CURRENT MISSION

Apply all we have learned on the road to life back home

ABOUT ME

We met at a poetry reading in 2006. We were married in 2010. We love experiential learning. We enjoy good food, good music, good coffee, and good conversation.

PHILOSOPHY

We need a better recession... some sort of opportunity to move away from an economy based on infinite growth and consumption.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I couchsurfed a little in Kenya and almost fell for what was apparently a common scam. If I wasn't couchsurfing where I had people like Maxwell around me, who knew what was going on and knew Swahili, then I wouldn't have had nearly as pleasant a trip.
I studied anthropology. It's so much more interesting to experience a place from the eyes of a local.

Interests

Alex- camping, hiking, kayaking, martial arts, scuba diving, anthropology, poetry, rock climbing (novice), snowboarding, ecological economics (want to go to grad school for this) Kayla- Yoga, swimming, reading, hiking, snowshoeing, skiing, rock climbing (though we`re both novices), kayaking, camping, cooking.

• arts
• poetry
• dining
• cooking
• coffee
• yoga
• reading
• music
• fishing
• hiking
• kayaking
• camping
• scuba diving
• skiing
• snowboarding
• snowshoeing
• martial arts
• rock climbing
• swimming
• anthropology
• economics

Music, Movies, and Books

Alex- Aldo Leopold - A Sandcounty Almanac, The Monkey Wrench Gang, On The Road, Demian, Motorcycle Diaries, neon vernacular, The Last King of Scotland, Hotel Rwanda, *The Devil Came on Horseback*, Crime and Punishment, Metamorphosis, Heart of Darkness, Autobiography of the Dalai Lama, The End of Poverty by Jeff Sachs, The Upanishads

Kayla- As a scholar of literature, this is a difficult question to answer, but lately I have been reading a lot of religious and spiritual texts of the world. I love Tom Robbins. My M.A. Thesis was on Burroughs`s Naked Lunch. I love poetry. I read Life of Pi recently in 3 days. Couldn`t put it down. My musical tastes have evolved from strictly jam bands on the concert circuit to a more global appreciation of music. I really dig Indian music and African music and Mexican music.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Ice fishing for perch and salmon in the Adirondacks. There was even a rainbow out that day. Feeding hyenas was a rush.

Standing atop Blue Mountain in February, -20 degrees, with so much cloud cover, you couldn`t even see the fire tower.

Countries I’ve Visited

Barbados, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Nicaragua, Palestine, Peru, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Egypt, Ethiopia, Mexico, United States

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