Helloo 👋🏼 I'm an ER doctor who loves traveling and connecting with others. Currently based in NYC

IG: @tarekuma1

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Opportunity to meet people from all over the world. I’m confident our paths will cross again in the future

Travel and food are the ultimate ways of bringing people together, to experience different destinations and create shared memories

Interests

• photography
• wine
• fitness
• hiking
• history
• languages
• science
• spanish

Music, Movies, and Books

Pop, EDM, and reggaeton

Ocean's Eleven, Star Wars, Bourne series, Lord of the Rings, Matrix, Groundhog Day, Inception, Mission Impossible, Wolf of Wall Street, Pursuit of Happyness

Master of None, Suits, Silicon Valley, Louie, Breaking Bad, Scrubs, How I Met Your Mother, some Turkish series (Aşk-ı memnu), Queen’s Gambit, White Lotus

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Some highlights:

1️⃣ Medicine:
- Rotations in Vienna 🇦🇹, Wrocław 🇵🇱, and Trujillo 🇵🇪 (Not studying abroad in college was one of my biggest regrets)
- Event doctor for concerts at Madison Square Garden and sports games at Yankee Stadium 🚑
- Worked in NYC emergency room during the start and peak of the COVID-19 pandemic 🦠

2️⃣ World Festivals:
- Songkran in Chiang Mai 🇹🇭 (2018)
- Día de Muertos in Oaxaca (2021), CDMX (2024), Pátzcuaro (2025) 🇲🇽
- Carnival in Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷 (2022), Barranquilla 🇨🇴 (2023, 2024)
- Holi in Jaipur 🇮🇳 (2023)
- Semana Santa in Seville 🇪🇸 (2023)
- Tomorrowland 🇧🇪 (2025)

3️⃣ Wonders of the World:
- Great Wall of China 🇨🇳
- Colosseum 🇮🇹 (2014)
- Machu Picchu 🇵🇪 (2017)
- Chichén Itzá 🇲🇽 (2017, 2022)
- Christ the Redeemer 🇧🇷 (2022)
- Taj Mahal 🇮🇳 (2023)
❗️Looking to go to Petra 🇯🇴 and Pyramids in Egypt 🇪🇬

4️⃣ Adventures:
- Hot air balloon in Cappadocia 🇹🇷 (2020) and Teotihuacan 🇲🇽 (2024)
- Volcano boarding in León 🇳🇮 (2021)
- Camel ride and camping in Merzouga 🇲🇦 (2022)
- Bodybuilding competition in Bogotá 🇨🇴 (2023)
- Sandboarding in Huacachina 🇵🇪 (2024)
- Minitrekking on Perito Moreno Glacier 🇦🇷 (2024)
- Go-karting in the streets of Tokyo 🇯🇵 (2025)

Teach, Learn, Share

We can go for a walk, grab food or drinks, and discover hidden parts of a city together. I enjoy taking photos 📸

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, England, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States