Its pretty difficult to explain oneself. I am an ordinary guy with a passion for travel. In fact my future aim is long term travel. So far I have been to around 10 countries and my aim is to visit at least 100 before I die so fingers crossed.

Unlike the West where I come from people take travel as luxury. In my country when you mention travel people think of expensive package holidays or luxury group tours. Therefore no one thinks about backpacking the world for years or even months. People love their jobs, relationships, children and future prosperity so much that they hardly have time to think about a stupid concept like backpacking. That makes me the ugly duckling of my family because long term travel is on the top of my priority list.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Short and Simple Answer: A stranger is a friend you haven't met yet. In this era of globalisation the world has shrunk and in my humble opinion now is the best time to eradicate prejudices and biases. And what better way to do that than travel. I don't see Couchsurfing as an option to get a free room but to get a glimpse of the life of my new friend who used to be a stranger. So far I have hosted people who were friends and friends of friends but am open to host anyone from anywhere.

Interests

Travelling, Movies, Books, Music, Food, Culture, Photography, Adventure Sports, Cooking.

• culture
• books
• photography
• dining
• cooking
• movies
• traveling
• music
• backpacking
• skydiving
• sports
• languages
• tours

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Verve, Coldplay, Rihanna, Katy Perry, David Guetta, James Blunt.

Movies: Home Alone, Back to the Future, The Wizard of Oz, American Beauty, American Psycho, The Wolf of Wall Street, The Pursuit of Happiness, Shutter Island, The Sixth Sense, Blood Diamond, Snatch, The Notebook, Titanic, Before Sunrise, Casino, Goodfellas, American Pie.

Books: Thunder and Sunshine, Moods of future Joy, The Wrong Way Home, Anne Frank's Diary, The Wizard of Oz, The Kite Runner, Stasiland, The Alchemist, In the Line of Fire, Moth Smoke, Predictably Irrational, Happy Money.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Skydiving

The best experience of my life was tandem skydiving from 13000 ft. I'd love to do a skydive again, solo this time.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach : I can teach Urdu. Spoken Urdu is almost similar to Hindi. And Hindi/Urdu is one of the most spoken languages in the world spoken in India and Pakistan and by the Indian and Pakistani diaspora around the world.
I can also teach how to make a good Indian curry so you dont have to order Indian anymore resulting in a lot of saved money. *wink wink*

Learn: I'd love to speak Spanish, German and French and maybe a bit of Russian.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Free stand up comedy and cooking curries I guess lol.

Jokes apart I have lived in the East (Pakistan) and lived and travelled in the West (the UK and Europe). I have learnt a lot during this time as I am a flexible person and would offer you the best of both worlds. In terms of cities of the world I'd call myself Istanbul offering a perfect combination of the East and West.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Iran, Netherlands, Slovakia, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Pakistan, United Kingdom