CURRENT MISSION

Learn the oil and gas business as I prepare to take the next step in graduate school.

ABOUT ME

Outgoing guy who loves Texas and being a Texan. Returned United States Peace Corps volunteer who served 3 years in South Africa.

PHILOSOPHY

Work hard. Play hard.
The ball is round, and the game lasts 90 minutes.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

CS opens you up to experiences you would never have otherwise. I've met a ton of cool, interesting people through CS and look forward to continuing to do so in countries around the world. Not to mention, there's no way a guide book can provide as good of information or recommendations about a place as a person who is from that area.

Interests

Avid soccer player and fan (Houston Dynamo, Orlando Pirates, Manchester United, US National Team), voracious reader of books, continually learning languages

• books
• bungee jumping
• soccer
• world cup
• history
• languages
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

The Shawshank Redemption, The Matrix
To Kill a Mockingbird, Friday Night Lights
Willie Nelson, Toby Keith, Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys, Hayes Carll, Waylon Jennings

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hitchhiked from South Africa to Rwanda

Teach, Learn, Share

I love speaking foreign languages with people, and helping them learn if they're interested. I also can talk about soccer teams, players and history until the sun comes up.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A laid-back, low-maintenance guy who is comfortable in almost any situation. I won't complain, and I can usually provide some decent conversation. I try to help out at the house in any way I can in order to say thanks for people opening up their homes to us.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Botswana, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Guatemala, Italy, Kenya, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Malawi, Mexico, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, Romania, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tanzania, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Guatemala, Romania, South Africa, United States