CURRENT MISSION

Currently studying at the University of Manchester for the '13-'14 academic year!

ABOUT ME

Hello! My name is Abhi and I'm currently studying abroad at the University of Manchester in Manchester, England. I study mechanical engineering but also love history and dabble in a little bit of psychology and medicine (I'm a certified Emergency Medical Technician in America). I absolutely love traveling and airplanes as well as different languages. I enjoy most sports (football, futbol, ice hockey, and dodgeball are my favorites) and love going to concerts and gigs. I joined couchsurfing because I love meeting people from everywhere and hearing about their experiences.

PHILOSOPHY

Always try and improve the person you are.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Looking for hosts at places where I'm traveling but my place(s) will be up for grabs when I get back to the US!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

By far the coolest was co-hosting a Swiss traveler who was in Manchester for a couple weeks. By the end of his trip, we'd made plans to see each other when he was visiting America and he also gave me a free box of cigars he didn't want!

Interests

- Engineering
- History
- Music (Alt Rock, Indie, Chill music, Classical, Mashups)
- Traveling
- Languages
- Aviation

• concerts
• running
• aviation
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• sports
• boxing
• soccer
• hockey
• engineering
• history
• languages
• medicine
• psychology
• science
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies!
- The Dark Knight trilogy
- Star Wars
- Back to the Future trilogy
- Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind
- 50/50
- Grand Budapest Hotel

Books!
- Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire)
- The Great Railway Bazaar
- The Great Gatsby
- The Edge Chronicles

Music! (these barely scratch the surface)
- Indie Rock (Muse, Coldplay, The Killers, Phoenix, Two Door Cinema Club, The Black Keys, The Shins, Vampire Weekend, Cage the Elephant, Foster the People)
- Classic Rock (think like AC/DC, Guns N' Roses, The Stone Roses, etc.)
- Punk Rock (think Sum 41, Blink 182, and a bit of Ska)
- Classical/Jazz if I'm feeling classy

TV Shows!
- The Wire (best TV show ever created)
- Game of Thrones
- Mad Men
- Breaking Bad
- The Walking Dead

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Experienced pandemonia in Spain when they won the Euro's in 2008

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm a certified Emergency Medical Technician in America so I know a bunch about life-saving skills if you're into that sort of thing. I have some pretty gruesome stories from my time volunteering for my College's Emergency Medical Service. And no, we don't do mouth-to-mouth anymore for CPR.

I also know a little bit too much about air travel hacking, so if you wanna save some money in the long run when you travel and get some really cool benefits, I can let you in on some insider secrets ;) On that note, I've also worked for an airplane company as an intern and gained a ton of knowledge about airplanes and the science behind them

Countries I’ve Visited

India

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom, United States