I'm a business finance major who quit his corporate job and dropped out to pursue documentary filmmaking. I started working my first project in various cities across India and I've spent the last 11 months traveling throughout South East Asia ending up in Scandinavia.

I love to learn new things especially about underground culture like music dance and food on a local level trying to understand and experience as much as possible about every place I'm in!

I was raised by awesome parents who taught me to be a devoted hard worker in whatever I pursue, and to always be organized, smart, and open to what the world has to offer.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

A lot of people travel from place to place filling in as many destinations as possible in the short time they have to travel. I've always taken the opposite approach and find that the best way to really know a place is to live there and stay in one city for as long as it takes. This is evolved a step further into staying with people who've already done that, lived life there and really getting to know it beneath the surface. I like to look at traveling like every new country or city is an adventure or a mysterious challenge to unlock and discover, where the locals become guides and gurus, and the people I stay with are my mentors. I've made so many amazing connections and lifelong friends this way.

Interests

• photography
• motorcycles
• drones
• jazz
• drums
• scuba diving
• cliff jumping
• rock climbing
• art history
• filmmaking
• museums

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
Upstream Color
The Tree of Life
Badlands
The New World
Chronos
Journey of Hanuman
Bodysong (2003)
Baraka
Donnie Darko
Primer
Samsara
Days of Heaven
Reds
Out of Africa
The Life Aquatic
La Sapienza
The Fountain
Blue Velvet
Gerry
Revolver
Floating Weeds (1959) amazing cinematography
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Brick
Amadeus
Sans Soleil (1983)
Amelie
The Fall
Gattaca
The Devil’s Double
Paris Je T’aime
Ex Machina
7 Years in Tibet
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
The Revenant
The Look of Silence
Rushmore
In the Mood for Love
Deathproof
A Prophet
Merino
Sicario

Music:
Four Tet
Tame Impala
The xx
Bon Iver
Radiohead
Led Zeppelin
Jose Gonzalez
Vulfpeck
Youth Lagoon
Igor Stravinsky
Bill Withers
Sly and the Family Stone
The Shins
Stick Figure
Alt J
St. Lucia
Portugal the Man
The Roots
Dr. Dog

Books:
Les Miserables
1984
Catcher in the Rye
Walden
Picture of Dorian Gray
Essays and Journals by Emerson
The Sun Also Rises
Kidnapped
Lord of the Rings

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I became a Buddhist monk in Thailand for a month to better understand Buddhism in Thai Culture.

In 2011 I ran the Grand Canyon R2R2R (rim to rim to rim) ultra marathon in 22 hours. 47 miles (75 km). (My knees still haven't forgiven me.)

Teach, Learn, Share

I would love to learn AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. I can share with you anything you'd like to know about my journeys and particular experience with film, paris avant garde paintings and painters, bartending, investing, anything holistic and classic literature.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belize, France, Germany, India, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, India, Philippines, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, United States