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Overview

  • 24 references 20 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Hindi, Kannada, Konkani, Marathi (Marāṭhī), Panjabi, Punjabi; learning French, Spanish, Welsh
  • 38, Male
  • Member since 2015
  • Hairdresser and make up artist
  • Graduate in Commerce& Masters in hair design futures
  • From Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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About Me

I treat everyone the way I would like to be treated, including animals, for me they are not an option to satisfy hunger.
I don't smoke and not a party person and yes I'm still enjoying life.

I have started learning Spanish recently as I would love to visit Spain in future. I also completed an online teaching course three years ago. I used to live in the city of Mumbai, India before moving to the UK.

I live in London at the moment and live a little far from the big attractions in the city so if you are looking for more of a peaceful locality to surf, then you're welcome to meet up.

Yoga • House Music • Pet Lover • Make-up artistry • Ballroom dance • Meditation • Animal Lover • Meat eater Turning Vegetarian • Athletic • Arts • • Single • Photographer • Cook • Surfing • Gardening • beach lover • Hairstylist • makeup artist • Traveller • Foodie • Trustworthy • Honest • walk in nature • Tattoos • Jive • Art • Bike Enthusiast • ...,?.#%?@...• Tea with Brandy Lover • Dogs • &% • Deep Conversation

One could merely pass through a city or town as a blinded tourist and never catch a glimpse of the local culture, try the incredible hidden eateries n restaurants, live music, and so on.
I have hosted travellers, attended meet-ups abroad, and would like to couch surf more in future.

If you don't find me responding in a day then I'm out on a retreat or study holiday but I try to get back as soon as I am online. If you'd like to be my guest, you need to be fully vaccinated, clean and be kind

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Couchsurfing is a nice place to meet new friends, having the experience of Host and Guest. It gives me the chance to get to know not only new places but also the real people who live there, having a more enriching experience from a cultural and human point of view.
I would like to
- meet travellers from around the globe

- many first timers in my life happened during my first solo long distance travel in the USA- my first time in the snow in Colorado; first time target shooting with different guns in Utah; First LGBT drag show in Oregon; night gigs in bars in Seattle; first time doing backpacking on trails in Oregon, first time in a strip club in Las Vegas, first time in a church tabernacle in salt lake city, Utah, and shared a meal with a family of ten people. ( I love these people:D I'm still in touch with them.:D)

I did love to see the world, but I don't want to experience that from some hotel room or Air BnB. If I go somewhere, I want to really get to know what it's like. What better way than to share this experience with a local? I cherish my Couchsurfing experiences and consider them to be one of the most enriching experiences which I would never forget in my life. I think it is awesome to meet people who I have never met in my life and share their homes and be a part of their busy lives and learn so much about them and their culture.

Interests

Music, nature, watching films, writing and poetry, spirituality, biking, drawing, dancing, whiskey, etc.
I am interested to learn about different cuisines.
I love getting lost in an unknown place, taking long walks to nowhere, doing yoga anywhere in the world, writing and surfing the internet and simply sharing ideas and perspectives, be it from a stranger, an acquaintance or a confidant. I love learning new things, it can be anything from anthropology and history to cosmology, cooking, geography and economics.

At the very core, hairstyling and ballroom dancing will always be my true love.

  • animals
  • arts
  • culture
  • photography
  • tattoos
  • make up
  • cooking
  • wine
  • yoga
  • meditation
  • gardening
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • dance music
  • backpacking
  • surfing
  • sports
  • beaches
  • hairstyling

Music, Movies, and Books

love Hollywood
Music: I love jazz, Chillout, house and lounge
Books: non-fiction interests me but I don't read books much
Electro-mix, salsa, hip-hop, etc.
I studied commerce in college but I'm an artist practising hairdressing. I love the films of Hitchcock, Kubrick, Gondry, Miyazaki and many more.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I look forward to writing one down, I am sure I will never forget my past trip around the USA ten years ago and the present one in Wales, UK

Teach, Learn, Share

I have been a hairstylist, and makeup artist for twelve years so I can share a few good hair styling tips.
I can speak a lot about India as I have worked in different cities in the West and South of India. Every state in India has different cultures, food specialities and different dressing styles.
I can share some travelling tips with you to go around India.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I have moved to a shared accommodation so cannot host guess at the moment but I am open to meet up. My undivided attention to you, I love conversations about adventures and Travel experiences.
My hairdryer, soap, towel, dry clean sheets and spare clothes if it fits you.
A bed to rest.

ometimes I may not be able to spend time with you. I have a spare set of keys so you can come and go a you like. Please look after yourself as I can't be there to do it for your. Please be clean and healthy and smelling good. My flat is your flat. Make your self at home.

House rules
What is not allowed and banned from my flat
No smoking
No sex or anything sexual.
No swearing
No violence
No stealing.
No mess

What you can do for me-
Be kind to everyone in the house as it's a shared house. If you need anything, just ask.
Laughing
Boardgames
Work
TV films
Study the Bible with me
Chat and share experiences.
Look after yourself
Cuddles
Massage

Countries I’ve Visited

Aruba, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Curaçao, France, Gibraltar, Greece, Jamaica, Malta, Monaco, Nepal, Oman, Panama, Qatar, Spain, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, Italy, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States

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