CURRENT MISSION

To see the world and help 1 million others live and travel abroad

ABOUT ME

I'm a guy who never left the country until 25, went backpacking around Europe, got hooked, at 34 I sold my company, apartment, car, stuff, you name it an headed off for 2 years around the world. my old travel site from 2001-03 www.MyWorldTour.org

I now own a TEFL certification schools to train people to teach English and help them get jobs around the world. Up to 1,200 students a year and hope to influence over a million to see the world in my lifetime. www.InternationalTEFLAcademy.com

PHILOSOPHY

Karma.

those who see the invisible, do the impossible.

My philosophy is I'm here to learn and explore everything possible, leave the world better than I found it, inspire and help others to get to their goals.

Life is too short to drink cheap beer

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I used Globalfreeloaders.com back in 2001-03 on my trip around the world, it's the same. Meet interesting people locally and share good karma.

Interests

World travel (obviously), bike riding (rode my bike from Seattle to Washington DC), swimming (was a professional swim coach a few careers ago), art, photography (actually sold some of my prints from my world tour), local beer, you name it, I'm open to it.

• arts
• photography
• beer
• coach
• drinking
• traveling
• cycling
• backpacking
• swimming

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

2 year trip around the world, 5 day Indian wedding in Delhi, 3 weeks treking in Nepal to 19,000 feet. Safari, the Dalhi Lama's palace in Tibet.