ABOUT ME I am an educator, teacher, student, and father currently living in China. I'm easy to get along with, inquisitive, and gregarious.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING By hosting anyone, surfing everywhere, and talking all about how great CS is. COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE I've couch surfed friends couches in the USA: New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Las Vegas, etc. in Europe: Paris, Benicasim, Valencia, Madrid, Granada, Malaga, Barcelona, Diyarbakir, Istanbul, and Izmir and in the Middle East: Lattakia and Beirut, in China: Dali. I hosted four surfers in Erbil, Iraq: Nick, Alvaro, Daniel, and Pato. All were great in their own way. I’ve hosted eight more (and counting) in China.

Interests

Likes: music and concerts, art and museums, film and drive-ins, travel, sports, learning languages, new cultures, rooftops, parties, rooftop parties, coffee, wine, whisky, culinary experiences, astronomy, religion, hiking, and most importantly for couchsurfing: meaningful human interactions.

• arts
• culture
• books
• concerts
• seafood
• wine
• coffee
• partying
• movies
• traveling
• music
• surfing
• sports
• astronomy
• teaching
• history
• languages
• religion
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Being John Malkovich is a great movie. The Wrestler, Life is Beautiful, American Beauty, Lawrence of Arabia, Doubt (yes, I liked it), No Country for Old Men and others I can't think of.
Arcade Fire, The Talking Heads, James Brown, The Beatles, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Beck, The Black Keys, Radiohead, Slowdive, Kendrick Lamar, Car Seat Headrest, Ray LaMontagne, The Clash, Broken Social Scene, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Xavier Rudd, Peter Bjorn and John, Of Montreal, Jamie Cullum, Wilco, TV On The Radio!, U2, Modest Mouse, Tom Waits, Frank Zappa, LCD Soundsystem, Gnarls Barkley (and of course, Cee-lo Green the Soul Machine), The Hold Steady, The Flaming Lips, Coheed and Cambria, The Secret Machines, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Bloc Party, Interpol, Outkast, Muse, Muddy Waters, Rufus Wainwright, Buddy Guy, Charles Mingus, Herbie Hancock, Medeski Martin and Wood, Paul Simon, Sufjan Stevens, Sergei Rachmanioff, George Gershwin, y mucho mas.
I like novels in particular but I read as much as I can. I also like histories, science, and religious studies.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Taking five different taxis solo from Turkey through the border to Erbil, Iraq, covering more than 400 miles of desert terrain.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm great at teaching anything I know about whether it be English, History, Astronomy, or culture.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Life experiences, good stories, and great company.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Cambodia, China, Croatia, France, Iraq, Ireland, Jordan, Lebanon, Macedonia, New Zealand, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Iraq, Spain, Tajikistan, United States