— — — — About me— — — — The Shorter version: Born in India 🇮🇳 Living in Krakow, Poland 🇵🇱 Working as a Techie 🖥 Enjoy watching Movies and Series 🎞 ,Casual Photography📸 The Longer version: An Indian guy who has been living in Krakow for more than a year now and currently working here for a MNC. I come from an eastern sea town of India which is unique in itself ( Retreating Tides, Tribal people , etc.). My First trip outside of India was to Thailand which was the best first experience that anyone could have and which pushed me to travel and see the world more. The trip to Thailand was not a planned one. We did not stay at any reserved Hotels and all our planning was on the go. There were times when we could not find transport and had to hitch hike with the locals, who then took us to the remote villages of the fisherman’s. These villages are not at all known to conventional tourists and the sea, the waters and the sand so serene and untouched that it was worth every pain we had to take to reach it. Now that I am living in Europe. I am always planning such unplanned trips to visit places that are just not the regular ones that people or tourists go to. I am learning Polish as well so that I can be more communicative with the people here and help out the guests who might choose to stay with me. I always tend to look at the Glass half full part ( the brighter side) and looking forward to meet people who are open to great conversations without judging me based on my ethnicity , beliefs , etc. FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/aakash.swaine INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/a_k_s___s.w.n [I GET A LOT OF REQUESTS AS I AM STAYING RIGHT IN THE OLD TOWN.SO, PLEASE READ THE BELOW SECTION BEFORE SENDING THE REQUEST. I DON’T REPLY TO ANY REQUESTS THAT DOESN’T FOLLOW THE BELOW SECTION] 1. Please don’t send a request if you can’t host yourself or help me out when I need a place to crash. CS is a community where you give and receive not just a place where you just save some bucks out of a free stay. If you GET a little , GIVE a little. Same goes the other way around. If you have hosted me, You will always have a place to stay here. 2. I usually host at max 2 nights. However I can extend in case of my Guest’s emergency, provided I don’t have any prior plans. 3. If you don’t have any or no references drop me a WhatsApp / Skype / messenger contact so that I can have a chat with you before hosting. It’s my home and I want to host someone whom I know a bit. 4. Please don’t cancel your request once you know that I am waiting for your arrival. Be considerate as a human being to the person who is hosting you. 5. Paste : “ Valar Dohaeris” ( I am a big Game of Thrones fan ;) ) on your message at the top while writing a request to me. 6. I would really love it if you can bring me something from your place , a small , not expensive momento (which can go to my collector box) to remember the people and place by

I really love hosting someone from FRANCE, As I have a lot of positive experiences with the French couch surfers , both as a guest and a host 😊

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

First of all, I am a newbie to this community. When I was looking for a way to travel spontaneously without much planning, I heard CS is a great way to meet new people and make new friends who can make you see things from the eye of a local . I know that I don’t have much credentials owing to my late entry to this community because of which I am not able to get many of my requests granted; But there are some generous hosts who take me in from time to time. However if you host me :
I have a lot of crazy experiences traveling all over my country and some countries abroad which I can share with you.
I won’t be putting you in any kind of discomfort.
And as a bribe I can gift you something from Krakow 😁 (just Kidding about the bribe part, It would be my pleasure to present a momento from krakow ).

Interests

• books
• photography
• tattoos
• movies
• traveling
• table tennis
• badminton
• tv series
• harry potter
• game of thrones
• hanging out
• binge watching

Music, Movies, and Books

When it comes to music, I believe it’s the time and the mood when the lyrics mean something at a certain point of time. My musical preferences have varied a lot. In the past I used to listen to : Linkin Park, Backstreet Boys, Blue, 30 seconds to Mars, 3 Doors Down, Avril Lavigne and of course Justin Bieber ( Yeah I was one of them Justin Fan) 😝. My recent playlists include : James Blunt, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, Charlie Puth, Adam Levine, Adele, Daft Punk etc etc. and the list goes on.

Movies and series ... ah ! I just live them. I don’t know if you have ever realized it but if you take some scenes from some movie they relate exactly what had happened to you in your life at one point or another. I have watched tons and tons of then; not just Indian or Hollywood but Korean, Cantonese, European and other regional movies as well. I can’t list all of them but some of my favorites include:
MOVIES: 7 Pounds, Pursuit of Happiness, Wolf of Wall Street, LOTR, Illusionist, Seven, The number 23 etc. etc
SERIES: GOT, Friends, Big Bang Theory, The Last Kingdom, Vikings, Sherlock, Once upon a time , etc.

When it comes to book, my preferences lie in the fiction/ fantasy/ suspense sections. I am a goodreads member and have my community there. Some of my favorite authors/books:
Dan Brown, Patrick Rothfuss- The Kingkiller Chronicles, George R.R. Martin - GOT, Lord of the ring series - Tolkien, J.K. Rowling - The Harry Potter series, Agatha Christie, etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I don’t think of it as amazing but there’s an experience I would like to share . I have done open boat fishing (hook line style) on a traditional fisherman canoe while I had been to that remote village in Thailand, and I did manage to catch one fish as the condition was: one has to eat whatever one catches 😂. After the fishing trip, we docked our canoe to a small isolated island on the bay, roasted the fish under a bright blue sky and relished it gazing into the turquoise waters.

Teach, Learn, Share

I feel it's a moo point to state out the things here that can be taught, learnt and shared. I can list down a list of things for these section and it won't matter cause when people meet they don't go looking into profiles. it happens casually over a discussion or a chat or a hangout. That said, I would like to have really friendly conversations with open minded people suggesting some crazy ideas and sharing some one off experiences.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I am really open to share anything which is convenient. Hosts can have my WhatsApp or similar contact and can write to me directly . I don’t mind anything at all as long as it doesn’t bring discomfort 😊

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Monaco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Spain, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, Poland