ABOUT ME

Both my husband and I love the exploration of cities and cultures. I believe that travel always teaches.

I started a project called Dsplaced with a friend a few years ago and it has been a great journey. We've asked people their definition of the idea of 'home', of belonging and people's stories and definitions helped me realise that home is wherever you are and whatever makes you happy. I've lived in 9 different cities in over the last 10 years. I love traveling.
I love it when moving to a new city takes you completely out of your comfort zone. It's almost like starting over. Meeting new people, trying new cuisines, learning a new language. The romance of it all keeps me going.

I want to do more of it in 2015.

“I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” Robert Louis Stevenson

PHILOSOPHY

To borrow from On the Road - "The only people that interest me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow Roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars, and in the middle, you see the blue center-light pop, and everybody goes ahh.."
Jack Kerouac

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We love hosting. Because hosting means, meeting wonderful people filled with stories of travel in their veins.
I like to live through people's stories. Then I take those stories with me when I travel to a new place.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I haven't ever visited a couchsurfer. I look forward to doing that this year.
So far, I've only hosted and its made me realise that besides the stories of other cities, the city I live in has so much newness to offer. It's been a great experience so far.

Interests

Reading, Movies, Traveling, Music, Theatre, Writing

• writing
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• snorkeling

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Dead Poet's Society, Francis Ha, Perks of being a wallflower, Up, Avatar, Before sunrise
Books: To kill a mocking bird, Rebecca, 1984, Norwegian Wood, Outliers, The missing queen, Gone Girl, Persepolis
TV Shows: 30 Rock, House of cards, Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, Sherlock Holmes, The Americans, The Night Manager

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Snorkeling around the Bunaken islands, in Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, Indonesia, United States