Hi.
This is Aparna from Indian Matchmaking.
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I'm a lawyer, and I volunteer, and I travel everywhere I can.
Every day I'm sad I've only made it to 40 countries.
How will I get to 41?
So I joke on the show that I don't
want to do 10 days on a beach.
And that's actually not a joke.
Do not ever make me lay on a beach
for more than like three hours.
I like to be more active, so if we could
do things together and explore.
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So my top five destinations are Ecuador, Colombia, Argentina,
Valle de Guadalupe in Mexico, and the Rum Wadi in Jordan.
So I was only in Ecuador for a short few days,
but it definitely took my breath away.
I thought Quito was just beautiful.
The high elevation city was so cosmopolitan.
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So I thought Colombia had that same uniqueness as Ecuador,
as it had both the city feel which I could enjoy in Bogota.
And then within a short flight, we were in Cartagena.
We were on our own private boat, taking us out to these islands.
We were eating fresh lobster on the beach
and it was incredible that that was just all in one country.
Argentina was just so special.
I did Mendoza, Buenos Aires, and went down to Patagonia.
My favorite was the glacier walking.
I was like, I have to climb a glacier?
But it was exhilarating.
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So Valle was a super surprise.
I didn't think I would love it as much as I did.
We also got to stay in these bubbles, bubble hotels.
So they're inflatable.
If you by mistake unzip them and leave a little hole,
your whole accommodation will basically deflate.
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The Rum Wadi in Jordan--
this was actually our first My Golden Balloon trips.
It was just so incredible.
So the movie The Martian was filmed out there.
It's very red.
It's very rugged.
It looks like a different planet.
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I started it in the end of 2018.
Basically the concept was that we would lead luxury tours
for professionals.
Our itineraries are set.
They're my favorite things to do.
We take care of everything the moment they land.
It's a way for them to escape, but not
have to do any of that planning.
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I told Sima two things that I wanted.
I wanted someone who was laid back, introverted,
and like the wallflower.
And then I wanted someone who is very, very intelligent.
I don't think Sima understood that, obviously,
because she kept disagreeing with me and saying, no.
So I'm telling her, he's not the funniest guy in the room,
you know, that guy, thinking she just
doesn't understand my English.
No, it turns out that she did understand.
She just wasn't interested.
They're lively, jolly.
No.
So they want their partner to accept their jokes.
And she wanted me with someone jolly.
And I thought Santa was jolly.
And I was like, I don't want Santa Claus.
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I hope I'm ineligible because I found someone.
I mean, if there's a season two, if I'm single,
I'd be down to chat with them about what
that would look like.