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  • 39 references 27 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French, Spanish
  • 91, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • Clown, Teacher
  • Airport Management and Sustainable Living. 5 different u...
  • From Flint, MI, USA
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About Me

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https://www.gigsalad.com/silly_uncle_bud_montreal

🐶
https://r.rover.com/hqzGJN

I just returned from teaching Permaculture and clowning in Honduras & Colombia. Heading North again

:::currently near Toronto:::

Loyal, fun, spontaneous

I finished my six year enlistment in the Air Force Summer of 2012 then I traveled the Eastern half of the U.S. for six months before transferring to Maharishi University of Management to study Sustainable Living. I dropped out to work on my current projects. I'm now perpetually traveling North America to promote The Hobo Railroad.

Got stuck in Canada for 6 years solid, studying sculpture at university, hosting Permaculture tours on Le Plateau, launching Purple People and building The Hobo Railroad 🛤️

PHILOSOPHY

Continual Pursuit of Knowledge;
Cultivate Strong Personal Relationships;
Live in the PRESENT

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I host when I can and promote CS via The Hobo Railroad 🛤️ and by way of potlucks / meetups.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

One night at Drew's place in Bradford, PA so I could visit the Zippo factory the next day while on my way to Cleveland. Definitely set the tone for my CS experience.

One night spent with Samm/Dave and her roomate in Wausau, WI only furthered my love of the couchsurfing culture!

I spent a day with Yue, a Chinese exchange student in Raleigh, NC. Discovering each others culture was simply a blast!

My most recent experience was reconnecting with an Air Force buddy of mine in his hometown of Martin, TN. I actually passed through there on two separate occasions over a three month period and he hosted me for about three days each time. One hell of a guy

Interests

Meditation/TM/Isha/Vipassana, Sustainable Living, Permaculture, Reading, Writing, Traveling, Volunteering, Poetry, Thinking, Hip Hop, Linguistics, Spanish, French, Philosophy, Eastern Thought, Magic, Juggling, Dancing, Stick Fighting, Hat Manipulation, gardening

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  • permaculture
  • sculpture
  • clown

Music, Movies, and Books

I listen to a lot of chanting and ambient music right now. I also pay close attention to The Sages and what they say

Hip Hop, Jazz, Classical

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Swimming in a waterfall in the middle of the Costan Rican jungle.

Seeing the Sandstone Arches in Moab, UT. Truly 'Lord of the Rings-ish'

I took my cousin on a Jersey/NYC/Philly tour. Which was 3 days of nonstop awesome-ness. I don't know that we slept.

Ancient Ruins of Copan, Honduras.

Becoming Gringo Payaso 🤡 in Honduras 🇭🇳

Teach, Learn, Share

Anyone that has a unique experience to my own, which is everyone!

I am here to make new friends.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Kindness

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Costa Rica, France, Germany, Honduras, Iceland, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Spain, United Arab Emirates, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Honduras, Iraq, United States

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