An Indian living in Lima with my Peruvian wife. Originally a travel consultant and planner, now I teach English in one of the most reputed English language institutes in Lima. I also do professional Pet Photography.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

For cultural exchange, making friends around the world and possibly leveraging the network to travel and work around the world.

Interests

Wildlife, Aviation, Adventure, Astronomy, Poetry, Environment & Conservation, Waste-free Living.

• wildlife
• arts
• writing
• poetry
• design
• photography
• environment
• recipes
• aviation
• traveling
• animation
• astronomy
• languages
• ornithology

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Motorcycle Diaries / 127 Hours / Riding Solo to the Top of the World / Lost in Africa / Touching the Void / Avatar / Flyboys / Seven Years in Tibet / Kikujiro

Music: Anything melodious / Armik / Indian Ocean / Faran Ensemble / Hang Massive / Taimane Gardener

Books: Jonathan Livingston Seagull / The Zahir / Eat Pray Love / Nine Lives - In Search of Sacred India

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Stuck throughout the night at Baralacha La (4890mts) and watching moonlit glaciars
Smoking **** with a lonesome sadhu in the Himalayas
Spending a night out in the open by Chandra Taal (4300mts)
Riding Solo through Spiti Valley and surviving 3 breakdowns of the motorcycle
Watching an Indian Navy submarine and INS Viraat from inside
Watching F-18s, F-16s ans SU-30s taking off and landing from merely 10-15mts
Watching Indian Army tanks fire rounds in the training range
Travelling all the way to Peru following my love :P

Teach, Learn, Share

Languages: English / Marathi / Hindi / Spanish
Environment: Vermicomposting / Ornithology
Arts & Design: Photography / Photoshop / Lightroom / Illustrator / InDesign
Technical: Computer Programming

What I Can Share with Hosts

Indian recipes
Knowledge of waste-free living
Languages

Countries I’ve Visited

France, India, Norway, Peru, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, Peru