I have spent most of my life doing projects that in one way or the other have been bene ficial to others and the planet. I have six children ages 14-48 who love me the way I am. Since I believe transparency is the best course of action here is my linkedin site https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-cooksey-903a5714

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I believe in sharing . Sharing rides, sharing space and sharing our lives.

I believe that sharing our lives with others and making new friends is the the way grow spiritually and emotionally. Doesn't distract from the fact that it is financially beneficial and contributes to a reduced environmental impact

Interests

Arts and Culture
Civil Rights and Social Action
Economic Empowerment
Environment
Human Rights
Poverty Alleviation
Internet and Web Development

• theater
• outdoor activities
• nature
• shamanism
• south america
• natural medicine
• filmamking

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC - Latin (Cumbia and Meringue) , Reggae, African Drums, 60's-70's rock, 80's pop and rock music, 90's hip hop and R&B, Electronic (trance, tribal and hip hop) and anything soothing incl. classical.

Books: Authors: Shakespeare, Tolstoy, Hemingway, Faulkner, Tolkien, Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, George Orwell, C.S. Lewis and more > Anything by: Stephen King, Jim Harrison , Gabriel Garcia Marquez, John Le Carre, Stieg Larsson, Isabel Allende

MOVIES - I love them. I choose by Director and Actor
Actors: Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman
Clint Eastwood, Johnny Depp, Matt Damon, Bradley Copper, Tom Hanks, Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Newman, Russell Crowe, Sean Penn, Dustin Hoffman and kinda old guys: , Jack Nicholson, Peter Sellers, Anthony Hopkins, Burt Lancaster, George C. Scott, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Sidney Poitier, Steve McQueen
and the real old guys: Henry Fonda Gregory Peck, , Robert Mitchum, Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Groucho Marx

Directors: anything by... Kubrick, Hitchcock, Alejandro Jodorowski, David Lean, Woody Allen, Coen Brothers, Preston Sturges, John Huston, Francis Ford Coppola, Terrence Malick, David Lynch, Martin Scorsese and a host of others.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Went to Cadaques, Spain with my son Quito to pay homage to Dali then drove to and climbed the wall of a deserted Bourbon castle in France near the Spanish border and stood on the parapet overlooking the valley below as the sun set.

Lived on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in the 70's with Lame Deer a 75 year old Medicine Man and learned to speak passable Lakota.

Produced and starred in a WIld West Show with Clayton Moore, the Lone Ranger called The Legend of Appaloosa Andy https://www.dropbox.com/s/hlub3mi18x089na/appaloosa.jpg?dl=0

Recently did the first national Lyft commercial playing Appallama Andy, " the llama whisperer" https://www.dropbox.com/s/1m8usczo0j4qjq0/AppaLlama%20Andy.mov?dl=0

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach? I wouldn't be so presumptuous

Learn? Whatever is important or strikes my fancy

Share? My stories

What I Can Share with Hosts

My life, loves and adventures

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Peru, Poland, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Canada, Ecuador, Guatemala, Netherlands, Spain