Aakanksha Monga - Traveling the world for a living On Fire with Basil Merk

Aakanksha Monga is a former consultant and LinkedIn employee who turned into a full-time traveler and travel content creator 1.5 years ago when she decided to leave her corporate job to pursue her dreams of exploring the world. Today, she is the fastest-growing travel content creator in India and has an audience of over 1.2 million followers. Aakanksha’s Instagram alone has more than 800k followers who watch her traveling the world. Additionally, she is a TedX speaker and was just featured on the cover of the latest issue of Forbes India, which shared her story of breaking the taboo of solo traveling for Indian women.



In this episode, she talks about:


Her humble beginnings of going door-to-door and pitching her creator skills to hostels
Her life mission
Hitchhiking in Turkey
How she quit her 9-5 job to follow her passion
The Forbes India photo shoot