Moved to the Southend on Sea, UK since mid-July 2024, relocating after 5 years of living in Europe!!

Right now, I'm living in a monthly terminable Airbnb contract for a room and the house is shared with another guest, thus cannot host till I find my new home. In case of emergency, I can still host you (subject to confirmation from Airbnb owner).

I have already hosted lot of guests while I lived in Amsterdam and I'm now looking forward to experience the surfing part in London on some weekends.

My first 7 weekends in the UK:

1st weekend:
London bridge
Badminton tournament

2nd weekend:
Southend beach
Corfe castle (Knoll beach hike) 15 kms

3rd weekend:
Hydepark
Seven sisters hike 25kms - Eastbourne

4th weekend:
Coventry
Brimham rock climbing, hike
Ingleborough caves
Gape hill hike 15 kms - Yorkshire

5th weekend:
Rye, Sussex -20km hike
Isle of Wight, Needles (island)🏝️

6th weekend:
Belfast, Ireland

7th weekend:
18hrs of acrobatics-yoga convention

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I am an IT Techie who has lived in the Netherlands since July 2019-July 2024. My passions include Travel, Adventure, Sports, Food, Photography, Fitness, and Creative activities while being curious about a lot of new things and on an explorative journey in life!

Vegetarian since birth, non-smoking, will preferably be non-alcoholic (but can take a bit on special occasions or with a close circle of friends), and social.

(Guests/Surfers can eat meat and smoke outside but please do not get them inside the house, drinks are okay in the house in limited quantities ;))

I've visited 30 countries of which 2highlights were during my
-solo yoga adventure trip to Portugal in Summer 2020 and
-solo backpacking trip to Spain in Summer 2021!!

2022 has so far been my craziest travel year ever !!!!!!
India (Blr) - Mar 16
Netherlands (Ams) - Mar 17
Czech Republic (Prague)- Mar 18
Sweden (Stockholm)- Apr 15
Finland (Turku, Helsinki)- Apr 16
Estonia (Tallin) - Apr 17
Germany (Heidelberg, Stuttgart) - May 7
Sweden (Gothenburg)- May 26
Norway (Oslo) - May 27
Denmark (Copenhagen) - May 28
France (Nice, Marseille) - Jun 4
Monaco - Jun 6
Italy (Milan, Lake Como)- Jun17
Germany (Ravensburg, Ulm, Lindau)- Jul16
Austria (Bregenz) - Jul17
France (Paris) - Jul30
Germany (Dusseldorf, Mannheim, Heidelberg) - Aug27
Germany (Nuremberg) - Sep1
Bosnia (Banja Luka) - Sep2
Serbia (Belgrade) -Sep3
India🛩️ - Sep29
Belgium (Brussels, Ghent. Antwerp) - Oct30

2023 Travel:
Feb/Mar (28 days) - India
Jul(4 days) - Split, Dubrovnik (Croatia)
Aug(3 days) - Disneyland (Paris)
Sep(2 weeks) - India
Oct(1 day) - Spa (Belgium)
Nov(1day) - Cologne (Germany)

Dec 2 - Dusseldorf, Germany
Dec15- Malta
Dec21- Antwerp, Belgium
Dec28 - Copenhagen, Denmark
Dec29 - Stockholm, Sweden
Dec30- Helsinki, Finland
Dec31 - Lapland, Northern Lights

2024:

1st Jan - Lapland Northern Lights
2nd Jan - Turku, Finland
3rd Jan - Copenhagen, Denmark
Apr-
Sofia, Bulgaria
Bucharest, Romania
May (with parents)-
Paris, France
Brussels, Belgium
Jun - Lille, France
Jul- Hallstat, Salsburg Austria
Dusseldorf, Germany

Note: I don't accept friend requests until we have met and know each other personally.

I always try to respond 100% to messages which convey the person has read my profile. I'm totally happy to converse when you have taken the effort to read a profile :)

On Weekdays, I travel to work everyday and leave home by 8am and finish work by 6pm and workouts by 8-9pm and then reach home. I could be flexible only outside my office hours.

Tip: If you have too much struggle finding a host, what can help you is to post your travel plans Public and write in appropriate groups.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To get the experience of meeting people (especially travellers) and help my bit in sharing space, time and also get to learn from their experience and values.

Interests

I like to have a wholistic experience of life and thus I'm not limited to a deep journey in a single field but rather pursue my interests/energies into various postitve channels.

My interests include Volunteering, Running, Tennis, Yoga, Badminton, Swimming, Fitness Workouts, Social walks, Photography, Blogging, Designing, Cooking, Networking etc..

• photography
• cooking
• vegetarian
• running
• technology
• traveling
• blogging
• sports
• tennis
• swimming
• badminton
• meeting interesting people
• events
• yoga and meditation

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Some of my life's brightest moments or beautiful experiences:

20 international travels in 6months in 2022,
Scuba diving in India 2x,
Trying out Surfing in Portugal,
Learning Stand up paddling in Cascais Portugal,
Yoga in the mountains/beaches of Portugal and mountains of Karnataka (India),
Learning and practicing Acro Yoga,
Solo hiking in Costabrava Spain,
Backpacking trip to Spain for 9 days completely unplanned (planning each city/day as the time flies by),
Visiting 30 countries in Europe (Many of them being solo trips),
Publishing a toastmasters magazine,
Hosting women's day event of up to 100 people in an auditorium,
Exploring different dance forms -
Bollywood, Garba, Salsa, Bachata, Afro fusion, Partner Connection dance, Ecstatic dance and contact improvisation
Running 10k under 60mins,
Competing in State level Badminton tournament,

Studying Advanced DSP programming in IIT Madras,
Working/living in 8 major cities in India - Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Trivandrum, Kochi, Nagpur, Pune, Mumbai;
Long term house sharing with other gender and nationalities (Indian/Dutch/South African, Maldovan)

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach a bit of photography/click your pictures (Check @deepix1 to know more),
Share some special Indian food/cuisines along the city (Check @deepsdelicacy to know more),
engage in active conversations.

What I Can Share with Hosts

To Guests/Surfers -

A place to relax, refresh and rejuvenate during their travel.
A nice Indian food/snack + coffee/tea (unless I am extremely occupied or they arrive too late and leave early).
Some candid/ portrait shots if we hang out at a nice location
Share my travel stories and interesting experiences in life
Be an active listener to their conversation and stories.

To Hosts -
Be a nice, quiet, and clean surfer who prefers spending most of the time outside.
Will carry some sweet/snacks or can also cook some tasty Indian food if there is the provision
Some candid/ portrait shots if we hang out at a nice location
Share my travel stories and interesting experiences in life
Be an active listener to their conversation and stories.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, India, Netherlands, United Kingdom