CURRENT MISSION

Desperately seeking Shah Rukh Khan

ABOUT ME

I have been traveling this beautiful world for ten years. While traveling, I like to find the heart of culture and skip the tourist circuit.

I work as a freelance tour guide in India, Nepal, China and Tibet, specializing in Indo-Tibetan Buddhist cultural studies. In particular, I design study-abroad semester programs for American students. I am currently working with Global LAB, and have worked several years with Where There Be Dragons.

This is my fifth visit to India, and I love it a little more each time. I am a student of Asian languages, and in addition to Sanskrit and Tibetan, I am currently studying Hindi in Jaipur.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

In 2008, my partner and I couchsurfed in Brighton, England. Our host Neil was amazing to us, and introduced us to the Brighton couchsurfing community. I became a convert to couchsurfing soon thereafter.

Interests

• culture
• design
• traveling
• cultural studies
• freelancing
• languages
• tourism
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

My favorite books:

Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon
City of Djinns by William Dalrymple
The Magus by John Fowles
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
The Frog by John Hawkes
Colossus of Maroussi by Henry Miller

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hitching the mid-Atlas mountains: Morocco, 2007.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, China, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Greece, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Slovenia, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Israel, Nepal, United Kingdom, United States