I am finishing up grad school in physics and I want to backpack in South-East Asia and Europe before I take a job that hopefully doesn't bore me to death. I like talking about history, culture, language and food. I like hiking, museums, dance/theater, music shows, exhibitions and I am open to trying most things.

I travel so I can understand the world better, make friends, and synthesize all the insights I gather for a entrepreneurial initiative someday.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To travel in a way that weaves together people, places, history, conversations, and food into an experience that is more intimate than going A to B and back.

Interests

• cooking
• music
• philosophy
• travel

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies? The Matrix, The Fountain, Schindler's List, Amelie, Grave of the Fireflies, Princess Mononoke, Inception, Arrival are some of them

Music? Various blends of metal and jazz

Books? From the recent ones I am reading or have read: Wealth of Nations, Jung's Map of the Soul, Maps of Meaning, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Tao: The Watercourse Way, Thinking Fast, and Slow, and The World is Flat

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-Slept in a tent on a deserted but beautiful beach in Mexico while wolves were prowling around at night.

-Staying and giving a scientific talk in an old medieval German castle

-Packing a bag and deciding to drive to Madras, Oregon a day before the Total Solar Eclipse

Teach, Learn, Share

If I bring my guitar we can learn to play it or a bunch of other peculiar things I have learnt as a hobby. I have the curiosity of a cat so I am inclined to learn anything I can get my hands/attention on.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A part of my life, stories, good will.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Portugal, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, United States