@ChunRich

I am a friendly, outgoing guy who loves meeting new people, enjoys adventures, and loves life. I enjoy going to distant lands and making friends with the locals. I am always respectful to my host and I look to be a blessing while I stay with them. I view life as all about relationships and people rather than just the things you do and the possessions you have. I am very flexible and adaptable and can roll with just about anything.

Travels of 2018:
- Denver/Boulder
- Greenville, SC
- Savannah, Hilton Head Island
- Asheville
- Charleston, SC
- San Jose --> SLC

Travels of 2016/17:
- Washington DC
- New Orleans
- New York City
- San Diego
- Orlando
- Miami
- Tampa Bay/St Petersburg, FL
- Raleigh/Durham
- Charlotte
- Greenville/Columbia, SC
- Los Angeles
- SLC; Park City, UT
- Denver, CO
- Bloomington, IN

Travels of 2015:
1/28-2/1: LA
4/15-19: Portland
5/20-24: Atlanta
5/24-6/4: Ecuador (Quito, Baños, Cuenca, Montañita, Guayaquil)

Travels of 2014:
1/1-1/4: Sydney>Jakarta
1/4-1/11: Ubud+Kuta, Bali, Gili Islands
1/11-1/17: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1/17-1/24: Singapore
1/24-1/30: Phuket + Ko Phi Phi, Thailand
1/30-2/7: Bangkok & Siem Reap
2/8-2/11: Chiang Mai
2/11-2/19: Vietnam (Saigon, Hoi An, Hanoi)
2/19-3/2: Hong Kong
3/2-3/5: Shanghai
3/6-3/22: Seoul
3/22-4/14: Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto
4/14-4/23: Taipei
4/23-5/6: Manila and Boracay, Philippines
5/7: Fukuoka, Japan
5/8: Honolulu, Hawaii

5/23-30: Road trip across US (DC, Lexington, Boulder, Salt Lake City, San Fran)

Previous Travels of 2013:
1/19-22: Denver, CO
1/22: Minneapolis, MN
2/17-24: Amsterdam, Istanbul and Cyprus (Nicosia, Larnaca)
2/28-3/4: Las Vegas, NV
3/20-25: Aruba
4/11-15: Cancun, Mexico
4/20-23: San Francisco (Visit Big Sur and Yosemite)
5/3-6: Cinco de Mayo in Austin, TX
5/24-27: Lexington, Louisville, KY; Cincinati,OH
5/28-30: Richmond, VA
5/31-6/3: Norfolk, VA
6/15-27: Anchorage, Alaska
7/3-7: Nassau and Exuma, Bahamas
8/5-6: Austin, TX
8/8-9: Richmond, VA
8/10-11: Washington DC
8/15-18: NYC
8/30-9/2: Washington DC
9/26-10/14: Budapest, Vienna, Munich, Prague, Berlin, Hannover, Dusseldorf, Cologne, Barcelona
10/20-25: Washington DC
11/8-11/10: Jacksonville, FL
11/14-17: Fiji
11/17-25: Auckland, NZ
11/25-12/16: Brisbane & Cairns, Australia
12/16-21: Melbourne
12/21-1/1: Sydney

Previous Travels of 2012:
2/8-13: Puerto Rico (San Juan, Rincon, Fajardo...)
3/3-12: Bahamas (Nassau, Exuma)
3/16-25: Italy (Florence, Rome, Naples...)
4/6-8: Greenville, SC
4/12-17: Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
4/20-22: Charleston, SC
5/5-7: Wilmington, NC
5/11-13: Savannah, GA
5/18-20: Florida (Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa)
5/25-28: Norfolk, VA
6/8-10: Ninja Challenge in Raleigh, NC
6/15-17: Orlando, FL
6/22-24: Frederick, Baltimore, MD
6/29: Atlanta, GA
6/30-7/4: Seattle, WA and Vancouver, BC
7/6-8: Durham, NC
7/13-15: Charles Town, WV
7/27-29: Austin, TX
8/10-19: Chicago, IL
8/31-9/3: San Diego, CA
10/5-7: Orlando, FL
11/9-11: Orlando, FL
11/16-25: Dublin, Paris, Marseille, Nice, Monaco, Milan, Zurich, Barcelona
11/30-12/2: Washington DC
12/7-9: Los Angeles, CA
12/14-16: Baltimore, MD
12/21-25: Frederick, MD; Charles Town, WV
12/26: Charlotte, NC
12/27-29: Jax, Orlando, Tampa, Clearwater Beach, FL
12/30-1/1: Miami, FL

Interests

I am a very active person who loves competition. I enjoy spending time making new friends while also keeping in touch with old ones.

I am interested in finding new and unique ways to help people and I have a personal mission to see individuals as well as communities become self-sustainable and economically independent.

• oktoberfest
• dancing
• running
• drinking
• traveling
• bouldering
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• snorkeling
• swimming
• beaches
• mountains

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

In 2012, I went to Cinque Terres, Italy and I was so amazed by the beautiful sights and serene setting. It was so peaceful I could have stayed there for months.

When I got in the waterfall in El Yunque Rainforest, Puerto Rico, the power of the water was altogether awesome. It was astounding to feel the sheer force of the cool water flowing from that fall.

I was awestruck in the Exuma Cay of Bahamas as I stood ankle deep in the warm, perfectly clear, most beautiful blue waters you have ever seen watching a group of big 6-8 foot-long sharks swim just off the shore line. I later got in the water and snorkeled with a group of people and saw myself swimming 10-15 yards away from one of the sharks I had seen earlier.

Running List of Notable Experiences:

- Having drinks in the street of Ho Chi Minh (Saigon) with traffic inches away
- Being an honorary wedding guest at my Vietnamese-American friend's Vietnamese wedding, sharing bia sai gon throughout the afternoon with family and abandoning English
- My tour bus breaking down outside of Bangkok and me grabbing my bag to hitchhike to the airport for a spontaneous trip to Chiang Mai
- Jumping a gasoline doused fire-jump-rope while in Ko Phi Phi, Thailand
- Navigating the crazy traffic of Jakarta by motobike and my taxi later colliding with another car
- Exploring Bali by motorbike from Ubud to Kuta
- Trail Jogging w new travel buddies thru the Blue Mountains in Australia
- New Years Eve Fireworks in Sydney with the Opera House and Bridge in view
- Watching the procession of little penguins come back to their homes at night in St. Kilda, suburb of Melbourne
- Snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef off Cairns, Australia
- Swimming under a frigid waterfall at Waitakere, NZ
- Drinking kava into the night with Fijian locals and new friends
- Getting kicked off of a Hungarian train without my passport or train ticket in a small, unknown town
- Ringing in the new year with friends from a Miami hotel suite, watching people dance in the streets and on top of their cars below, playing their car horns to the rhythm of the street
- Missing my flight from Zurich, and deciding to travel across the Swiss countryside to catch next plane from Geneva
- Cinqo de Maio in Austin, TX
- Oktoberfest in Munich
- Waterfall jumping in Dominican Republic outside Puerto Plata
- Road tripped across the US
- Breathing freezing air at -25F in Minneapolis
- Crossing from Bosphorus Strait from Europe to Asia by ferry
- Winning a Royal Flush over a Full House at the Aria in Vegas
- Exploring the Alaskan wilderness in Denali National Park
- Grouse Grind and the Gondola down the mountain outside Vancouver and then later celebrating Canada Day at the harbor.
- Swimming to survive category IV rapids in Ecuador
- Executive runway treatment in Bahamas
- Tiptoe running through the scorching hot black sands of Piha, NZ

Favorite Outdoor Places I've Been:
- Daintree National Park (Australia)
- Denali National Park (Alaska)
- Yosemite (California)
- Big Sur (California)
- Rocky Mountain National Park (Colorado)
- Canyonlands (Utah)
- Arches National Park (Utah)
- Great Barrier Reef (Australia)
- Blue Mountains (Sydney, Australia)
- The Grampians (Melbourne, Australia)
- Mount Tamalpais (California)
- Andes Mountains (Ecuador)
- The Amazon (Ecuador)
- Appalachian Mountains (Virginia)
- El Yunque Parc (Puerto Rico)
- Ha Long Bay (Vietnam)
- Larnaca Salt Lake (Cyprus)
- Everglades National Park (Florida)

Favorite Drives:
- Pacific Highway 1 (Monterey to Big Sur, California)
- Sea to Sky Highway 1 (North of Vancouver)
- Great Ocean Road (Australia)
- Hai Van Pass (Vietnam)
- Captain Cook Highway (North of Cairns, Australia)
- Blue Ridge Parkway (Virginia)
- 70 W from Denver

Favorite Bay Area Hikes:
- Mount Tamalpais
- Big Basin Redwoods
- Mission Peak
- Half Moon Bay
- Castle Rock
- PGE Trail
- Henry Cowell Redwoods

Countries I’ve Visited

Aruba, Australia, Bahamas, Cambodia, Canada, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Fiji, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, United States

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