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Overview

  • 73 references 16 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Hindi, Tamil; learning Panjabi, Punjabi
  • 55, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • Interior Designer Consultant, traveller, wife and mother.
  • University post graduate and educated by life, still lear...
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

meet and make lasting friends and travel around the world like a free bird

ABOUT ME

Have explored 27 countries.. traveled extensively...still so much to see and experience.. Travelling is my prime passion, I come alive when outdoors.
I am quoted by friends as friendly, sincere, hospitable, accomodative and considerate person. Meeting and making new friends gives me immense pleasure.

PHILOSOPHY

Want to live life fully.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Have hosted few Surfers, taken them around Bangalore site seeing, shopping, dinners & lunches, introduced them to Indian Culture etc.
Organized a few picnics, parties and treks in Bangalore for CS. Attended plenty of CS gatherings. I try my best to give what I have to this community by being myself.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

HOSTED:
Sudarshan from Bangalore -Jul'2008
Sharmila from Malaysia - Sep'2008
Marlon Brossette from France Oct'2008
Petra & Monika from Croatia - Nov'2008
Dianinka from Poland - Dec'2008
Charlie Hunter from Canada - Feb-09
Renatas & Joana from Lithuania - Feb'09
Hannah Svedlund from Sweden - Feb'09
Christina from Litvia, Riga - Apr'09
Well now I have stopped counting...
CS Friends of CS friends... by word of mouth...
the list goes on....
Organized several CS get-togethers at home.
Travelled and organised many treks and trips with fellow Couch-surfers.

Interests

Passionate about Nature - Learn a lot by travelling to remote places. Rivers, mountains, plants, flowerbeds, sea etc make me happy. Very happy to be in the company of animals, pets, wild life. Interior decoration is a hobby. Any kind of music (soothing to the ears), movies, reading etc are the time -pass.

  • animals
  • pets
  • culture
  • partying
  • shopping
  • movies
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • outdoor activities
  • kayaking
  • hunting
  • rivers
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies - Romantic comedies,Real life stories- the kinds of - pursuit of happyness, Out of Africa, the sunshine girl etc. Books (Varied) - Pappillon by Cherriere, Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts,Jeffery Archer, Danielle steel, All the books of Chetan Anand.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Kayaking in arabian sea was life threatening and River rafting in Rishikesh was amazing. Drove across India 7500 kms Chennai to Rohtang pass (Himachal) in 25 days. Seen a full grown Tiger straight on the face at about 20'proximity in Ranthambore, Rajasthan jungles.Stayed and experienced South african jungles. millions of Wilde beast crossing the border Kenya-tanzania border.

Teach, Learn, Share

Always Ready to learn. If anything can be learnt from me, will be happy n ready to impart knowledge.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, China, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Nepal, Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, United Arab Emirates

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