Hi, I am Karun ( friends call me KB ). Have travelled a bit... and still wanting more. I was a sailor earlier and was working on Merchant vessels, hence the travels. Moved to a corporate life and lived in Hanoi for 3.5 years. Moved to Shenzhen on December’17 and enjoying here so far !!!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet new people, to make new friends

Interests

Traveling , eating new kinds of food and drinking beer !!

Music, Movies, and Books

Like all kinds of Music. Can and do listen to different language music at times...

Movies- have seen a lot of them. I do like to watch a lot of TV series. Can binge watch on the weekends if have nothing else to do

Books- Am currently reading Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. Read a lot of Fiction when i was doing my graduation.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sailing in the frozen seas in the northern part of Russia, in sub zero climate, on the way to Primorsk !!!

Teach, Learn, Share

Would like to learn a new language. Have tried my hands a bit at learning Spanish and Vietnamese but still a long way to go. Trying to get a grasp of Mandarin now and find my way beyond Ni Hao and Xie Xie...

What I Can Share with Hosts

A good conversation over a coffee/beer !!

Countries I’ve Visited

Algeria, Belgium, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, England, France, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Macao, Mexico, Netherlands, North Korea, Norway, Panama, Russian Federation, Scotland, Singapore, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates, United States, Viet Nam, Virgin Islands, British

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, India, Viet Nam