CURRENT MISSION

enjoy life before it enjoys me

ABOUT ME

easy going

PHILOSOPHY

i don't care about the size of my gravestone

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

i still have my kidney as far as i know.

Interests

• performing arts
• photography
• off-roading
• reading
• traveling
• piano
• hiking
• bungee jumping
• beaches
• backgammon

Music, Movies, and Books

air, world's most dangerous places, birds without wings, pink martini, sertab, manu chao

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

i've swam in the grand canal in venice (and can tell you now not to), hiked the untersberg in austria, saw the second plane hit the tower from my balcony in new york, watched as demonstrators burned a KFC in karachi, jumped out of three airplanes, rolled my FJ while off-roading (totaling the truck) in california, hiked 10 miles to jump off a bridge in angeles national forest, watched a lion attack and eat a zebra in africa, heard putin speak in red square, hiked the inca trail in peru, celebrated eternal president kim il sung's 100th birthday in north korea, watched buena vista social club perform on new year's eve in havana, kissed a wild gray whale in san ignacio lagoon, and so it goes on. the world is a beautiful thing :)

Teach, Learn, Share

If you're lucky, and if you want, and if I have the time, I might show you the extreme side of Los Angeles: hike to the Hollywood sign, off-road driving on difficult trails, small beach coves that require a mile hike through water and steep cliffs, sky dive, bungee jumps, etc. I can also accompany you to Tijuana, Mexico, a short drive away.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Bahamas, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kosovo, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Korea, Northern Ireland, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Scotland, Serbia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Romania, Turkey, United States