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ABOUT ME

Born and raised in the great Pacific Northwest of the United States!

I work in international agricultural trade and development

I love travelling around the world! I also love history and what better way to learn about it than go to the places where things happened! Also an amateur linguistics nerd.

Was teaching English in a small city in western China as a Peace Corps volunteer. Also taught in rural Korea near the border.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Surfin and Hostin.

Interests

History, foreign affairs, traveling, baseball, craft beer, beer brewing, board games, linguistics

• beer
• board games
• traveling
• hiking
• baseball
• history
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Favorite Books: Generational Kill, Years of Rice and Salt, Band of Brothers, Black Hawk Down, Ghost Soldiers, See No Evil, Planetary, Y: The Last Man, Fatherland, Stalingrad, Shutter Island, Outliers, Intrigues of the Warring States, Catch-22, Guns Germs and Steel, I am America, Imperium, Autumn Leaves, The Fat Years

Movies: Infernal Affairs, The Wind that Shakes the Barley, To Live, Devils on the Doorsteps, Paprika, Saving Private Ryan, Stalingrad, Momento, Donnie Darko, Requiem for a Dream, Oldboy, Peppermint Candy, Star Wars Episode IV-VI, Grave of the Fireflies, Kill Bill Vol. 1, Memories of Murder, Inglourious Basterds etc. too many to remember!

Magazines: The Economist, Current Affairs

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Haphazardly hiking through Tiger Leaping Gorge in Yunnan China.

Teach, Learn, Share

Cèsuǒ zài nǎlǐ? means "Where is the bathroom?" in Chinese. Also always bring tissues when going out in China.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A smile or two. Candy and tea.

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Belgium, Canada, China, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, South Korea, United States

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