CURRENT MISSION

To do a bicycle tour around the major breweries of Belgium.

ABOUT ME

I use to be an English teacher in Busan, South Korea, a place I lived for three years. I've just returned to the Pacific Northwest (Seattle) and am currently in the process of changing my career over to craft beer.

Besides Korea, I've also lived in Guadalajara, Mexico, and Auckland, New Zealand.

PHILOSOPHY

Cuando una puerta se cerra, aunque no la veas, la otra se abre!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I share my experiences and my mind, sometimes my couch or some floor space, depending on how many surfers I'm hosting. Where I live these days is awesome in the warm weather, but not so much in the winter.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I surf a many couches in my life. I'm a traveler, vagabond, a clean shaven and good smelling hobo at heart. Share the world with me.

Interests

Hiking, playing ultimate frisbee, brewing beer, snowboarding, meeting new people, learning new languages (bit slow on this one), film, reading, cooking, eating, running, fishing, swimming, jumping, dancing, breathing, smiling... loving this life.

• dancing
• cooking
• beer
• running
• reading
• homebrewing
• fishing
• hiking
• surfing
• snowboarding
• swimming
• teaching
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

TV shows: Game of Thrones, the Wire, Treme.

Movies:

Books: Pretty much anything written by Murakami, Vonnegut, Kerouac, Pynchon, and Hunter S. Thomson. I like Kitchen Confidential, 2001 a Space Odyssey, Cat's Cradle, Gravity's Rainbow, On the Road, the Curse of Lono, bunch more...

Music: Roots, Rock, Reggae! Ska, punk, dub-rock, hip hop, funk, jazzy house.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Took a moped deep into the countryside of Shan State, Myanmar, with a few friends.

Teach, Learn, Share

I love people that are open to ideas, experiences, places, concepts, and ways of living. Key word: Open-minded. Its a big world, and couch surfing is connecting the dots.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can teach you how to brew beer, cider, mead, and/or makgeolli.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belize, Cambodia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Guatemala, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, Zambia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Mexico, New Zealand, South Korea, United States