CURRENT MISSION

Enjoy life in Seattle.

ABOUT ME

I work in Seattle as a programmer and grew up in the Philadelphia area. I used Couchsurfing extensively when backpacking through South America is 2012. I moved very quickly from one city to the next, and when I wasn't sleeping on a bus I was sleeping on the couches/floors/beds of people I met here. I like to do a little of a lot of things, but my main hobby is learning Chinese.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I think CouchSurfing has a great community, and I think it's useful to meet people even when I'm not looking for accomodation or to host someone.

I surfed a lot in South America and sometimes host in Seattle.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I was a surfer in:
Argentina: Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Mendoza, Rosario, Salta, Tucumán
Bolivia: Cochabamba, Sucre
Chile: Arica, Santiago
Colombia: Bogotá
Ecuador: Guayaquil, Quito
Guatemala: Quetzaltenango
Peru: Arequipa, Cusco, Lima
United States: Indianapolis IN, Nashville TN, Seattle WA

Where I didn't surf I spent time with CSers in:
Peru: Tacna
United States: Urbana IL

I had good experiences in all cases. The worst part about CSing is saying goodbye.

Interests

Bicycle, Economics, Education, Finance, Minimalism, Music, Nomadism, Paleo Diet, Philosophy, Programming, Puzzles, Reading, Spanish, Tea, Coffee, Mandarin Chinese, Bodyweight exercises,

• education
• reading
• traveling
• minimalism
• coding
• violin
• economics
• teaching
• software

Music, Movies, and Books

(Not in any particular order)

Books:
(fiction) 1984, Atlas Shrugged, Brave New World, Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, Cryptonomicon, Les Miserables, Night, The Count of Monte Cristo, Treasure Island, The Fountainhead, The Driver, The Phantom Tollbooth, Treasure Island, We The Living
(non-fiction) Economics in One Lesson

Movies:
Lord of the Rings, María llena eres de gracia, My Neighbor Totoro, Office Space, The Blues Brothers, The Fugitive, The Hidden Blade, The Princess Bride, Toy Story, We the Living

TV:
The Wire, Breaking Bad, Pinky and the Brain, The Fullmetal Alchemist

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Lago Atitlán (Sololá, Guatemala)
La Recoleta (Sucre, Bolivia)
Macchu Piccu (Cusco, Perú)
Salar de Uyuni (Uyuni, Bolivia)

Teach, Learn, Share

For general travel information: http://wikitravel.org
For language practice: http://lang-8.com
For language lessons: https://italki.com

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Germany, Guatemala, Netherlands, Norway, Peru

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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