I'm currently in Goa, occasionally taking kayaking trips.

Here are bits from the old couchsurfing format that I've left in.

Love working with my hands, find it very fulfilling.

I try my hand at languages whenever I can, even though I usually only manage to attain the linguistic skills of a five year old.

I like to find work in the places that I want to visit - work that involves meeting people. Socially inclined stuff is even better.

Travelled around rural India a bit, usually on research projects, which kept me in the one area for a long time.

Activities that I'm somewhat regular at: Sailing, swimming, running, ultimate frisbee, bouldering, kayaking

I believe that there is no permanence, that there are no absolutes. (This is from the 'philosophy' section of the old format. I thought I'd keep it)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I tell people about the concept. I dream about a world with open borders. I've hosted a couple of times and I've hung out or played frisbee with couchsurfers my friends were hosting.

Interests

FOOD (I will try anything), history, culture, languages, politics, social issues, agriculture.

Endurance activities and expeditions: cycling, running etc.

• culture
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• recipes
• running
• walking
• politics
• socializing
• bouldering
• cycling
• kayaking
• sailing
• rock climbing
• swimming
• agriculture
• history
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

These lists are not exhaustive and I'm not too picky.

Music: Bimpe, Reindeer Section, Miriam Makeba, Sufjan Stevens, Iron and Wine, a whole bunch of sufi and sufi influenced music, Beatles, some newer hindi/urdu stuff, Coldplay, Harry Belafonte, Queen, Beatles, Ali Farka Toure, Angus and Julia Stone, Jethro Tull, Johnny Flynn, Grouplove...

Books: Roald Dahl, Mohammed Hanif, Amitav Ghosh, Kushwant Singh, Ramachandra Guha, William Dalrymple, Noviolet Bulawayo...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Here's three!

When I was at the Chilika lagoon in Odisha, India, I got to see a dozen or more Irrawaddy dolphins feeding in formation for a good four minutes. It was like watching synchronised swimming but even more amazing.

A Tibetan colony with large fenced white washed houses and people walking around with umbrellas in the middle of rural Chattisgarh, India where the roads were almost non existent and the closest tribal village had crumbling mud houses.

Running and picnicking in the fascinating tunnel system that runs under Paris, south of the Seine. It felt like being in a film that was a mix of A Clockwork Orange and Underground

Teach, Learn, Share

Learn:
About places you are from or have visited
Things I could do or places I could go
Food and language
Dance
Anything really, that you have to offer

Teach:
A little bit of English, Konkani or Hindi
Sailing

Share:
Stories/ideas/insights
Recipes

What I Can Share with Hosts

Chai

Some cooking

Countries I’ve Visited

Bangladesh, Canada, England, France, India, Netherlands, Scotland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, Netherlands, United States