Fun guy

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To gain local knowledge of places I want to explore, host, surf and meet interesting people, indulge in stimulating conversations and above all — make new friends

Hotels offer you bed 🛏 and breakfast in a new place but CS offers you a complete cultural experience 🗺

Interests

Solo travel, writing, snow, spending time with people I love, Sufism, going to the mountains, the Adriatic and the Mediterranean Sea, humanitarianism, existentialism, Ottomans, Poetry, coffee, PBS, the New York Times, both sides of the story, sexual liberation, American government, Kosher, France 1968, running, Sartre, reading, humor, History, Philosophy, Picasso, Literary theory, Shakespeare, French culture, Anglicanism, Pathans, nature, documentaries, current events, long dinners, biographies, cowboys, people, Lincoln, post-modernism, things that can be proven, things that can't, fiction, middle-east, monasticism, world cinema, family, renaissance, war, peace, dew, rain and music 🎼

• writing
• books
• poetry
• politics
• movies
• traveling
• camping
• geography
• journalism
• road trips
• friendship
• humor
• space
• deep conversations
• rain
• philosphy
• nature walks
• political philosophy
• history and culture

Music, Movies, and Books

Huge fan of world cinema because each country uses cinema 🎥in its own unique way | Books 📚 — Fiction and history mostly

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

*Walked in rain with elk for company in Horton Plains National Park 🏞 Sri Lanka

Teach, Learn, Share

I can offer you a crash course on history and geopolitics if you are willing but also great human interest stories

What I Can Share with Hosts

Meaningful conversations and an authentic cross cultural exchange

I can cook you an amazing meal and help you around the house if there’s chores

Funny stories. I think sense of humor makes a man handsome

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahrain, Cyprus, France, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, United Arab Emirates, United States