What can i say..I'm a mix bag of contradictions like everyone else. I like people with manners and kindness and hanging out with lots of friends but i do like plenty of time alone. I'm high energy but a chilled personality. I have an open mind but i am close minded when it comes to fundamentalism in the western religions and right wing politics. I can rough it and somewhat a nature boy but do like posh beds and fancy bathrooms. Movie buff but hate television. I love flowers and flowers on my motorbike helmets, tattoos but hate them on bed covers and curtains. I'm educated and like to think of myself as a sophisticated worldly person but my mom thinks i'm a redneck. I like to shoot guns but i'm not a gun nut and believe in common sense gun control laws. blah blah blah.. i guess i can just run my mouth and expound on more but brevity is soul of the wit..

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I usually stay at hotels and hostels while traveling but was recommended to try out couchsurfing and haven't tried it out yet. I figure what goes around, comes around, karma and all that so perhaps i should become a host and meet fellow travelers and the next time i travel I should use couchsurfing to meet locals who can show me their favorites places in their home town and introduce me to their friends.

Interests

I love adventure traveling, get off the beaten path and have traveled extensively but not enough. Art, Photography, cooking, reading, watching movies, rock climbing, running, mountain biking, motorcycling, martial arts, skeet shooting, and archery, Protection dog training, Argentinian Tango, sky diving, scuba diving. Blues and Electronica music

• dogs
• arts
• photography
• tattoos
• tango
• dining
• cooking
• running
• drinking
• flowers
• politics
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• blues
• cycling
• hunting
• scuba diving
• martial arts
• rock climbing
• archery
• religion
• adventure travel

Music, Movies, and Books

Favorite bands: Depeche Mode, the Cure, Sade, Thievery Corporation, John Lee Hooker, Lightning Hopkins, Johnny Cash, Etta James, Nina Simone, Billy Holidays, Swedish House Mafia, DeadMau5, Rammstein...

Movies: Too many to list but here are a few - Usual Suspects, Dr StrangeLove, Blade Runner, Aliens, English Patience, Saving Private Ryan, Brazil, True Detectives, Breaking Bad, Sherlock Holmes, Legend of the Fall

Books: too many to list.. i'm a bookworm

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Lead technical climbs at Seneca Rocks, Linville Gorge, Stone Mountain, Joshua Tree, City of Gods, New River Gorge using traditional gears

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: Martial Arts - Muay Thai, rock climbing
Learn: rock climbing
Share: photography

What I Can Share with Hosts

Food, drinks, sense of humor.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Cambodia, England, France, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Italy, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Greece, Italy, Netherlands, United States, Viet Nam