Send a CS request and WhatsApp on +91-9826331133
(Cause I am on the road most of the time and may not always be able to respond quick on CS!)

Researcher, Adventure Junkie, a passionate Biker. Known by different names in different places. Close friends call me Dani, colleagues DK, here in the south its Danush, cause they cannot pronounce Danish which happens to be my real name. Love going to places, reading books, making new friends and I dream to go around the world on my bike someday.

Apparently i live in Vattakanal. Just ask for my bookstore or Google 'Dostel Vattakanal'! Come directly even if I fail to respond and stay in the hostel anyway in exchange of books. If you fail to bring any... Get one from our store and give it to us!! :P

Your couch request should start with naming your favourite book that you will be bringing me, then sending me your fav song on whatsapp +919826331133 to improve your chances of getting hosted.

(Books are a must !
2 Books = 1 Night :P )

So that I know that you have taken pain in going through all this and you won't be disappointed with my reply. Otherwise, i will just offer a bed in my Hostel; and its NOT free. Like my time!

And I don't host Zionists and child murderers. So people who have served in the occupation forces or support israel in their current genocide. Don't waste time.

CURRENT MISSION

1. To host all countries of the world. Actively looking for people from Russia, Greenland, Australia, Scandinavian countries, Middle eastern, South East Asian, Africa, South and North America or anywhere doesn't matter just budge in. Call it your home !

2. Start a Library. In Vattakanal from the donated books by travellers

3. Make Vattakanal litter free. Using Ragpackers as a base.

4. To bike all around the world. Meeting all of my distant friends I made these years.

https://www.instagram.com/powerbiking/

Exploring world, One mile at a time!!

5. And map western ghats which is one of the hottest biodiversity hotspot, for conservation priority. And explore more such places across the globe. To know more about 'Sky Islands' please check

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/proof/2017/08/skyislands-and-western-ghats/

6. Sustain Nursery and greenhouse.

PHILOSOPHY

"If you are twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. Find out how other people live and eat and cook. Learn from them wherever you go."

Anthony Bourdain

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I respect a traveler for I know how they feel and why we do this, and its great to know how li'l difference we have in spite of our color or the languages we speak, we are all the same underneath that skin. As Rumi said "It is the inner bond that draws one person to another, not words.” I am open to meeting new people from diverse backgrounds and guiding them to make travel easy and affordable by hosting or providing cheap stays and bike rentals with contacts i have established overtime.

Interests

Mountaineering, Road Trips, Wildlife, Photography, Heritage, Biking, Trekking, Reading, Motorcycles, Camping, Archaeology, Nature, Adventure, Painting, Music, Books, Sketching

Music, Movies, and Books

Damien Rice, Chet faker, Ray Lamontagne, David Bowie, A.R.Rahman, Nusrat Fateh Ali, Morcheeba.

World's Fastest Indian, Peaceful Warrior, 3 Idiots.

Khalil Gibran, Khaled Hosseni, Antov Chekov, Anthony Bourdain, Jalaluddin Rumi, Ayn Rand, Heinrich Harrer, Maxim Gorkhy, Jon Krakauer, Charles Bukowski, Paulo Coelhlo, Zusak, Douglas Adams.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

✓Escorted Moto Tours
✓Been on the road for 1000+ days
✓100000+ kms clocked and still rolling
✓ Advance Paragliding and Mountaineering
✓Took my cat to impossible places.

✓volunteered in forests, met a Tiger.
✓Hitchhiked to southern tip.
✓Survived High School and College
✓Adopted a 60 yr old kid.
✓Started a Hostel
✓ Survived 2020
✓ Married :')

Teach, Learn, Share

I am interested in basic skills, cooking. sewing, first aid or anything that can make you self dependent.

Would love to paint and learn graffiti and other arts. And play and master atleast one instrument. Computer skills like web and graphic designing are also something that interests me and quite handy when looking for quick bucks on the road. Anything that you are good at will be worth knowing.

I can share bike... And give an insight about gps and making maps. Can even teach you to ride, two wheels.. one wheel? Camping tips and travel hacks around the country.

I can also provide voluntary opportunities to people with specific skills.

Treks and Tours across India.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Experiences, Hacks, Ride, Love, Hugs, Ice-cream, Food, Motorcycles, housekeeping, management and farms, pet-babysitting, Indian food, cultural talks. Unforgettable Tour of India.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bhutan, Nepal

Countries I’ve Lived In

India