I like playing folk music on guitar and getting around by bike. Environmentalist, feminist, optimist, socialist, computer programmer.

I love traveling and meeting people from around the world and seeing different ways to live.

Also on Trust Roots: https://www.trustroots.org/profile/dustin.michels/overview

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I don't know how to effectively explore/experience a new place without meeting a local person.

Interests

• environment
• politics
• folk music
• guitar
• camping
• computer science
• hitchhiking
• wild camping
• left-wing politics
• computer programming

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC
- Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Grateful Dead/Jerry Garcia, Arthur Russel

MOVIES
- There Will be Blood, Dr. Strangelove

BOOKS
- "The Dispossessed" by Ursula K Le Guin
- "The Overstory" by Richard Powers
- "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglass Adams

Teach, Learn, Share

- Can teach guitar, computer programming.
- Can help you practice English
- Can help cook and clean and otherwise help around the house

What I Can Share with Hosts

Happy to help with gardening/farming, cooking/cleaning.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Kosovo, Latvia, Macedonia, Netherlands, Paraguay, Peru, Scotland, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Sweden, United States