for out of pocket.
Real pins Not a ranked top-ten list.
Slow writing Long reads, no rushed listicles.

Pick a country, open a guide

All guides

A map, an itinerary, and the food I'd queue for

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Maps with real pins

Every destination guide ships with a map of the spots I actually visited — cafes, hikes, viewpoints, bookmarks for later.

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Day-by-day playbooks

Loose itineraries that respect a slow morning. Where to stay, eat, and skip — with honest notes on what didn't work.

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Personal, not promoted

No affiliate fluff, no "top 10 hidden gems". Just trips I took, written like I'd tell a friend over coffee.

The road, in chapters.

A scrapbook of where I went, what I ate, and the small things that stuck. Scroll down — each entry is a chapter, and reaches the rail dot to open into a cinematic frame.

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    All stories

    Travel by the feeling, not the country

    Looking for a long lunch, dunes, or a slow morning? Pick the mood and we'll line up the stories that match.

    Postcards from the road

    A rolling photo essay from the last twelve months — moments that didn't make it into a longer story.

    About the writer

    Hi, I'm Vaibhav. I keep notebooks for the places I love.

    Pin & Plane is a small, deliberately slow project — a place to leave behind the trips that mattered, with maps, pins, and the kind of detail you only get from someone who actually sat at the cafe, took the wrong bus, and watched the same sunset twice. No affiliate links, no rushed listicles. Just the version of these places I'd send a friend.

    — Vaibhav