I am a solo female traveller and a travel writer from India, on the road for 4 years, mostly volunteering and hitchhiking my way through.

I left my hometown altogether on 1st January 2021, to travel full-time. In 2020, I went for my first-ever solo backpacking across Jaipur (India) for seven days. That’s when I realized this is what I should do, not just on weekends or whenever I get time. I wanted to know the world and write. Afterwards, I sold and donated all my belongings. It has been more than four years living a nomadic and minimalistic life. Only home I know now is my 70-litre backpack. And a tent and a sleeping bag.

I believe in slow and sustainable travelling that imbibes local traditions with minimal carbon footprints. I am an avid hiker, highly immersed in experiential travel journalism.

My travel blog: www.nomadenroute.com

Instagram : @nomadenroute_

More personally, I am a vegetarian. I am prone to a healthy and green lifestyle, both physically and mentally. I am allergic to smoking (to the point I can’t take it even if somebody else smokes in front of me). And I love my work. So you will find me either working or having meaningful conversations.

Here is to setting some healthy boundaries: I sleep at 10 pm and wake up at 5 am. This is kind of important to me, as this sets my whole day and my morning routines of yoga and meditation. I am not a party person. I love meaningful and culturally intriguing conversations. I can be meaningfully social and contextually unsocial (perks of an introverted self).

P.s. I am extremely passionate about travelling and CS is a medium for that only. Not for sex (I had to specify that after a potential attempt by a host from Punjab India).

Currently in: Malaysia

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I want to connect with locals and meet incredible people from different walks of life. There’s nobody who can know a place better than a local.

Interests

Books, movies and sunsets. And all things beautiful in this world.

• culture
• books
• literature
• poetry
• movies
• traveling
• journalism
• volunteering
• trekking
• people

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
Bob Dylan
John Denver
Rabindranath Tagore
Leonard Cohen
The Beatles
Eagles
Simon and Garfunkel

Books:
Raymond Carver
Haruki Murakami
Albert Camus
Milan Kundera
Kazuo Ishiguro
James Baldwin

Movies:
Jim Jarmusch
Xavier Dolan
Wong Kar Wai
Wes Anderson
Ritwik Ghatak
Jean-Luc Godard
Woody Allen

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Being on the road itself is amazing. But if I really have to pick one thing for the sake of it, I would say, walking and solo camping across Spiti for nine days (from Atal Tunnel to Kaza) covering 150 kilometers. That landscape changed my life.

Teach, Learn, Share

Exchanging adventure stories with like-minded people since forever.

What I Can Share with Hosts

My take on life. My travels. Our travels.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, India, Malaysia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

India