Hey I'm Disha, I grew up in Mumbai, India and have been living in the Netherlands for 5 years now. Doing a master's in sustainability at the moment and love travelling whenever I get the chance :-D

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love meeting new people from different walks of life

Interests

• books
• photography
• politics
• movies
• music
• jazz
• hiking
• geography
• history
• languages
• travel
• art
• food
• nature
• people
• museums
• space
• latin america
• maps
• nature walks
• nature conservation
• queer culture
• south asia
• free palestine

Music, Movies, and Books

This section was written 5 years ago and I’m too lazy to update :-/ hehe

My favourite artists -
Andrew bird, hozier, Beirut, Father John misty, fleet foxes, Anderson paak, sufjan stevens, Natalia lafourcade, Devendra Banhart, The shins, Weezer, kings of convenience, Fleetwood mac, the smashing pumpkins, slowdive, goldspot, feist, bombay bicycle club

Also love jazz, Bossa nova, surf rock, Afrobeat, regatón and also ofcourse bollywood

Books- currently, im reading deborah levy's 'things i don't want to know'
generally i gravitate towards non-fiction books (NOT self help hahah) but i would love to get into fiction so any recommendations are welcome :)

Movies- the before trilogy is probably my favourite set of movies but some of the directors i adore are Wong Kar Wai, Jordan Peele, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Wes Anderson. Also loooove studio ghibli movies!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Got stuck in guatemala due to the pandemic, ended up living there for a year which turned into the best year of my life with amazing adventures

What I Can Share with Hosts

good conversation and maybe a nice meal :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, New Zealand, Oman, Peru, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Arab Emirates

Countries I’ve Lived In

Guatemala, India, Netherlands