𝗜𝗙 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗞𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗖𝗛 𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗜𝗦 —
𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗠𝗬 𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗧𝗢 𝗔𝗟𝗕𝗨𝗠

"𝗠𝘆 𝗖𝗦 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯" & "𝓜𝔂 𝓒𝓢 𝓙𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓷𝓪𝓵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰"

Hello 🛋🏄🏾‍♂️'s!!!

My name is 𝐊𝐀𝐑𝐋,but once we sit down and chat about my life and travel adventures, you might come up with a new nickname for me. I've pulled off some mind-blowing, super surprising stuff in the world of couch surfing and have so many funny stories to share.Traveling is an addiction for me and meeting new Travelers is a hobby. So, "𝐃𝐎𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐄 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐃", if you receive any invitation from me to be my guest or hang out for coffees or drinks in Dubai. The agenda of my life is simple.

✈️ 𝓣𝓡𝓐𝓥𝓔𝓛....𝓣𝓡𝓐𝓥𝓔𝓛 𝓐 𝓛𝓞𝓣, 𝓑𝓤𝓣 𝓞𝓝𝓒𝓔 𝓘𝓝 𝓐 𝓦𝓗𝓘𝓛𝓔, 𝓣𝓡𝓐𝓥𝓔𝓛 𝓑𝓐𝓒𝓚 𝓣𝓞 𝓨𝓞𝓤𝓡 𝓡𝓞𝓞𝓣𝓢 🌿

I’ve always wanted to travel the world and meet different people, but settling down in life has always been my first priority.I realized very late that life could be very unpredictable, so better late than never, I decided to travel the world after working for more than 𝟭𝟴 𝗬𝗥𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗗𝗨𝗕𝗔𝗜. Initially, I asked few of my close friends to join me but they also had the same priority like mine😂, so I decided, not to wait for anyone and travel solo. After many trips, I joined couch surfing in May 22. I never knew about this app until I heard about it on a flight journey to Baku. I met few CS in Baku through this app and 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐌! I completely fell in love with it. I'm still new and exploring it and I'm absolutely amazed how it could connect fellow travelers like me.

I love adventure sports and I love heights or anything that has huge risk. I’m a huge fan of 𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐓 as well and I'm so crazy about this sport that I own a Cricket team in Dubai called ‘𝐗𝐋𝐍𝐂 ‘ and I play around 3-4 times a week. I also own a bat licensed by ICC (International Cricket Council) signed by the legendary, ‘God of Cricket’ a.k.a 𝐒𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐋𝐊𝐀𝐑.
Personal message to me from from renowned West Indies cricketer 𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐈𝐒 𝐆𝐀𝐘𝐋𝐄 a.k.a The Universe Boss🤩🤩.
Only a true Cricket fan could comprehend my feelings😁

https://youtube.com/shorts/60NF_R4M9Uw?feature=share

𝗠𝘆 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗚 𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗠𝗥 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ca0T_XShYD8/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

I watch football only during the World Cup matches and to be honest, other than Messi & Ronaldo, I don't know anyone and I'm ashamed to say that my knowledge of the best sports in the world is 𝐙𝐄𝐑𝐎 ☹️

I'm also a foodie and I love exploring different varieties of meat. I'm not proud of it, but at one stage I stop eating meat and became full time vegan. I did it for few months and then lost interest as I was finding difficult to find food while traveling. One of the worst mistakes of my life and I completely regret it🥴

𝗙𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 - 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀𝗲, 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗶, 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀 & 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀

I'm not a religious person, but I respect all the religion and their values. I believe that if you do good to someone, someone would do the same for you. I go an extra mile to help people that I like or close to me, irrespective of their caste, color or religion. I also believe that 𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗦 exist. It's scarier to think that we are alone in this universe or to think we aren't👽

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

𝗜 𝗪𝗔𝗦 𝗔𝗡 𝗔𝗩𝗜𝗗 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗩𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗥, 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗩𝗘𝗟 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗜𝗡𝗙𝗟𝗨𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗔 𝗟𝗢𝗧. 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗔 𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗔 𝗗𝗜𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗨𝗔𝗚𝗘, 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗪𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗨𝗣 𝗜𝗡 𝗔 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘, 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗠𝗘𝗘𝗧 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗟𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗩𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗, 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗗𝗜𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗙𝗢𝗢𝗗. 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗧𝗢 𝗥𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦𝗘𝗟𝗙.

My motto is to make friends from all over the world and CS offers that platform to me. I hope one day, I would be proud to find a friend in each country.

One thing, I do best in CS is bring different Csers 𝗧𝗢𝗚𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 . I reach out to all those Csers that I’m unable to host in Dubai and gave them a private tour of some of the hidden gems in Dubai

Also, I have hosted a variety of friends in Dubai

https://www.instagram.com/p/Caz_MCRrlgs/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

and would like to host people from different parts of the world to complete my mission.Meeting different Csers from various countries gives me an opportunity to know their tradition, culture, values and most importantly their travel experiences. I just met few people in CS and it surprises me, how much I can learn from them.

For Eg, I did not know 𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗛𝗨𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗔 is a country and I was always mixing 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗜𝗔 with 𝗦𝗜𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗔 😂😂

Interests

When we unexpectedly step into someone’s life and give them a surprise, there’s a spark of hope in their eyes and a glimpse of happiness. I want to use this platform to witness and create those moments.

I love meeting new people and sharing my experience with them & vice versa. There is so much to learn & explore from each other and so less time.

• wine
• coffee
• technology
• traveling
• scuba diving
• skydiving
• cricket
• tourism
• tea
• new cultures
• marvel
• romania
• new cuisines
• curries

Music, Movies, and Books

I love fictional, thriller & action movies\series and I'm a big fan of 𝐌𝐂𝐔 & 𝐃𝐂 animated movies. I don't like horror movies as I hate the silence for the shocking scenes and I close my eyes in most of the scenes. I defn need lot of tissues for watching any emotional scenes and I'm not shy to say that I cry while watching movies.

I love all kinds of music, except rock. I have a huge collection of 𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗔𝗡 music and its artist.

Romanian Artist : Edward Maya, Inna, Deepcentral, Dan Balan, DJ Goja, Jai Alexander, Alexandra Stan, Liviu Hodor, Vika Jigulina,Play & Win, Ela Rose, DJ Layla & many more

Other Artist - Drake, Rihanna, Akon, Eminem, Lost Frequency, Linkin Park, Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift, Backstreet Boys & many more

Books :- I'm not much of a reader now as I hated books after my UNI😅.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

𝐈𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐂𝐇 𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐆:-

1. I reached out to all Csers, who I couldn’t host and took them on a small private tour to some of the hidden gems in Dubai. It was an incredible experience when Csers of 4 different countries were hanging out in my car, discussing various topics. (Check out 1st pic in Couch photos)

2. I took a last min request from a Swiss couple and surprised them by visiting them at their hotel, just 10 mins after the phone call. I wish, I could capture their faces in amazement.(Check out 13th pic in Couch photos)

3. I celebrated my CS guest wedding anniversary and birthday with my circle of friends.

4. I allowed two different Csers to sleep and take rest in my car for few hrs at my office building. The Cser had a long flight and reached Dubai Airport @1AM and was expecting early check-in at the hotel.

5. I took a German Cser and her not so good looking Iranian friend to watch my cricket match and my team ended up losing the semi-finals.My teammates were distracted😜 and the lady luck followed us as we almost died driving the car in the fog at late night😂😂.

𝐈𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 :-

1. Skydiving in Dubai,
2. Longest Zip-line in RAK.
3. Snorkeling in Seychelles.
4. Paragliding in Guatape
5. Walked with the Lions in Mauritius.
6. Saved a life of an unknown man who was committing suicide(True story)
7. The Eloper (My fav of all and I would tell, once we meet)

Teach, Learn, Share

𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗖𝗛- Sneakers, Cricket, MCU, Tech, Indian languages as I can speak 7 out of the many.

𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗡- Speaking French\Spanish\Chinese, Guitar, Bachata, Salsa, different cuisines and your travel experiences

𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗘 - I can share my room😂😂, My knowledge of Dubai & the places I traveled. I know a lot of people and I've an excellent network of people in Dubai that work into various fields.Maybe, I can help you in something that you cant find😄

What I Can Share with Hosts

1. I love to provide the best service to my guest, So, I don't accept any invitation that is more than 𝟮 𝗡𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗦.

2. You'll get a nice clean 𝗦𝗘𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘 bedroom and bathroom.

3. You can use the 𝗞𝗜𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗡 as per your own wish.

4. I may even pick and drop you from the airport\bus stops based on my availability.

5. I provide 𝐍𝐎𝐋 𝐆𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐃 to my guest. This could be used in any Metros, Buses or Trams. The card may have some balance left by the previous traveler or you would need to recharge it,if you plan to travel the city. 𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐃𝐎𝐍𝐓 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐄𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐃

𝐏𝐋𝐒 𝐃𝐎𝐍𝐓 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐃 𝐈𝐍𝐕𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆

1. If you are coming for job interview or looking for a job in Dubai and searching for a place to stay.
2. If you want to use CSers app like 𝗨𝗕𝗘𝗥 or 𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥
3. If you want to be left alone in the room and doesn't want to mingle with anyone
4. If you don't have a good profile and references. Exceptions provided to only those people that are very keen to be CSers.
5. If you are not a serious traveler and just a 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗥!!

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Peru, Qatar, Romania, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, India, United Arab Emirates