We (Maryam and Shahab) started surfing couches and hosting travelers in 2008, while we were living in Malaysia, even before Couchsurfing.com was well-known, and through the www.travellersfortravellers.com platform which is already down, unfortunately.

We both love traveling and socializing with people, especially those from less-known origins and cultures.

It's not nice to talk about our positive characteristics, and we recommend you read our reviews instead, but just for the sake of familiarization, we are friendly and honest. People trust us very fast. Shahab is introverted guy, while Maryam is an extrovert.
We both love culture, history, psychology, and almost all types of human sciences.

PHILOSOPHY

Life is a travel between 2 worlds. One is short and ending, and one is infinite and never-ending. The first one is a preparation for the latter one. And we're going to prepare ourselves. One of our mediums for this purpose is CS and traveling the worlds of people we can encounter and meet during our preparation period, not just the earth. For that, we need close relationships, even if they're short. And for that closeness, we need to live with them, even for one day. We hope we'll be a good companion for everybody that we meet, both our guests or our hosts.

Would you like to stay with us as a CS? We love knowing and hosting new friends too.

BUT FOR BETTER MATCHING, PLEASE READ OUR "HOME INFO" COMPLETELY BEFORE SENDING A REQUEST.

Although we don't expect you to tailor your request per host, we won't respond to the blind copy-and-paste requests, because we're on CS for making friends and cultural exchange, not as a hotel only.
The cost of CS for us is more than its savings on accommodation or meals because we mostly are hosts rather than guests, and we love and enjoy it. But it also makes us a little sensitive about who we host or even whose guests we would be.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

As mentioned, we started surfing couches in 2008.

We have wonderful couch-surfing experiences in Indonesia, Singapore, France, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Austria, Emirates, Turkey and Egypt. We never forget those beautiful experiences.

We also hosted different people from some countries such as Australia, Ireland, Mexico, Chile, China, England, Germany, France, Hong Kong, Spain, Poland, Malaysia, Belgium, Russia, India, Pakistan, Turkey, Greece, Morocco, Egypt, and more. All of them are good friends and some visited us more than once.

We love hosting people for cultural exchange. It's not just a hobby, but a mission in our life.

Interests

Traveling, reading books, discussing social and cultural topics, riding, climbing, swimming, and visiting places and people.
We love talking to people, especially in authentic places such as villages and off-the-beaten-path places.

• culture
• books
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• surfing
• swimming
• entrepreneurship
• history
• psychology
• religion
• climbing
• tribes
• nomads
• villages
• digital nomad lifestyle
• authentic cultures

Music, Movies, and Books

It depends on our mood, but we like meaningful art pieces, such as but not limited to:
Brave Heart and other Mel Gibson works
Pink Floyd
Shahram Nazeri
Seraj
Arabian light music
Kitaro
Yanni
Folklore music
Flamenco Guitar
Piano
Tchaykovski
and a lot more

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Life is amazing and adventurous to us generally and being a CS is one the most amazing things we've done, but to name a specific example, visiting Orang Asli's in Taman Negara Rainforest in Malaysia was a memorable thing we have done.

Teach, Learn, Share

We like to learn new things and also love to share my experiences and knowledge with others.

We love everybody that respects humanity, peace, friendship, diversity and other's beliefs.

What I Can Share with Hosts

- Our travel stories and memories
- Our knowledge of Iran, Malaysia, and Singapore.
- Books we read
- Sharing Entrepreneurship and Startup experiences
- Teach/talk about personal development topics,
etc.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Malaysia, Singapore, Slovakia, Thailand, United Arab Emirates

Countries I’ve Lived In

Iran, Malaysia, Singapore