UPDATE: May 21, 2023

Lived 2 1/2 yrs in Tanzania ( Dar es Salaam)
6 months in N. Ireland ( Belfast)
3 months in South Africa (Port Elizabeth)
Now finishing up 1 month in Uganda before heading back to the US to visit family and friends.

Spent this time in Africa developing education and fitness games, game-based learning workshops and the Dragon's Fire Flying Game prototypes.

*What's up with the $60 verification fee? Used to be $20. Guess thats capitalism for you. End Rant*

Contacts:

Twitter: iamonlyclay
Instagram: anthonyhall488
WhatsApp: +44 7902 334835
Facebook: www.facebook.com/anthony.hall.315865 ; www.facebook.com/theroseofeducation
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonymhall/

The Quest for the Dragon's EGG - the Gamification Education:
https://vimeo.com/140918410

I'm an entrepreneur. The Rose of Education Organization (TREO), is a startup game and edtech developer, founded to make lifelong learning and fitness fun.

Helping make the World a better place for my grandchildren, and all children.

ABOUT ME

A 59 year old kid who is having the time of his life!

A Grandpa and a Geek who escaped the Matrix of conformity and convention to travel the world and develop educational games for his grandkids, and for all kids, young and old.

Check out the TV interview about my work and travels: https://youtu.be/x9ieSJvBF8U

PHILOSOPHY

Be of service, make a positive difference, improve the quality of life of everyone.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've been on a 4 1/2 year (to-date) odyssey, walking-about the earth, learning, developing and playing education and fitness games.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couchsurfing in Brasil during the World Cup! Making great friends in Africa and India on this journey. Answering this calling to make the World a better place for all children.

Interests

Education, compassion, passion, volunteering, dancing, singing, eating, traveling, meeting fellow travelers, sitting under a tree by a creek, river or ocean. Did I mention dancing?

• singing
• dancing
• education
• cooking
• fitness
• traveling
• teaching
• volunteering
• cybersecurity
• game development
• stem
• space tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

Dune series (books and movie); Shibumi (novel); Enchanted April, Shawshank Redemption, Matrix trilogy; Anastacia, Sade and Kem, Dub Pistols, Thievery Corporation; The Diamond Cutter; too many to list.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Watched my daughter become a mother and welcomed my grandson Nathaniel into the World, August 9th, 2004.

Taught literacy and the Dragon's Fire flying fitness games to children in rural villages and urban slum schools in Cambodia, India, Kenya, Malawi, Nepal and Tanzania. Also France, Germany, Ireland and the UK.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you about the Dragon's Fire Flying fitness and literacy games being developed:

Reciprocal Expression: Acronyms, Algorithms and Linguistics [REAAL], is a word game and mobile app (demo in development).

Stance Theory: Optimized Reflex Kinetics [STORK], is an awareness, balance and core exercise and game.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories about the people and places I've visited on this journey; founding a Space Tourism startup; cooking and corny jokes.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Denmark, Ethiopia, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Malawi, Mexico, Nepal, Portugal, Tanzania, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Viet Nam, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ethiopia, Germany, India, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States