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Overview

  • 10 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Arabic, French, Spanish
  • 40, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • ESOL Instructor
  • Western Washington University, BA and TESOL certification
  • From WA, USA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

See and experience as much of this world as I can.

ABOUT ME

I've spent the last 5 years traveling the world, teaching in different countries. I'm currently living and working in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Before that I spent two years in Mandalay, Myanmar, and two years in Ulsan, South Korea.

PHILOSOPHY

"He not busy being born is busy dying." -Dylan
"The road is life." -Kerouac

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

While I was in Myanmar I regularly met up with couchsurfers, or just helped out by giving advice. Right now I can't host anyone, but I'm always down for a drink or a cup of coffee.

Interests

Travel, reading, hiking, climbing, snowboarding, cycling, soccer/football, American football, beer, teaching, movies, complaining about how much I miss Western food, etc.

  • dining
  • beer
  • coffee
  • drinking
  • movies
  • reading
  • traveling
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • snowboarding
  • rock climbing
  • american football
  • soccer

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sipping on fermented horse milk with herders in the Mongolian steppe.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Cambodia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Philippines, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Chile, Myanmar, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, United States

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