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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
Advocating rationalism and humanism
ABOUT ME
I am a 68 year young Chemical Engineer for whom travel is a passion. I have traveled to 33 countries and more. Most of my tours have been back-pack. I go with package tours operated by professionals and then go off on my own. thus recently, Sep 21, 2014, I went to Japan and Korea with a tour operator and then back-packed my way to Philippines and Singapore. Before that in 2013 I went with a package tour operator to Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar and Morocco. After the package was done I flew back alone to Spain and from there to Finland, Netherlands, Germany and finally Greece for Easter. It was quite an experience.
I am easy to get along with, that is what my friends would say. I have no prjudices or preconceptions. I am a rationalist to the core and quite widely read. In fact I have two books to my credit - 'A Win-Win Outlook' in English and 'Holy Crap' in my native tongue malayalam.
PHILOSOPHY
I am interested in sports, music, philosophy ...
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
I am quite flexible in most of things with a wide world outlook
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
Nil
Interests
I get into online group discussions on facebbok as well as on yahoo/google groups. I am quite active active in humanism circles trying to do my bit against superstitions.
- books
- traveling
- music
- sports
- emergency services
- engineering
- tours
Music, Movies, and Books
I am a humanist with a mission of promotic logical thinking in all facets of life
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
The most amazing thing I have done is 1. I caught a thief single-handly when I was 22. 2. I had three government employees trapped by the police for taking bribes.
The most amazing place I have visited is Kashmir and Ladakh - so beautiful and yet so pathetic. Another thing that impressed me much was Freetown Christiania in Copenhagen, Denmark. I wish I had the courage to organize such freetowns everywhere
Teach, Learn, Share
Any kind of people, all kinds of people
Countries I’ve Visited
Austria, Bahamas, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hong Kong, Japan, Liechtenstein, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Portugal, Qatar, Russian Federation, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States
Countries I’ve Lived In
India, Qatar