CURRENT MISSION

To travel the silk road from China to Turkmenistan

ABOUT ME

I like to laugh. I like to eat. Sleeping is also good. I love the company of friends. I like traveling by myself but the road can get lonely. Reading is a great solace for me. Cooking for friends and seeing them well fed is a joy. Kindness is a much under-rated virtue.

PHILOSOPHY

You only get one chance at life so you may as well make it fun!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Nil, a total newby

Interests

Cooking, history and anthropology of food, visiting markets (although I don't much like shopping), photography.....

• photography
• dining
• cooking
• boating
• shopping
• reading
• traveling
• anthropology
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: the Year of the Comet, Beseiged, Apocalypse Now, Cohen Brothers, Altman, a good chick flick like Legally Blonde
TV: The West Wing, am planning a 'The Wire' marathon when I get home
Books: Middlemarch, Austen, personal dislikes are motivational books especially when told as personal stories (makes me want to puke)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Traveled up the Niger river with my father (who is 73) on a boat dodging hippos until we reached Timbuktu.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Australia, Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Greece, India, Iran, Italy, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mali, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Portugal, Samoa, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia

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