‼️November Update‼️

I’m back in my hometown and hosting people!

A couple of basic tips for Requests, as I see a lot of new people struggling.
1. There's no need to offer stuff. Meeting someone interesting is the key CS reward. For hosts and guests.
2. Personalise. Why do you want to meet me?
3. Include your WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal for quicker replies.
4. Travelling with company? Let your host know who they are.
5. CS can be a great adventure - treat it like one. As with most things, more effort means a better chance for positive results.

Good luck!

NOTE: Please DON’T send a random hi or a friend request unless we know each other or we’ve met each other IRL.
NOTE2: Couchsurfing is not a dating app so please don’t use it as one.

This year travels:
Jan - EU
Feb - EU
March- India
April - India
May- Japan
June- Central Asia
July/Aug- Balkans and EEU
5/7 - 25/7 (Albania)
26/7 - 14/8 (Montenegro)
15/8- 28/8 (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
24/9-07/10 (Iran)
08/11-31/11 (India) — Hosting :)

My name is Omkar (This is how you’d pronounce it: Om, from the Yoga 🧘‍♂️ and a 🚘 with a K)
I’ve been backpacking for the last 4 years on and off now and I love it. I backpacked almost entire India with an exception to a few states in the mainland and the north-east. I feel that India is not one country but 28 different countries in one. All these 28 countries have their own things which includes special foods, clothing, languages, landscapes, culture.
With that, I have also been to some countries which Indians rarely go to. There’s a notion among Indian people that the travel should be limited to a period of a week or two and should be extravagant. I wanna break that!
The pandemic somehow changed my perspective of viewing life and made me understand how fragile it is. That being said, I have decided to leave every moment of my life moving forward.

Before sending me a request please include the code word ‘Home’ in your request so I know that you’ve understood the arrangement.

Hosting arrangement 🛏️
Private room with a comfortable bed.
All basic needs.
Kitchen ( can provide basic ingredients but if you want to cook then please bring your own groceries)

I can host for 2 nights at the most as of now so please don’t send request that are longer than that. Also, please refer and adhere to the house rules before you come. It is of utmost importance that they are respected as the apartment is my parents. You’d get to experience the best of Indian hospitality if you’d respect the rules.

***Please read the CS guidelines and send personalized requests. Couchsurfers host people in their homes (Not free hostels) and take the time to show you hidden gems in their cities. Please, let's try to maintain the CS spirit***

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

Why not!
But on a serious note, I personally believe that people in this world need this community to exist so that the balance is maintained.

兴趣

Meeting people and learning new languages are couple of interesting things which I think about as of now whilst I’m writing this but I believe only until you meet a person you’d get to know what their true interests are.

• poetry
• singing
• dancing
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• guitar
• hitchhiking
• trekking
• flute
• learning
• driving
• communication
• telling stories
• rain
• humming
• hitch-hiking
• sharing stories
• summer
• reading novels
• helping others
• coin collection
• love to meet new people

音乐、电影和书籍

Books:-
Norwegian woods, The monk who sold his Ferrari, 1000 days of spring, 1000 days of summer. Man, I cant say more , Tomislav Perko is the legit guy who’s one of the extreme traveler and I’m here on CS because of this guy, NGL.
Movie:-
Into the wild( I frekin love this one, all time classic)
Motorcycle diaries.
Spirited away
The Darjeeling Limited
Before Sunrise
Star is Born

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

I believe it’s always in the little things. One such incident that I remember of is when I was travelling with my parents. We were on the train station and we saw a little girl asking for some water to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper denied the water but still the girl kept her composure. I was observing this incident from a distance and I had half filled bottle of water. I just offered the girl my bottle of water without a second thought and her sparkling eyes made me quite emotional. It’s always the little amazing things :)
I believe in Giving without expectations which has brought immense amount of joy to me over my short life so far.

Other things:
Saw his holiness the Dalai Lama in real life.
Bought bicycle in Sumatra and biked 500km.
Hitchhiked more than 25000km worldwide.
Bought a motorcycle and went from south of Vietnam to north. 2.5K km.
Backpacked 35 countries.

教，学，和分享

I’m good at negotiations, maybe we could go on a tour of your local market and I’ll get you a good deal 🤫🤭

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

My mom taught me how to cook and survive. Also I believe that I cook great food. One of the best that I could cook is a Butter Chicken. HMU for the recipe. Dal & Rice are my all time go food that I love to cook! If you are lucky then I might have just the right spices to cook you this amazing dish :)

我游览过的国家

Albania, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Egypt, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Malaysia, Montenegro, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Oman, Poland, Russian Federation, Serbia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

我居住过的国家

India