Hi, I'm Asif. I'm back in Vancouver after living in Torino, Italy for several years studying Photography. (https://asifhmalik.wixsite.com/fotografia) I'm excited to get to know the new Vancouver CS community and host events here again.

One my passions outside photography is music and in Torino I was the trumpet player in an Italian "pop-soul" band called Denerada. I'm also a big foodie and love cooking together with both my CS guests and hosts.

I definitely hosted a lot more people than I have surfed with, but my experiences with my hosts while I was Couchsurfing were some of my most memorable travel experiences. A wonderful couple took me and my friend Iris salmon fishing in a small town at the end of Alaska, I explored Cinque Terre, the winding maze of Genoa centro with Valentina and I had my first Italian-language only weekend with Teresa, her dad and brother as we cooked vegan food in her beautiful home in Vicenza.

I'm lucky to have a few days after my sister's wedding in the UK to explore and hopefully I'll be able to share some more fun adventures with some new CS friends-for-life!

PHILOSOPHY

Make deep connections, Be open-minded, Create, Live actively, eat healthy and local, Discover incredible Places with amazing people, Avoid rushing through life!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Meet other creatives and create together

Interests

• photography
• acting
• cooking
• trumpet
• hiking
• tennis
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Books - Kite Runner, Into Thin Air, I am Malala

Movies - Amy, 100 Foot Journey, Three Idiots, Idiocracy

Music - Chet Baker, Louis Armstrong, Bahamas

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sittting on the shoulders of my uncle as an 8-year old as we waded thru rivers in rural Pakistan

Teach, Learn, Share

photography, recipes, conversations, stories

What I Can Share with Hosts

cooking, good company, stories

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, England, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Laos, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Italy