CURRENT MISSION

Making sure the world is still round one adventure at a time!

ABOUT ME

I'm studying Urban Design. I'm back in the Bay area after many many years in other cities around the country. I lived in Chicago for 3 years, I really loved that city!
My business partner and I are currently developing a tour company here in SF, our goal is to make sure you feel welcome here and get a bit of insiders knowledge of SF. If you would like a tour, want to learn some neat things, or even want to experience a day in the life of a local then please send me a message.
I've recently returned from my trip, where I visited almost 20 countries and 50 cities in the span of 102 days. I found a new job here in the city, I work at the Apple store on Stockton (downtown). I'm laid-back and super friendly. I've accomplished many things in life and am very happy where I'm at in life. I'm very open, honest, caring, awesome, and love to talk to people about their life. I'm deeply interested in experiences in life and like to live life from one journey to another. I love the sun and feel empowered by it. I didn't grow up in California, but I feel like it's home and I try to live life where I give more than I take.

PHILOSOPHY

Always try to give more than you take

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've surfed through about 20 European Countries. My old flatmate and I hosted quite a bit of surfers too.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've stayed with friends and have met amazing people.
On my Euro adventure I've surfed with:

Diogo - Cascais, Portugal
Brian - Vigo, Spain
Don - Bilbao, Spain
Filipe - Valencia, Spain
Marco - Paris, France
Diane - Antwerp, Belgium
Tim and Marina - Gent, Belgium
Luis - Gouda, Holland
Lauren - Leiden, Holland
Bene - Munich, Germany
Alice - Vienna, Austria
Andreea - BucharEpic, Romania
Stef - Sofia, Bulgaria
Gosia - Lublin, Poland
Agata - Grabniak, Poland
Colin - Prague, Czech Republic
Liza - Ljubljana, Slovenia
Anita - Vis, Croatia
Money Mo - Sacile, Italy
Richie - Ramstein, Germany
Bob-O - San Radcisco

Interests

Rock climbing, cycling, trains, cinema, exotic foods, reading, arts, cooking, and story telling.

• arts
• design
• cooking
• movies
• reading
• cycling
• rock climbing
• business
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Cinema - Big Lebowski, True Grit (the Cohen Brothers film), actually most Cohen Brother films, Crazy Heart, Documentaries, and films that make me smile.

Books - A Thousand Splendid Sunshines, Playing for Pizza, Soccernomics, David Sedaris books, It's not about the Bike, Freakonomics, Animal Farm, Eating Animals...just to name a few

MUSIC - Vampire Weekend, Mumford and Sons, O.A.R., Bob Marley, the Beatles, Jack Johnson, K'naan, and almost anything along the indie rock scene.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've seen the bottom of oceans and the tops of mountains.

I've stitched up my knee after a mortar attack hit next to my hut.

I built an eco shelter with gypsies in Slovakia.

I played a paleda with some teenagers in Portugal (I literally saw them playing and jumped off the train...at the next stop of course)

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to write stories, go to

hansomejake.tumblr.com

to read some

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Iraq, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Philippines, United States

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