Pune Goa Cycling – Mar 2-8, 2025

Our bicycle ride from Pune to Goa was an exciting experience with us visiting tens of extremely beautiful beaches on our 7 day trip. We had a chance to enjoy the untouched Konkan scenery

Japan Trip – Nov 22 – Dec 2, 2024

Palnitkar family trip to Japan in Nov 2024 after 26 years. We were very impressed with the clean, courteous country. We will definitely visit again.

Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura – Nov 2-10, 2024

Our trip to the 4 states in Northeast India. We had already visited Assam and Meghalaya. These 4 states made our visit more complete.

Saurashtra Trip – Oct 18-24, 2024

Wonderful trip to Saurashtra with an amazing Girnar climb. Dwarka, Porbandar, Somnath, Diu, Gir National Park, Girnar, Junagadh, Rajkot. We managed to cover quite a few items in a short time.

Tour du Mont Blanc Trek – July 17-26, 2024

Team of 12 people completed the Tour du Mont Blanc from July 17-26, 2024.

Hello, I am Samir Palnitkar!

Hi. I am currently, the founder of Zinrelo, a loyalty management platform. I have been working in the software and VLSI chip design space for 29 years. I have founded 4 successful startups prior to Zinrelo. My family and I love traveling. We have traveled to over 70 countries around the world. Life is about accumulation of experiences and my quest is to seek new experiences. For me excitement is visiting new countries, cultures, trekking, bicycling, rock climbing, reading and watching interesting movies.

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