About me:
I am a traveller by passion and work in IT so that I can sustain my travels. My life goal is to keep living nomadic lifestyle as long as possible and visit all the beautiful places mother earth has to offer. I love nature, jungles, birds and be more and more with nature than in concrete cities.
I have observed changes in the way I travel over the period of time.. earlier it used to be very platonic like usual tourists but as I grow I can see I am enjoying each and every minute spent in new place be it some remote villages or towns, I enjoy spending time with group of elderlies sitting together and talking, approaching local ladies working in fields and trying to understand their life, playing with small kids in villages.. etc. I don't need to visit tourist places anymore in order to travel. I am looking for small happiness in very normal day to day life. Any new place village markets etc enough to make me feel good. Due to Couchsurfing I have got a chance to visit many offbeat remote villages where the hosts stay and it had opened up a new door of exploration into the natural beauty, village life etc. I love exploring local arts, culture, folk songs, unique food recipes, traditions and festivals.

Travel Experiences:
Having spent most of my life in city; countryside and the love and hospitality of people in general keeps amazing me time to time. I feel travel has given me much more than any other thing. I have travelled solo 24 days in Vietnam, most of Himachal, tamil nadu, kerala, karnataka,goa, Uttarakhand , parts of rajasthan and gujarat and I have to visit remaining India..
I mostly like to Explore beautiful landscapes, and cultural heritage like temple Architectures. Also, I have great interest in birding and bird photography is a new domain I am trying my hands on
I mostly like going solo, go on unplanned trips which are totally based on impulsive decisions

Why I am surfing?:
Me being very much interested in traveling myself, love to talk about travel experiences, know different stories and cultures of others as well..
Also, to be able to sustain long long travels for months, Couchsurfing has helped me a lot where I have found my extended families in different parts of country and people whom I can call mine.. I can believe in humanity more after meeting amazing souls through this platform whom I would not have met otherwise

Couchsurfing profile:
I have used CS more while traveling than hosting... I used to stay in Manali for 2 years and it was possible there to host people but now I have moved badlapur near Mumbai at my mom's place where room is bit smaller and I am unable to host.. but if you are okay to accommodate yourself in a small house and single washroom, you are most welcome...
Having said that, I can help people visiting manali or Himachal Pradesh to plan their trips, giving them suggestions etc.. Also, if someone wants to explore and hangout in/nearby mumbai I can meet them, hangout with them on weekends, suggest them places nearby..

Connect with me on insta- patakha.guddi_

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Travel to different places and host fellow travellers at my place in manali

Interests

Books, Poetry:
I mostly read marathi books. My current favourite genre is travelogue or books related to jungle and wildlife.
Sufi and Bhakti literature: kabir, bulleshah, rumi, sant tukaram, sant dhyaneshwar
Poetry/Shayari: shakil badayuni, sahir Ludhianvi, vasim barelvi, rahat Indori , sandip khare, kusumagraj, vaibhav joshi, guru thakur, saumitra, ba bha borkar, na dho mahanor, jim corbett, krushnamegh kunte, jagannath kunte, maruti chitampalli
Writers: vapu kale, go ni dandekar,
Songs genre/Singers/band: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, wadali brothers, sufi, rafi, qawwalis, lata ji, coke studio, kabir cafe

Photography: I have started exploring world of photography using mobile, currently learning camera photography, love to capture birds, people, stories, village life and nature

• photography
• sketching
• reading
• hiking,

Music, Movies, and Books

Old songs mostly, I read marathi books , romcom is all time favourite

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Stayed in a hostel for 6 months, learnt how to run a hostel, volunteer, opened a cafe in manali, firdt international trip-travelled to Vietnam solo for 24 days

Teach, Learn, Share

I can share my travel experiences

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can cook amazing biryani, mutton or fish for you

Countries I’ve Visited

Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

India