CURRENT MISSION

Put on weight

ABOUT ME

I love trying new foods and strolling through new places admiring the architecture.

PHILOSOPHY

Stotan

Micah 6:8

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do the best of which you are capable. borrowed from Coach Wooden

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Several couchsurfers have stayed with my colleagues and I in Somaliland and New York.

I've been to CS parties in Manila and Sofia. Still getting used to the New York scene but I'll probably participate here too.

My best travel experıences have only been possıble because of the hospıtalıty of CS hosts. There are a lot of thıngs that I could never afford to do ıf ıt weren't for them and for that I am thankful.

I enjoy meeting surfers when I'm on the road and trying new foods especially.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have really enjoyed hosting in the past, but when I'm on the road it's nice to meet and stay with people who know more than guidebooks and forums.

Countries I have surfed in:
France
Egypt
Tanzania
Tunisia
Rwanda
Iraq
Portugal
Switzerland
England
Armenia
Turkey
Bulgaria
Albania
Kosovo
Serbia
Bosnia
Hungary

We have hosted surfers from:
New Zealand
Canada
United States
Spain
China
Ireland
Holland
Germany
Spain
Italy
Britain
Slovakia
Slovenia
France
Latvia
Czech Republic
Uruguay
Argentina
Singapore

Interests

athletics: I love all athletics, especially trail running, free climbing, squash, whiffle ball. I'm on a rec league soccer team. I'll join a pickup game any where. Jordan plays rugby

games: I can be too intense playing table tennis, he admits it.

reading: New York Times, non-fiction books

Favorite Countries: Brunei, Ethiopia, Haiti, Georgia, Iraqi Kurdistan, Zimbabwe, France, Portugal (and America of course)

• fish
• books
• architecture
• running
• coach
• partying
• reading
• traveling
• fishing
• scuba diving
• trail running
• rock climbing
• soccer
• tennis
• rugby
• table tennis
• squash

Music, Movies, and Books

Les Miserables (book), Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Thomas Sowell books, Malcolm Gladwell books, Michael Lewis books, Ayaan Hirsi Ali books, On Bullshit by Harry Frankfurter, Born to Run by Chris McDougal, Letters from the Pacific by Russell Stroup, general non-fiction

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet, Ridley Scott films, Nicolas Cage films, The Blues Brothers, Children of Men, V for Vendetta, The Godfather, Jerusalema, The Battle of Algiers, James Bond films, anything with Marlon Brando, anything with Humphrey Bogart, anything with Kevin Spacey, anything with Patrick Swayze, Indiana Jones, The Mighty Boosh, The Thick of It

U2, Eric Clapton, Bon Jovi, Coldplay, Heavy Glow, Billy Joel, John Denver, Cat Stevens, other rock n roll, Wyclef Jean, Jay Z, K'naan, This American Life, anything considered "classic", 1970s Somali music, 1980s American music, whatever my roommates play

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Finished 58th in the Uganda Cross Country National Championships. (there's a photo posted)

Eaten camelburgers in Somaliland.

Played with jelly fish in Haiti.

Maybe I've sneaked into an African country or two...or three....

Intended to stay a night with a stranger but ended up staying a week

Teach, Learn, Share

I can't just spout off about things but once we get to know each other I met tell you too much.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Armenia, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, India, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malawi, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Palestine, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Scotland, Serbia, Seychelles, South Sudan, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Vatican City State, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, France, Haiti, Mozambique, Niger, Somalia, United States

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