Hi! I'm Nikunj. Grew up in India with a family who loves traveling. Traveled extensively across India. Moved to the US in 2008 to do my undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering at University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign. It's located two hours south of Chicago. Finished my undergraduate degree in 2012 and decided to take 3 months off before I started work. Spent a month in the US, a month in Greece, a week in Jordan, a month in India and a day in Egypt before heading back. Other countries I have traveled to: France, Switzerland, Spain, Costa Rica, Turkey, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark.

I currently live in San Francisco working for a small startup. I like to travel whenever I get a chance and currently trying to do at least 2-3 new countries a year :) Unfortunately I can't host you guys, but happy to show you around SF if you want.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love exploring new cities with locals and showing San Francisco to other CouchSurfers. I feel it's such a better experience living and hanging out with locals and getting to learn so much more about that city. I also hate doing touristic things and love to explore the inner parts of cities that tourists hardly get to see :)

Interests

Hiking, Snowboarding, Hanging out with Locals, Music concerts (all sorts)

• concerts
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• snowboarding
• engineering

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies
Gladiator
Lord of the Rings
Dark Knight

Music
Pretty much anything except country

Books
Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, Howard Schultz books

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Floating the Dead Sea in Jordan

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Costa Rica, Denmark, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Jordan, Malaysia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, United States