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Stallikon, Zurich, Switzerland
@GAURAVVIJAY
Member since 2010
Travel to me is not about places, it is the people I meet on the way. I am curious, talkative and interested in meeting different kinds of people. I also love eating and cooking vegetarian food, and I sample new and exotic flavors whenever I am travelling. I love animals and have two cats at home who don't love me back so much..
Interested in Adventure Sports
Fluent in English
Learning German
1 Vouch
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
Each place I have been to, has given me the opportunity to meet the most interesting people I wouldn't have met otherwise. I can't wait to unwrap what else CS has in store for me.
Music, Movies, and Books
I read fiction as well as some non fiction. I loved Crichton, never found someone quite the same. Really like Ludlum, Conan Doyle, Gladwell, and popular economics so long as it stays practical. I am currently reading Sapiens, which is turning out to be a fantastic read. I watch a lot of films, from popular Hollywood/Bollywood to Korean crime drama to thai/vietnamese action to evergreen British comedies. My favorites are Truman Show, Four Loins, Cidade de deus, Gods must be crazy. I like soothing music, sufi/carnatic and old songsfrom the 90s. I am just too attached to my playlist that i play over and over again.
One Amazing Thing I've Done
A few years ago I almost drowned in a swimming pool. From then it has been an interesting journey to learn swimming and cross the 1.6 KM Lake Zurich in freezing waters, with broken fingers. I have travelled 39000 KM in Indian trains to all parts of the country, so I know them by the back of my palm. I have celebrated my birthdays, new years in the train, missed major world events being in the train, and met the best friends I ever had while travelling.
Teach, Learn, Share
One of the advantages of a platform like this, is to get to meet so many people with diverse opinions, beliefs, sayings and articulation. To much extent, I am more interesting in learning from such conversations than the place itself. I am a vegetarian, and I will be happy to share some of my cooking skills. I am also very keenly interested in learning vegetarian dishes of the world. I also recently learned scuba diving, and I am getting ready to learn and practice freediving.
What I Can Share With Hosts
- where is all the gold in switzerland - where is the best dosa in the world - how to travel safely in any place in the world.
