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Overview

  • 16 references 12 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Chinese, English, Esperanto
  • 40, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Self employed
  • University of Melbourne; Oxford University
  • From Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About Me

I work as a freelance programmer from my laptop, which gives me freedom to travel a lot. For the last 5 years was pretty much non-stop traveling and never in the same place for more than a few months.

Now feel need some stability so doing graduate study at Oxford University, and able to return the favour and host people.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I created an account here years ago but didn't actually use it until randomly met a CS host in Vietnam. I enjoyed the experience staying with a local family - much better than a hotel by myself.

Interests

Travel, History, Programming, Soccer, Christianity

  • traveling
  • cycling
  • christian
  • soccer
  • freelancing
  • history
  • software

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: The History of the Peloponnesian War, Musashi, Homage to Catalonia, Atlas Shrugged, Dune, Foundation

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My most memorable trips are:
- Esperanto youth conferences in Vietnam and Cuba
- 2 week cycling tour of North Korea
- Trans-Siberian railway across Russia, Mongolia, and China
- motorcycling around Vietnam

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kosovo, Laos, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Korea, Norway, Poland, Russian Federation, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, South Korea, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States

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