CURRENT MISSION

To have fun

ABOUT ME

Arthur Benjamin Carmichael IIICreate Your Badge

I'm civically involved in my town (especially my neighborhood -- Downtown) in both a booster & watchdog role and also as a transportation commissioner (http://www.cityofknoxville.org/boards/kta.asp) & Theatre Board Member (http://www.knoxbijou.com/board.htm). I'm also a member of Knox Heritage (http://www.knoxheritage.org) & City People (http://www.citypeople.org) and I help run our Downtown Farmers' Market (http://www.marketsquarefarmersmarket.org). I like discussion/debate, lively conversation, food, drink and having fun. I also ride my bike a bit and snowboard.

PHILOSOPHY

Do the right thing, for the right reason and life will more fun and easy

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I let people sleep on my couch

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've been a member of several hospitality exchanges for the past 10 years or so. Many people have come to stay with me. Most of my couch surfing, however, has been with friends as I have friends that have moved all over the world and I spend most of my travel time visiting them.

Interests

Discussion/debate, lively conversation, food, drink and having fun. I also ride my bike a bit and snowboard.

• dining
• farmers' market
• running
• walking
• drinking
• traveling
• cycling
• surfing
• snowboarding
• law

Music, Movies, and Books

I like good stories so any movie or book that contains a good story I'm all for it. As for music, I like most kinds of music.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

In one day:

I was charged by an elephant on a trail near the Upper Zambezi River (I suspect he only charged me for a second ortwo but I ran, and kept on running; and did not look back 'til I was a good mile back down the trail.

Later, I was surrounded by a congress of baboons (they were just passing me by as I was walking down the road to Big Tree in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe but it was a big congress with one REALLY big male who sat down a few feet from me and stared me down while all of the other baboons passed...Then he got up and sauntered away)

Oh, and then I jumped off of the Victoria Falls Bridge (with a bungie cord attached ;~) which, at the time at least, was the highest legal bungie jump in the world....It was kind of an exciting day.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm open to all three.

Countries I’ve Visited

Botswana, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Mexico, Mozambique, Namibia, Poland, Russian Federation, South Africa, Sweden, United States, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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