CURRENT MISSION

We're a socially conscious couple with a couple kids... Once upon a time, we traveled around the world for 10 months. That was fun.

ABOUT ME

Holly has lived abroad several times (South America and Middle East), has a passion for photography, reading, and the outdoors.

Ben's spent more time in Asia, started an NGO that does disaster oversight work and likes the ocean.

Both completed an around-the-world trip using airmiles :)

PHILOSOPHY

Karma

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We spent much of 2010 traveling around the world. It was an amazing experience and we Couch-Surfed in India, Brussels, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney. We had amazing experiences and we're looking forward to hosting!

We enjoy organizing vegetarian potlucks and community building.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

We had a wonderful time in all of our experiences... In Sydney, we got to the airport, tried to check-in for our flight and Vietnam Airlines insisted we needed a visa, even though we were just transiting in the same day! So we couldn't fly out! We purchased our tickets using airmiles and there was no availability on other partner airlines... so we called our incredible couch-surfing hosts to see if we could stay another night. We can't wait to host them when they come to the U.S.

Interests

scuba diving, photography, travel, outdoors, camping, animals, books, politics, people, vegetarian food.

• animals
• books
• photography
• dining
• vegetarian
• flying
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• outdoor activities
• camping
• surfing
• scuba diving

Music, Movies, and Books

Holly's favorite books include: Their Eyes Were Watching God, Shantaram, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, there are too many to list here. We can discuss over a drink or coffee!

Ben reads a lot of law related stuff - boring!

Movies: My Cousin Vinny, Shawshank Redemption, Princess Bride, Defending Your Life, Forest Gump

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

We both received a trip to the Galapagos as a wedding gift. Absolutely amazing.

Teach, Learn, Share

Want to learn about how to collect more frequent flier/air miles/points? Discuss politics/social policy in the U.S.? In the last year, we've been all over South America, Sub-Saharan Africa, a handful of European countries, India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Bali, Tokyo, Seoul, Sydney... and we have a bunch of stories to share.

Countries I’ve Visited

Anguilla, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Saint Lucia, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Viet Nam, Virgin Islands, British

Countries I’ve Lived In

Israel, Peru, United States

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