My first time backpacking was when I was 18 yrs old after graduating high school. I saved up a bit of money and traveled to New Zealand to hitchhike around, tramp around in the woods, and meet people. Since then I've spent a couple of summers leading sea kayak trips in the San Juan islands, leading trail crews on the PCT.

I studied chinese literature through college and got a chance to live and study in both Taipei and Beijing. Ive taught English abroad, at an elementary school in Portland, and am now leading high school students in an intercultural studies language program in Yunnan for the summer

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Because traveling is so much more lovely with names to faces, and webs of community to call on

Interests

Some things I love to do: hiking/biking, kayaking, cooking and eating with people, learning language, photography, being out in the woods, laughing.
爬山，跟别人一起做饭、吃饭，学外语，文化交流，照片，在大自然玩儿

• culture
• books
• photography
• documentaries
• cooking
• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• backpacking
• kayaking
• teaching
• language exchange

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Gogol, Nabokov, 鲁迅，莫言, 余华
Movies: “Big Lebowski," Cohen Brothers, "Godfather," 黄土地，七十岁的单车，阳光灿烂的日子，流浪北京
Music: Tom Waits. Wilco. Spoon. Jazz, funk, R&B, I can get down w/ most of it.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Early early early morning solo kayaking around foggy rocky banks at low tide in San Juan islands.

Teach, Learn, Share

Language, dancing, drinking tea
Happy to share with you a bit about taiji.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Conversations!
I love to talk about books, films, music, intimacy, any aspect of culture/cultures that we can stir up.

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Colombia, New Zealand, Taiwan

Countries I’ve Lived In

Taiwan, United States