Hi, I`m Prakash Nivas from Goa. I’m an documentary filmmaker and a Yog 🧘‍♂️ teacher who likes traveling, mountaineering, hitchhiking and most of all having adventures.

I had worked as a quality engineer in Goa and then decided to leave my work and set out on a journey in 2018. I returned two years later at the end of 2020, after having traveled extensively through the length and breadth of my beautiful country, India 🇮🇳 and the Indian subcontinent.
Backpacking for two years, I visited every state in India. Living as a complete nomad, I had the good fortune to visit and live with the different tribes of the high Himalayan mountains of the Ladakh, Nepal, Bhutan and Arunachal, the rain forest of the North-East India, the
desert of Rajasthan and the Southern tip at Kanniyakumari.
I have been living with many kinds of people including different indigenous tribal people, all across the Indian subcontinent. I have been very fortunate to have learned about their culture, food and languages - all on a shoestring budget.

Come and meet me and start to know some unusual incidences that are part of my life’s lovely stories.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To see the world from a fresh perspective, through the eyes of the people you're helping.

I guess in a way you could say I'm paying restitution for the kindness that was so easily given to me when I was nomad but to be honest, there is no greater feeling than taking someone into your home, showing them the real Goa and our culture, then seeing that twinkle in their eye--the one that silently shouts "There is nowhere I'd rather be than here with you."

Interests

• culture
• film making
• festivals
• environment
• vegetarian
• motorcycles
• languages
• learning new things
• long walks
• tribes
• ecstatic dance
• sustainable living
• yoga and meditation
• stoicism
• conscious living

Music, Movies, and Books

Techno-organic, mid tempo, deep tribal, jazz, funk,
Steve roach, Brian eno, Ambient, fusion.

Mostly documentaries- latcho drom, touching the void, fantastic fungi.

Books: Indian & spiritual.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Met his holiness Dalai Lhama.
It’s just says one. Rest is mystery.

Teach, Learn, Share

Will be happy to teach you Yog🧘‍♂️ since I am certified Yog teacher, Consciousness, Filmmaking, Cook Indian Dishes, Languages, Art, Culture and lifestyle.

Long Motorcycle trips - Since motorcycle riding is meditation for me, tips for traveling solo, on budget.

Amazing company to hang out with, can show you the places, take you to the best parties in the Goa!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Riding in beautiful places in Goa, home cooked vegetarian meal, friendship and a good company.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Kazakhstan, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, Russian Federation, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, India, Mongolia, Thailand