Update 11/02/2018

I am travelling in Brazil with my wife, Yesenia until the end of March. We hope to explore the cuisines and various cultures along our journey as we share our ideas on food, drink, culture and politics with the people we meet...

Further on down the line we would love to host you in Peru and/or Pakistan wherever we find ourselves ready to receive visitors...

Hope to meet you soon future friends!
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I like the good things in life and try to keep it simple. Good friends, good food & drink, being social, work that doesn't compromise your beliefs and most of all family. Because they know, even if ye dont! :) Asides from that affection, loyalty & honesty are important ingredients to happiness in my life. I am generally quite easy going and am getting easier by the day...

I am a visual artist first and everything else follows from that. Creative passion is in my blood and it does run hot. Other things eye do are for my daily wage. I draw, paint, make interactive digital art installations, perform as an occasional VJ & write/perform slam poetry amongst other things.

I teach at a local private university here in Islamabad in the Computing & Management faculties. Outside of the uni I also train a beginners group of Capoeira (Pakistan's first) at the Brazilian embassy here as well as mostly keep myself occupied with creative freelance projects in mixed analogue and digital media...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To make new friends all over the world whether I am travelling or hosting! To share culture and philosophy & have a great time doing these things and more.
Whatever unexpected is always welcome...

Interests

Art
Capoeira
Music
Poetry
Dance
Socialising
Making new friends around the world.
Hosting (in Islamabad, once I get back from travelling). Pakistani's are very hospitable people and it would be good to share this part of ourselves with others. There's a lot of misunderstanding nowadays about a lot of things related to my homeland. :)

• arts
• culture
• poetry
• performing arts
• dancing
• capoeira
• environment
• dining
• cooking
• recipes
• drinking
• traveling
• painting
• drawing
• music
• teaching
• freelancing

Music, Movies, and Books

Too many to mention...
Anything done with intelligence, wit, creativity, darkness, humour & with no compromise of the artistic spirit...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I started Pakistan's first Capoeira group in January 2007.
As ye might be able to appreciate this is a monumental event in my life.Today there are at least 4 confirmed groups of Capoeira so it's growing and I'm still training after almost 20 years of playing...

Teach, Learn, Share

Variety is the spice, salt, sour, bitter & sweetness of life.

Would like to learn brazilian portuguese and spanish. I can teach english, share music and poetry, a good conversation and a few stories as well of my time here on earth so far...

I can provide english language lessons. I have a good creative command of the language and have extensive experience as a teacher.

Art lessons/collaborations.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Lots of interesting conversation.

Someone who is good with his hands and is happy to lend them for things that need doing.

Love to cook & have worked as a chef for five years during my university days.

Would appreciate learning some new dishes as well as teaching some of my recipes.

A lot of jokes, good humour and a ready laugh... :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Brazil, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Ireland, Pakistan, Peru, Sweden, United Kingdom