CURRENT MISSION

To live a life worth retelling.

ABOUT ME

After years of the high life of driving fancy cars, partying with celebrities, jet-setting around the globe, strutting designer fashion and being paid to simply look handsome, I quit my job, loaded up some saddle bags and decided to go on a destination-less journey with no timeframe. Inspired by wayfarers like Che Guevera, Christopher McCandless, Jack Kerouac, and Henry David Thoreau, my frameless road trip hoped to provide me time and settings to reflect on my life thus far in order to go home confident in who I want to be for the rest of my years. However, after only a few months, the journey was cut short with a debilitating crash that knocked the spirit of adventure out of me.

Three years later, I've finally just started to overcome the physical and mental ball and chains that have kept me uncharacteristically grounded. While I l've yet to air out my passport, my backyard of the Pacific Northwest has been served as an incredible inspiration to explore and rediscover my charisma for adventure, zeal for building meaningful connections, mission to find my place in the world!

Feel free to friend me on Facebook (facebook.com/bonnevejou), my Instagram (bonnequixote) or take a peak at my old road journal (www.ByChanceByBonne.blogspot.com)to find out more about me.

PHILOSOPHY

Fortune and misfortune are just two sides of the same coin: a damn good story.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

So far I've only surfed! Can't wait to be the innkeep for a change once I land my own pad!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

My first experience was hitchhiking in rural Japan mukashi mukashi then my months on the road years ago.

Interests

My chocolate lab is the love of my life while adventure is my mistress.

• design
• fashion
• chocolate
• partying
• cars
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Don Quixote, Walden, Jupiter's Travels, Epic of Gilgamesh

Music: Dean Martin, Michael Buble, Joe Hisaishi, David Bowie, Ennio Morricone, Jason Mraz, Frank Sinatra, Lonely Island

Movies: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Catch Me if You Can, True Grit, Ben Hur, The American, The Fountain, The World's Fastest Indian, Australia, Casino Royale, Royal Tenenbaums, Porco Rosso, (500) Days of Summer, The Count of Monte Cristo, Legend of 1900, The Grand Budapest Hotel

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Met the sun atop Mt. Defiance last week!

Teach, Learn, Share

Misadventure is where the real adventure begins.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Philippines, United States