CURRENT MISSION

to experience life to the utter fullest

ABOUT ME

I am a very easy going guy. I am always up for doing anything and everything. I love to get to know people and hear their story.
I lived in Chile for a year where I met my beautiful Andrea. We quit our jobs and sold our things and set off for a 6 month trip that took us from Chile to Venezuela, and soon to the USA.
We are in the midst of planning our return adventure to Latin America...

PHILOSOPHY

The best way to learn is through experience.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

This site is a very special network of very like minded people. I have been helped by so many CS'ers and hope to give back all that I have been given, whether that is a couch to surf on, a little advise, or a cold beer.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So wonderful! between getting help from others and helping others out as well this network is a great way to travel and meet fellow human beings that share common goals and visions!!

Interests

I love to be outside, hike, camp, learn, listen, and SURF

• beer
• exercise
• traveling
• hiking
• camping
• business
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

so so manyyy

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The human connection and all it entails is magnificent.
-Grand Canyon
-Torres del Paine
-camping on Taquile Island
-watching my 25 year old gilfriend experience snow for the first time
-camping on a beach for 16 days in paradise and living as basic as possible, not for a vacation, but out of sheer desperation and bankruptcy...
-Artisan families that travel together throughout South America

Teach, Learn, Share

DESIDERATA
Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.

As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexatious to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain or bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, France, Italy, Peru, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Chile, United States, Venezuela

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