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Overview

  • 16 references 9 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil; learning French, Marathi (Marāṭhī)
  • 43, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • am a doctor.
  • postgraduate.
  • From India
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

make the world my home, and not my home the world

ABOUT ME

i am as usual a fun loving guy, likes traveling, likes making new friends, likes knowing different cultures/customes/traditions. like to read history, liketo visit historic places, want to spend the rest of my life enjoyin sunsets at different horzons. want to spend every brand new day in a new place.

PHILOSOPHY

live and let live. life's short. be happy when u can. see as many places before u r too old to do it.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I lend my couch to a needy traveller and use his/her couch when I go to his/her place. Also, I would like to have lengthy conversations on the culture and traditions of the places visited..

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

hosted a couch surfer last month n the experience was very pleasant.

Interests

novels, fiction, short story writing, philosophy, photography, reading, sports-soccer/shuttle badminton, stargazing, music (all types)etc.

  • culture
  • writing
  • photography
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • sports
  • soccer
  • badminton
  • history

Music, Movies, and Books

good movies- before sunrise, before sunset, shawshank redemption, Schindler's list, Forrest Gump, The Green Mile, Sci fi- Matrix, Star trek,
Ice age, kung fu panda, harry potter, all cartoon stuff.

music - prefer music with good tune than lyrics, psychedelic rock, hard metal, rock, indipop etc.
- Pink Floyd, Moby, Nirvana, Metallica, A R Rehman compositions, Enigma, Robert Miles, Yanni, George Michael, Iron Maiden...

Books- Philosophy, fiction, history, autobiography, science..
To kill a mocking bird, the catcher in the rye,
atlas shrugged, The Autobiography of a Yogi, The glimpses of world history, Doctor Who series, A brief history of time...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

well, i have travelled a bit of India, have slept in the desert watching stars, camel riding, most importantly still continue to appreciate nature the way it is.

Teach, Learn, Share

teach i can: a few tricks about medical field, may be CPCR, to dream, to enjoy nature, to eat, to sleep whole day, to laze around etc.
want to learn: about different cultures, beliefs, customes,histories about their respective places etc.
want to share: my experiences, my memories, my traditions back home and the purpose behind each of them.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Experiences. Stories. And, of course, our travel website:
https://loveglobetrotting.wordpress.com/

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Bhutan, Canada, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Jordan, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, United Kingdom

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