CURRENT MISSION

Saving up for 2 months of summer travel!

ABOUT ME

We met in Atlanta, left a year later to backpack together around South America, been in DC now for almost 3 years. We love the amazing museums, events, and places to visit in DC as well as the different communities we are a part of here.

PHILOSOPHY

I don't own a watch and I don't plan on owning a watch. Time is irrelevant. - Jean

Experience as much as possible in this incredible world, and try to make an impact along the way. -Beth

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We surfed a handful of times in South America - every host was wonderful and unique and we definitely agree it was the best way to travel. It's much better to be in a new city with someone who can name their favorite places and give advice. Once we got settled in DC, we started hosting within a few months. Now we've had over a dozen surfers and the experience is equally amazing. It's also been fun traveling our own country through CS.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

We surfed:5/09: Arequipa, Peru Ernesto Cuadros-Vargas6/09: Asuncion, Paraguay with David7/09: Cordoba, Argentina with Eric07/09: Vina del Mar, Chile with Isabel07/09: Lima, Peru with Jorge02/10: Tampa, FL with Corrine Light03/10: San Juan, Puerto Rico with Tania and Martin05/10: Jefferey Scott Detroit, MI09/10: Buffalo, NY with Jeff Pollock09/10: New Orleans, LA with Rachel Tabak
11/11: Philadelphia, PA with m Sébastien Vigneau and Stephanie

We hosted:11/09: Heather from California11/09: Jon and Mel from Australia11/09: Hannah and Dave from North Carolina11/09: Rosalinda from New York12/09: Shailen and Alisa from New Zealand12/09: Agathe from France12/09: Dagmara and Rafael from Germany12/09: Erin from Canada01/10: Madi from the UK02/10: Antti and Satu from Finland03/10: Hursch from UK03/10: Nadege from France04/10: Camelia from Puerto Rico04/10: Chris from Pennsylvania 04/10: Anna Yurieva from Pennsylvania/ Russia 05/10: Phouc from Saint Louis05/10: Collen from Saint Louis06/10: Marie from Germany06/10: Jake from the Birmingham UK06/10: Yukiko from Japan06/10: Shih Ping Taipei, Taiwan06/10: Erika and Nastja from Slovenia 06/10: Naim from Istanbul, Turkey07/10: Annie and Cody from St. Petersburg, FL09/10: David from CA02/11: Kemel from Istanbul, Turkey
12/11: Jack and Nataly from Toronto, Canada
12/11: Luis from Houston, Texas

Interests

We love to cook and will happily cook for our hosts. Be careful if you ask us for the recipes, because we WILL go into detail and tell you every step of preparing the food. And we love spice, spicy, tasteee food.When we can´t cook, we love trying street food in all the new cities we pass through. Also, we are beer aficionados and have eagerly tried all new brews we´ve encountered. Cats Princess and Snowflake. If we are seeing the sights with you, you may be forced to take jumping pictures, or at least hold the camera.Other interests: comedy, dancing all night, buying cheap DVDs, llama fetuses, putting off larger life decisions

• cats
• concerts
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• recipes
• beer
• vegan
• traveling
• knitting
• backpacking

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies - The Wire (not a movie, but there´s no space on here for the most amazing TV shows ever written), The Princess Bride (Beth claims sole responsibility for this one), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Memento, Theres something about Mary, Super Bad

Books - Recently was deeply affected by Three Cups of Tea (you should read it!), How to Cook Everything Vegetarian, Mountains Beyond Mountains,

Music - Nas, Counting Crows, Gogol Bordello, Daddy Yankee, St. Vincent, Ozomatli, Ben Folds, Weezer, Gypsy Kings, Manu Chao, TI, Outkast

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiked Tiger Leaping Gorge in Southwest China, one of the most beautiful places I've ever been.

Saw a 95 year old women smoke a blunt at a Paul McCartney concert.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teaching English, teaching therapeutic massage, and simple knitting skills. Also teaching cage fighting, interpretive dance moves, and the joys of cooking vegan food.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ireland, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Peru, United States

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