I'm always striving to be a better person and help people around me. I love going out in nature and doing so with friends! I'm happily married with two teen kids (14 and 19). I'm a pretty kind and joyful person, loving to help and share with others. I grew up practicing meditation and yoga, and spirituality as a big part of my every day life and practice. I've grown up with a lot of diversity so am very open minded, and like to always find commonality rather than focus on the differences. One of my missions in life has been to help bring people together to support people; Staying away from judgements, criticism, etc that just separates us.

My parents are from mixed religious backgrounds and adopted the Sikh faith before I was born...so it was a unique experience being a white kid growing up as a Sikh and spending 10 years in boarding school in India. Gives a unique perspective on the world.

I have always been a creative person, building things, making things, capturing beautiful images. Out of High school I started with an idea of a book project to help teens go through the challenging times by giving tools to support that I found was helpful during that phase of life. It morphed into a website back in 1995 which became the largest online community service for the Sikh community of which I grew up in. I quit my computer programming job and started a non profit organization, and 25 years later it's still going and growing with millions of users every year. I serve as CEO and manage our team that works remote all over the world.

To balance all the computer time...I have to get my hands in the dirt and be outside. I love adventure, being outdoors, camping, mountain biking, gardening and capturing photos and timelapses along the way.

I'm an avid mountain biker and 3 years ago became my passion after my wife and friends got me a nice bike for my birthday. Ever since then - I go out regularly and explore in the hills and mountains where I live in New Mexico.

I love all things tech, but try to keep that balanced with explorations in nature and outside.

My IG account: MrSikhNet

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

Looking to get outside of my comfort zone and meet new people outside of my normal circles of friends. I prefer real authentic connections and open minded people looking to learn and share.

I'm taking a 3 month break from my 25 years of work from the non profit org that I founded and looking for some sparks of new connections and friends while I travel on my own.

As a guest:
• I'm very low-maintenance, quiet, tidy and clean, and strive to be an easy guest. I'm very independent and flexible with most arrangements.
• I love meeting new people, but am not a big talker and understand that everyone is busy in their lives and respect people's space.
• I'm culturally curious, love engaging in interesting conversation, and getting to know people and their lifestyles.
• I am not a "partier" but I enjoy having a good time. I'm far more interested in doing and seeing seeing local attractions, going for a hike, or some other outdoor activity.
• All the computer work I do has left me with dealing with back pain, particularly when I sleep, so my only concern is having a space that is comfortable enough (I'm tall 6'3" too). I'm totally happy sleeping on a air mattress on the floor.

兴趣

• photography
• indian food
• vegetarian
• yoga
• meditation
• gardening
• traveling
• hiking
• camping
• surfing
• mountain biking
• nature
• ultimate frisbee
• india
• astrophotography
• kundalini yoga
• paddleboarding
• stand up paddle boarding
• boogie boarding
• van life
• time lapse photography

音乐、电影和书籍

I love all kinds of music.... growing up was exposed to so much so am all over the place. From Electronic, Folk, Lounge, classical, piano, rock, to Asian / Indian music. Lately with a lot of personal change and a more inward feeling...I have been listening to a lot of smaller independent musicians like shallou, Emmit Fenn and others in this same Genre that I have been randomly discovering on Spotify.

Where do you start with movies?? I love comedies and sci-fi, documentaries, and a good murder mystery.

I used to read a lot...but not so often these days. Last books I read were an adventure series by Tim Tigner. I tend to read or listen to self help book for personal development most of the time when I read.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

How to choose one??? So hard...I went to boarding school in India and lived there for about 10 years as a kid. I like to think that my time there was far more adventurous than all the harry potter stories :)

I've traveled the world and done a lot of amazing things..so have lots of stories to share if we meet.

教，学，和分享

I have lots of different computer skills to share (video editing, website development, app development, social media expert) as I started and run one of the largest non profit organizations serving the Sikh community. I also grew up practicing Kundalini Yoga and meditation and healing through food and herbs so happy to share any of that with you. I'm also an avid gardener and manage a huge garden space with drip irrigation so can share in that area too.

I just bought an old popup camper trailer from a friend and have been fixing it up for a few weeks. I'm ready to explore a new way of traveling this way. Will love to get tips and info from any hosts experienced in this.

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

I can cook simple delicious vegetarian meals, share tips on business, tidy up around the house, or give you a hand with some tech help.

我游览过的国家

Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom

我居住过的国家

India, United States