I am a traveler and photographer. After 7 years in Corporate world , I have taken a sabbatical to to travel around India. Currently I am on a bag packing trip across Eastern and North East India . I have already covered Karnataka and Goa.

Outside India I have traveled to parts of Europe , USA and SE Asia.

I travel slow – spending more time at a place to have a deeper connection with people, food and heritage
I believe in sustainable travel, staying with locals, trying local cuisine and using public transport wherever possible.

I am a huge advocate of Barter System – willing to share time and skills in exchange of local experiences
I am excellent guest and treat the host's home as mine and take care accordingly.

I have recently started a blog to share my travel stories
https://travel-raw.com/

For latest pictures from my journey please check out :
www.instagram.com/StoriesbyNishant/

Looking forward to meet you !!!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To share and learn life stories of people . As i travel more and more , I realize how less I know about myself , about the world we live in .

Meeting, hosting , socializing with people is part of my innate culture

Interests

Photography
Travel
Mathematics
World Heritage
Education
Volunteering (especially teaching kids)

• culture
• photography
• education
• cooking
• yoga
• traveling
• socializing
• backpacking
• teaching
• engineering
• mathematics
• volunteering
• travel
• marketing

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies
GodFather
Shawshank Redemption
Sholay
Swades

Books
Alchemist
Untold: The Stories Behind the Photographs by Steve McCurry

Music
Jagjit Singh
Coke Studio

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I won the GoUNESCO challenge for traveling to max World Heritage Sites in India in 2013

http://www.gounesco.com/nishant-chawla-travel-profile-winner-gounesco-2014/
http://www.gounesco.com/proof/18-12-go/

Teach, Learn, Share

Photography | Yoga | Indian Food | Sales and Marketing | Product Management | Project Management

What I Can Share with Hosts

My Experiences and Travel Stories

Cooking Together
Household Chores
Volunteering

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Germany, Malaysia, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, India