CURRENT MISSION

After many adventures (including an extended trip around the world in 2014-2015) and twelve years working in higher education, I'm now living the digital nomad life while operating two of my own businesses remotely. I'm here to connect with great people, make lifelong friendships, learn more about local cultures, and enjoy a richer travel experience.

ABOUT ME

I'm indoorsy (a reader and a gamer), but I also race motorcycles, wreck-dive, and geocache. I love climbing mountains and being in nature. Traveling is one of my biggest passions, but people are also very important to me. :)

To avoid any confusion: I am a heterosexual male.

PHILOSOPHY

"Try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don't search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer."

"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've both surfed and hosted before.

Interests

- Traveling
- Motorcycling
- Scuba diving
- Mountain climbing
- Reading
- Watching TV and movies
- Playing board games and video games
- Theatre and improv

• books
• education
• motorcycles
• movies
• board games
• reading
• tv
• traveling
• scuba diving
• rock climbing
• teaching
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: The Little Prince, Siddhartha, the Lord of the Rings, Frankenstein, The Jungle Book, Harry Potter, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, A Short History of Progress, anything by Roald Dahl, The Outsiders, The Time Traveler's Wife, Great Expectations, Fahrenheit 451, King Solomon's Mines, Battlefield Earth.

Movies: Lost in Translation, Braveheart, Heat, Snatch, Aliens, The Abyss, The Princess Bride, The Usual Suspects, American History X, Big Fish, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Motorcycle Diaries, The Green Mile, The Shawshank Redemption, The Incredibles, Zoolander, Office Space, The Brave Little Toaster.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Completed a Kiva Fellowship in Uganda
- Studied in Singapore
- Lived in the Philippines
- Interned at NASA
- Jumped from a plane at 10,000 feet
- Scuba dived in sunken WWII ships
- Dated an astronaut
- Raced motorcycles
- Climbed Mt. Fuji
- Explored many other countries, including Spain, Israel, Korea, Iceland, Norway, Japan, Central Europe, and most of SE Asia

Countries I’ve Visited

Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Canada, Cuba, Curaçao, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Liechtenstein, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Singapore, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Mexico, Philippines, Singapore, Uganda, United States