CURRENT MISSION

To go everywhere, see everything, and experience every little thing in between.

ABOUT ME

Hi there, I'm Herb. I love meeting and getting to know new people from all walks of life. I am very open minded as I believe it is the best way to learn and grow in life! I love music and traveling more than anything. I started out traveling around the USA for music, following my favorite bands through festivals and concerts. Then I traveled Europe for awhile and loved it. I currently live in Taiwan where I teach English and study Chinese. In between classes I go to as many festivals and concerts as possible and also play in a couple bands. I do a lot of reading and writing. I enjoy many kinds of music, mostly jam band stuff, jazz, funk, bluegrass, indie, reggae, etc. I love politics, I'm pretty far to the left. I love hiking, biking, and camping as well.

PHILOSOPHY

I'm not a religious man but I have always thought that the Golden Rule is all that is really needed, "One should treat others as one would like others to be treated oneself."

Warum ich bei Couchsurfing bin

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Right now just surfing. I'm looking for a new apartment where I could host!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Great experience every time. This site is the best.

Interessen

Music, writing, politics, art, video games, dancing (to certain music), learning, psychedelic stuff, exploring, history, hiking, camping, learning, etc etc.

• arts
• writing
• concerts
• festivals
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• politics
• video games
• reading
• traveling
• music
• jazz
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• hiking
• camping
• surfing
• history
• mountains

Musik, Filme und Bücher

MUSIC: Grateful Dead, Talking Heads, Happy Mondays, String Cheese Incident, Phish, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Modest Mouse, Yonder Mountain String Band, Joy Division, Primus, Blind Melon, Gorillaz, STS9, Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Cinematic Orchestra, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey and more.

Books: Anything by: Aldous Huxley, Jack London, Kahlil Gibran, Chuck Palahniuk, Stephen King, Hunter Thompson, Ken Kesey, Jean-Paul Satre, Karl Marx, etc etc

Movies: A Clockwork Orange, A Requiem For A Dream, Donny Darko, Pulp Fiction, Pan's Labyrinth, Fight Club, Boondock Saints, Beider Meinhof Complex, Taxi Driver, Bully, Clerks, Human Centipede, Reservoir Dogs, Borat

Eine tolle Erfahrung, die ich gemacht habe

I have lived outdoors separated from civilization for over two months hiking and camping through the desert and mountains of south-central Utah. It was amazing, from that experience I gained a greater understanding and relationship with nature. You really can find out a lot about yourself when you are far away from society.

Lehren, lernen, teilen

Teach: Random facts about irrelevent stuff! English. Music.
Learn: EVERYTHING
Share: The world, experiences, laughs, food, housing, music, love, I guess I could just go with EVERYTHING again.

Was ich mit Gastgebern teilen kann

I'm not much of a cook but I can always share stories and help with English and Chinese.

Länder, die ich besucht habe

Austria, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, Philippines, Taiwan, United Kingdom

Länder, in denen ich gelebt habe

Taiwan, United States