I am an aspiring travel documentary filmmaker. I live and travel to the most remote locations around the globe.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Here is my humble work-
https://www.youtube.com/@IndianSolivagant.

Though meeting and staying with hosts will certainly be great, I soon realised that the benefits of Couchsurfing go far beyond that. Adapting to different lifestyles, homes, cultures and traditions will make you both more sociable and flexible in your travels. This experience has given me a completely different outlook on any country. By spending time with locals during my stay, chances are that I experience more than many foreigners on their journey.

I will always remember the weddings I attended in Russia, Uzbekistan and Mongolia, or teaching an English class in Bosnia and Herzegovina, all that thanks to my CS hosts. .

Getting to know people who live a different lifestyle than mine have also made me question what is generally known, about their country, as conventional wisdom. Because the world and humans in general are far more complex than we are taught to think or than what makes the headlines. I never met as many atheists as in Iran and I felt safer than in Tajikistan. Not everybody is Muslim in Turkey and there is a lot less poverty in Baku than in Tbilisi. Freedom of expression is still a big struggle in Cambodia and the actual conflict tearing the Middle East apart is far more complicated than a simple feud between Sunnis and Shias.

By getting to know my hosts and by living with them, I learned a lot about the complexity of their country.

Interests

• filmmaking
• videography
• vipassana meditation

Teach, Learn, Share

Anything and Everything I know.

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, India, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, India, Russian Federation