I am an Alaskan who caught a travel addiction.

If you're planning on surfing with me, read my profile well, then tell me something interesting.

I am in love with the world. Travelling keeps me closer to the currents that keep flowing from place to place. My eccentric interests have led me on a somewhat twisting path so far.

I study the relationship between human rights and music in the in-between places of the world.

MY PHILOSOPHY

I live each day trying to better my world around me. I'm open to new ideas and change. Today is the only day I have and, after nearly dying four times, I'm happy with that.

Why I travel:

In Afrikaans there is a beautiful word, Ubuntu. This speaks to the basic connection between us humans: Ubuntu means that I am human because I belong. I participate, I share.

I travel because I believe being part of ubuntu. To put it another way, I travel because I love finding the similar faces, smiles, people, and dreams scattered in strange parts of the world.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I've surfed in many countries and love the CS community! Since I'm living in Barcelona now, I can host again (sometimes. too many other people visit, too). Frankly, though, the CS community has changed a lot since 2009.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Fantastic experiences in the US, Ireland, France, Georgia, Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro...and more. Amazing friendships, food, and places. I still believe it's best way to travel!

Nudist dinners in Paris, staying with 18 surfers on a beach in Croatia without electricity while losing all sense of time, surfing on a boat through minefields off the coast of Albania... Too many memories.

Interests

I am in love with:

Good conversation
Wild food
Wild people
Provocative art
Stunning music

I also take filmish photos. Find me on Instagram @travelerafar

• arts
• singing
• human rights
• dining
• cooking
• boating
• traveling
• music
• surfing
• sailing
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Authors: Kurt Vonnegut, Rumi, Hafiz, Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky, J.R.R. Tolkien, Gore Vidal, Derrick Jensen, Alexander Dumas, Kafka, Italo Calvino, John Fowles.

Music: Everything from jazz to Celtic death metal and classical.

Currently on my playlist: Jacquine Du Pre, Swell Season, Fela Kuti, Matthew Dear, Bonobo, Sin Fang, Of Monsters and Men, Susana Baca, Buena Vista Social Club, Miles Davis, Dvorak, Jacquine Du Pre, Soley, Lo-Fang

Movies: Where Do We Go Now?, Turin Horse, Cosmopolis, Primer, The Godfather, Death and the Maiden, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sailing through minefields off the coast of Albania.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm an avid photographer and a cook. I sing and whistle, and own up to being an outdoorsman raised in Alaska.

I'm open to learning and sharing what knowledge I have with anyone I meet.

Countries I’ve Visited

Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belize, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Mexico, Montenegro, Nicaragua, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Costa Rica, Hungary, Slovenia, Spain, United States

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