CURRENT MISSION

E.X.C.H.A.N.G.E

ABOUT ME

friendly more a listener than a talker, love trekking,cooking,camping, married, have a kid, love music, reading, In a few years will buy and move to my farm to become an organic farmer

PHILOSOPHY

for the moment: Life is a sum total of all the chances you've taken.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I bring hospitality, warmth, comfort, local knowledge to the table. What will you bring in, my dear guest?

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Great so far. Actually, it is easy for it to be great. Have had good folks visiting me, most of them sensible and nice with no pretensions.
Is there something I do not like about this experience? Yes, there is.
1. I do not like it when surfers requesting for a couch do not confirm - that's rude.
2. I do not like silent and reticent guests - they bore me
3. I dislike guests who take me and my hospitality for granted

I enjoy hosting folks with a purpose - like the first guests to my place were cycling across the country. They came for 10 days and set up base for about a month - absolutely loved hosting them because:
1. They never took me for granted
2. They were conscious and conscientious - they carried their own food stuff, even cooking with material they brought
3. They left me a lot of smiles and good memories
4. They keep in touch - my place was not just a stop-over for them

Interests

Reading, Sports, Cycling about, Movies, Music, Cooking

• culture
• writing
• dining
• cooking
• movies
• reading
• music
• cycling
• camping
• sports

Music, Movies, and Books

Books - of all kinds, current faves include Micheal Connelly, Jess Walter, Dennis Lehane in Fiction. Also love books on behavioral economics (Undercover Economist, Nudge), Guerrilla Marketing etc

Music - transiting from an earlier era of rock (faves: floyd, stones, dylan, ledzep, beatles, sting and a plethora of other contributors like counting crows etc)to Indian classical, and world music (currently listening to Anand shankar, pt. ravishankar, L. Subramaniam and a host of other Indian musicians collaborating with eastern, western and other musicians at home)

Movies - like a lot of movies, but it ain't my subsistence - unlike music. Can take most, but prefer the likes of snatch, fight club, lock, stock and 2 smokin barrels, 21 grams, and so on....

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Amazing to whom? To me they are many. They make for good talking, am not sure they are worthy of writing yet :)

Teach, Learn, Share

I can share a lot of local knowledge and the sub texts of our culture. Can point people to the more esoteric - away from the touristy belts, If the guest is a foodie - he'll feel blessed in my company.

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