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Overview

  • 8 references 5 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English
  • 46, Male
  • Member since 2013
  • Small Business Owner
  • Majored in Chem Engineering and a side degree in Finance ...
  • From Denver, CO, USA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Karma believing agnostic who finds travel to be a humbling experience

ABOUT ME

I have called Denver home for 17 years now and arrived there by way of years spent in Bombay, Philadelphia and NYC. Love the city and am glad to be able to share it with anyone new to it. I have moved to new cities a few times in my life and have always found people who generously helped me adapt to my new surroundings. I keep trying to pay that forward.

PHILOSOPHY

Live life to the fullest every day without hurting anyone. Be accepting of people's generosity while being mindful to pay it forward.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am looking to travel to South America for a few months early next year and would love to connect with couch surfing hosts during my visits to learn about their perspective in respective cities. In anticipation of such , am looking to share my humble abode to any travelers visiting Denver.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None yet though I met with some very engaging couchsurfers in Lisbon recently who got me hooked on this concept.

Interests

Have a self inflicted short attention span which allows me to explore new interests constantly (though not always leading them to their logical conclusion). But I do feel I grow a little bit through all my varied experiences and interests.

Music, Movies, and Books

Trainspotting, Shawshank Redemption, Office Space, Fight Club, Bridges of Madison County....

Metallica, Pearl Jam, Ella Fitzgerald, Paul Van Dyk, Korn, Western & Eastern Classical, Fusion Music....

Mostly magazines & newspapers - WSJ, NYT, the Onion, Economist, Travel & Leisure, HBR...

Adding a section on Podcasts since they are equally if not bigger part of my life as above categories - Radiolab, 99% Invisible, Freakonomics, Desert Islands Discs, This American Life....

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Recently completed 50th country stamp on my passport/s - though I've been to a few of those multiple times, I feel like I barely scratched the surface of those cultures and cant wait to go back to each and explore more.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Belize, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Macao, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, United Kingdom, United States

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