First of all thanks much to @anomadsoul and @blocktrades for this amazing contest about SteemFest 4. I had submitted my posts for prior 3 contests and this is another contest about the funding.

SteemFest (https://steemfest.com) is a mega event for Steemians and everyone would love to attend this event because it's an opportunity where we get to meet so many people whom we follow and connected through their post and videos.

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I have shared my post about 3 previous topics ( Wanting-Planning-Doubting, Whom to meet and why and budgeting for the event) already mentioned that I want to join this event but because of some financial reasons I'm not sure whether I'll be able to make it or not but I am still trying all possible ways to make it happen this year.

Last year when I got to know about steem fest 3, I was new to the platform and was not having more information about this event. I got to know more about this event when I saw lots of videos and photos of the event shared by the people who had attended the event. So I made a plan for this year's event last year. Last year it happened on karaoke, Poland.

This time I want to attend this event to discuss things with steemian friends in person and that only possible in this event. I believe meeting in person and having a discussion is always more effective. Even I have mentioned a few names in my roadtosteemfest post

Why I want to go to Steemfest4

Steemfest is not just about having fun instead of its combination of discussion and learning about steem along with fun time. I will have a fruitful discussion about steem along with having fun and chilling around.

• When I joined steem in June 2018, there were very few people from India here but now that percentage is growing and I am happy to see this growth. I want to take this number up and have some ideas and thoughts which I want to discuss with other steemians. India is a country of 135 crore people and its the second country in the world in internet and data consumption. We can encash this opportunity but I can not do it alone. If I go to SF4 then I will discuss this idea with few steemians and hope together we can take it forward and grab this opportunity. If other social media can make it then we can make it for sure since we are decentralized and we reward our users while they don't. I want to work towards this goal but for that, I need more suggestions and Steemfest is the perfect place.

• I am part of Mentor program in Steem and helping newbies to make them understand about steem. I want to help even more people to steem and help this community grow so having a discussion about it with my steemian friends will help me to pursue it further in a better way. This will help to keep users active in the platform.

• I like meeting people so in this event I want to meet as many people as possible and discuss more of steem and how can we increase the engagement. I want to make more friends there so that I can do even better work in steem.

• I never attended such events so I want to experience it and I am quite sure that it will help me learn more about steem so that I can improve myself and contribute even better to the platform.

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Bangkok is a nice city and I have heard a lot about it however never get a chance to be there. I want to visit this amazing place and experience their culture. Bangkok is kind of place that every traveler keep on their list of destinations and that too on top so I want to explore and know what makes it an awesome place. This would be the best opportunity for me to visit Bangkok and meeting awesome steemians altogether.

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In my last post about budgeting, I had shared that I would need a budget of approx $1800 to fund this trip but my current financial situation does not allow me to do that. Making payment is a part of every trip that's a bit tough because we are paying and money goes away from us.
Honestly, I am feeling awkward asking for support on this open platform for this trip but I have shared everything about me in all my posts about SF4. HF21 is just 3 days away and after the hard-fork, there will be a change in author payout so any high-value upvote will be good support for me and will add sum in my budget for steemfest.

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I have submitted my 3 posts in the prior contests about The Road to Steem Fest.

My Prior Participation-

Steemians I would like to meet in Thailand
I want to go but I doubt this year. Still hopeful
My Budgeting for SF4

Official Contest post by @anomadsoul
The Road to Steem Fest | Funding thanks to HF 21