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Overview

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  • Fluent in English; learning Chinese, Spanish
  • 41, Male
  • Member since 2014
  • English Teacher, Bogota
  • MA Degree in International Affairs
  • No hometown listed
  • Profile 65% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

I am looking to take advantage to meet up with folks from all across the world. Interested in sharing experiences and stories.

ABOUT ME

Originally from NY, I live and work in Bogota, Colombia. I also volunteer with Young Professionals in Foreign Policy.

PHILOSOPHY

Be open to new ideas and learn to give people more than one chance. Life is too short to hold grudges or worry about what other people are doing.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Would like to meet up with locals and foreigners alike in Santa Marta and the surrounding towns.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I heard a lot of good things about couch surfing from a close friend.

Interests

Into sports, music, beer and/or wine, bars, discussions about international current events and life in general.

  • wine
  • beer
  • music
  • surfing
  • sports
  • volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Definitely into science fiction and fantasy for both books and movies. Sometimes will read current events and/or history, though since that is such a big part of my workplace and volunteer experience, I like to save my books and movies for fiction. As for music, I have a wide variety. From classical music (mainly western from Baroque through modern classical) to jazz, pop, rock and rap. One thing I have definitely come around on is country, though it is still at the bottom of my list in terms of genres.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Teaching English in rural China was a pretty amazing life experience. Action wise, it would probably be taking a zip line over the cloud rainforest in Costa Rica.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Egypt, France, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Colombia, United States

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