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Overview

  • 5 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Gujarati, Spanish
  • 38, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • Technology Sales (Electric Vehicle charging stations)
  • BBA in Marketing - University of Texas at Austin
  • From Houston, TX, USA
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Live Good. Do Good.

ABOUT ME

I really enjoy meeting new people from different backgrounds and forming relationships and networks with them. I love hearing where people have been, what they've seen, and who they've met. I've been to Australia, India, Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, Japan, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil. I want to go to more places but believe couch surfing is a great way to start learning more about other places and cultures.

-I believe ONE person CAN change the world.

-I'm a really simple person, and simple things make me happy.

-I love everything about waterfalls (sights, sounds)

PHILOSOPHY

I don't fear dying, I fear not living life to my fullest (my take-away and inspiration from the late Randy Pausch)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hoping to meet and make new friends that will expand my life experience and knowledge.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have hosted someone from Sydney, Australia who was visiting the states.

I also used CS to meet people when I was in Sao Paulo, Brazil. I met two different people and spent time touring the city and sitting down to talk, eat & drink.

My favorite CS host stories are from hosts in Ho Chi Minh and Da Nang in Vietnam.

Interests

People, Travel, Technology, Sustainability, Food, Spirituality/philosophy, Politics. Entrepreneurship. Business. Occasional night life.

  • dining
  • flying
  • politics
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • backpacking
  • surfing
  • scuba diving
  • business
  • entrepreneurship

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Comedies & Documentaries
Music: Hip-Hop, Alternative, and some EDC/House-music

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-Scuba dive in the Great Barrier Reef.
-Saw the Perito Moreno Glacier in the Patagonia region of Argentina.
-Leave my job at Google to fly on a one-way ticket to South America and backpack around for a few months.

Teach, Learn, Share

Cooking Tex-Mex and breakfast tacos!

I can tell you about my solo travels around the world. I can help with entrepreneurship.
I can host people in Austin, TX.
I am very well connected in the tech world and can help people looking for jobs in that industry.

I can teach sales skills which I use on the job.

I have much more to offer in terms of esoteric knowledge.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Tell you about American "culture" and current views on Trump as President (we don't like him).

Travel advice for the countries I've been to.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, India, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Australia, United States

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