Last year, I quit my job to travel the world by train 🚂 I started in Japan and am currently in Georgia 🇬🇪

I'm a competitive dragonboat racer and in my spare time enjoy freediving, snowboarding and experimenting with my Fujifilm. Always down for immersive cultural experiences or trying new foods.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I loved hosting in DC and being part of the vibrant Couchsurfing community as well (we host a mean Couch Crash!). Couchsurfing is how I met some of my closest friends and gained an open-minded, adventurous family. My dream is to make more friends around the world and get a taste of the local experience where you are :)

Interests

• literature
• photography
• concerts
• cooking
• yoga
• backpacking
• swimming
• cultural studies
• international relations
• trekking
• freediving
• climbing
• good conversation
• dragonboat
• snowbording
• korean barbecue

Music, Movies, and Books

Literature: Tolstoy, Dumas, Pushkin, Akhmatova, Kafka, Wilde, Dickens, Shelley, Thoreau, Emerson

Movies: Independence Day, The Mummy (1 and 2), Back to the Future, The Motorcycle Diaries, Jurassic Park, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

Music: From Mongolian throat chant to electronic music, to Vallenato and everything in between

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I survived an elephant stampede in South Africa when I was 5

Teach, Learn, Share

I can give you Spanish language lessons and some very basic salsa dancing 💃🏻

What I Can Share with Hosts

Lots of questions about your country and culture, stories of my misadventures, and recommendations for activities and restaurants in some of my favorite destinations

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, El Salvador, England, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Macao, Mexico, Netherlands, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Russian Federation, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Colombia, Russian Federation, Taiwan