CURRENT MISSION

learn explore create

ABOUT ME

I have been traveling for a few years now along with my very loyal and polite dog, Basil. We've hitch hiked thousands of miles together all throughout the US and Mexico. We spent half a year traveling with a nomadic tribe of people who move by horse through Chiapas, Mexico. Nowadays I am in route to Mongolia from Holland in a Land Rover named the LuckDragon. A group of friends and I will trade the vehicle for horses and spend the summer treking accross the Mongolian steppe!

PHILOSOPHY

“Nature loves courage. You make the commitment and nature will respond to that commitment by removing impossible obstacles. Dream the impossible dream and the world will not grind you under, it will lift you up. This is the trick. This is what all these teachers and philosophers who really counted, who really touched the alchemical gold, this is what they understood. This is the shamanic dance in the waterfall. This is how magic is done. By hurling yourself into the abyss and discovering its a feather bed.”
― Terence McKenna

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I will sleep on your couch =)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

When I had a house up in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, I hosted many travelers, but for the last few years I've been living out of a backpack. I'm so grateful for the many couches, floors, RVs, backyards, buses, church pews, vans, porches, hammocks and even beds I've been offered! I've met so many kind and generous people, made so many lasting friendships, and it has really restored my faith in humanity.

Interests

climbing mountains, gardening, herbs, animals, painting, sculpting, dumpsters, equines, travel, hitchhiking, pretty rocks, nice people, trains, snakes, mycology, permiculture, eating plants, swimming in the ocean, wild animals, learning spanish, the jungle, boats, backpacks, dogs, outer space, kindred spirits, wild-crafting, living off the land, little cabins in the woods, music, dancing, giant sequoias, worms, fire, dirt, cats, new cultures, Mongolia, long distance travel by horse, YOUR COUCH!

• animals
• cats
• dogs
• horses
• make up
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• gardening
• traveling
• painting
• magic
• music
• backpacking
• rock climbing
• swimming
• hitchhiking
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Elephant Revival, the shook twins, railroad earth, the devil makes three, caravan palace, psy trance, johnny hobo and the frieght trains, street music, gypsy music, funk, jazz, punk folk hillbilly bluegrass, electronica, folk punk, jaracho, world music
Animation, anything directed by Miyazaki
the dune series, teaming with microbes, house of leaves, American Gods, the PRINCIPIA DISCORDIA, Prometheus rising, Herman Hesse, sandman, Neil Gaiman

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've been with trees over 3,ooo years old and 300 feet tall, hitchhiked across a continent, traveled by horse across Chiapas with a circus group, and crossed Eastern Europe into Asia by land, really the kindness of strangers is the most amazing thing i've ever seen

Teach, Learn, Share

I can garden, i know lots of wild plants that are good to eat. i like to sculpt and paint. i know how to hitchhike and travel without much money. I can cook you healthy food, and clean your house! I can listen, talk, share stories, play music and make up songs

What I Can Share with Hosts

I would love to share stories of the road, my music, cooking, and good conversation

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Mexico, United States