Settled in beautiful Los Angeles, California. I'm a Virgo mature man, travel industry, multilingual, educated abroad. Passion for cars and motorcycles, day trips, shooting sporting clays, dogs especially German Shepherds, cooking, travel, single malt whisky, coffee and fitness training. ESFJ (Myers Briggs personality) Global entry, Covid vaccinated. Motorbike riders a plus+ No drugs/ smokers/drunks please. I'm not a party person. I ride a motorbike for pleasure in the weekends. I am not religious in any sense but spiritual so don't like proselytization of any kind. Live and let live in peace is my motto. I hate shopping malls and crowded places but do know some good outlet malls :-) Very allergic to cats and shellfish :-) Most of my friends are from India, Dubai, Bahrain, USA, UK, France, Morocco, Tunisia, with some rare ones in Australia, Germany, Kuwait, Japan, Tahiti and Turkey.... Instagram @nareshlax

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Looking to meet some fun, friends, like minded people, share wine, food and some cool non-touristic non commercial sights. I like to travel and experience different countries, people and food. I stay in hotel/AirBNB when I travel no staying with couchsurfing home for me . I have been living in the fast paced and commercially developed US for so many decades I try to visit calm and peaceful places with less noise, less traffic, fresh air, picturesque scenery, simple people and slow cooked food . I speak a lot of languages and that breaks barriers and brings on a smile. My work schedule is quite busy however I will like to meet up in my time off. I'm fully x5Covid vaccinated.

Interests

• cooking
• motorcycles
• movies
• cars
• music
• history
• languages
• road trips
• travel
• cultures
• spirituality
• good food
• fountain pens
• fitness training
• sporting clays
• dogs & dog training
• clay pigeon shoots

Music, Movies, and Books

Classical, Instrumental, Western, Indian, Arabic, English, contemporary, 80s, 90s Rock, Sufi songs and some fast beat music for my motorcycle riding. 94.7 the Wave is my favorite radio station in LA. I am pretty open to most music except to extremely loud senseless music. I am a dedicated movie buff and love foreign movies/series in addition to nice Hollywood ones too. I have watched too many to list...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Visited the Taj Mahal, Kashmir, beautiful palaces in Rajasthan, helicopter tour of the Grand Canyon, a motorcycle trip across 2-3 states here in the US, the Napa Wine train, an Alaska inside passage cruise, organized a tour for a week for a Japanese group of 12, and a 12 day tour to Turkey with 10 friends, but I missed out hot air balloon in Cappadocia due to bad weather, I've become a better cook... organized and run a motorcycle group now many years here in Los Angeles, clay pigeon shooting and more .

Teach, Learn, Share

Travel, Music, Gems, Philosophy, Exchange of Ideas, Adventures, Experiences, Motorcycle Riding in the US, Sporting Clays, Shooting etc. Training dogs is something I really like. I cook well, Turkish eggs, Indian veggies/ lentils/beans/chicken, fish, omelets etc.
Driving in the US is very different from many countries, and I can teach you the small little. intricacies of car and motorcycle riding which can make a effect on safe driving in the US.

What I Can Share with Hosts

My humble interest of world history, geography, food, wine , travel (airline background), languages, how to buy stuff, dos and donts in the US, doing business in US, helpful guidance for new comers to the US and some other tips about the countries I've visited. I would love more friends in the EU, Turkey, Morocco, other places I have still to visit like Spain, Italy, Ukraine, Croatia, some small places in EU, Indonesia, Thailand, Chile, Jamaica, Brazil etc. Maybe I will try to travel more in 2024

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, France, Germany, Iran, Libya, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bahrain, India, Tunisia, United States