Unfortunately wouldn't be able to host any travellers at the moment, but happy to meet up.

Hi👋
Thanks for looking at my profile.
I'm originally from Iran, Australian Citizen and New Zealand resident, so I call New Zealand home for now. I'm an environmental/climate change scientist working on the impacts of climate change and global warming on people's lives.

Like many of us here, I love travelling because it provides opportunities see things I've never seen, do thing I haven never done and meet whom I've never met 🙂.

I call myself a social-cultural traveller meaning that I'm intrested in meeting/talking with people (and listening to their stories) as much as I like visiting places (if not more🙃). I love observing different lifestyles, philosophies and attitudes towards life along the way and learn. The personal and cultural diversity across our planet makes me feel humble.

A few years ago, I had a mid-life crisis episode, when I came across some deep existential questions about the course of my life. So, I cut a lot of strings off and started travelling (call it a pilgrimage) to re-think my lifestyles, and re-construct it if I needed to. I think I've got over the most challenging part of the journey (hopefully), but still a long way to go. The take-home message for me, so far, was: "not to take life too seriously"

Anyway, long story cut short, I'm looking for some friendly and respectful interactins with like-minded people to share our little life stories, regardless of gender, skin complexsion, religion, economic situation, or other personal/cultural differences, as far as we respect each other.

Well...that's all I have to say for now. I'm looking forward to seeing and chatting with some of you in the future 🙂

P.S. Please note that I'm in a relationship so, no romance no drama, thank you very much 🙃

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm couch surfing because I love meeting real genuine people. It's from people to people

Interests

• culture
• movies
• reading
• music
• philosophy
• psychology
• food
• nature

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Pink floyd, Leonard Cohen...
Films: Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, ...
Books: Mark Twins, Tim Winton, Steven Pinker, Daniel Kahneman
Philosophy: Alan Watts, Daniel Dennett,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Being an ordinary human

Teach, Learn, Share

English/ Culture / Education/ Food/Music

What I Can Share with Hosts

A place to stay and cook
Nice conversations
Good company

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Georgia, Greece, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Nepal, New Zealand, Qatar, Singapore, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Iran, New Zealand, Turkey