My wife Giselle is from Trinidad and Tobago and we have a 9-year old girl (Ashna) and a 3-year old boy (Chancellor), We have a small dog (half schnauzer half poodle) that my mom babysits when we travel. I am a returned Peace Corps Volunteer who served in Nepal. Aside from my mad ballroom dance skills and creative passionate cooking, I am otherwise an average guy from Wisconsin.

CURRENT MISSION

To teach our children through travel and to make new friends.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Host and couchsurf.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosted 7 groups of surfers so far and stayed twice as a couchsurfer myself. Plan and dream of trips through the website.

Interests

Ballroom dancing, cooking, books, travel, camping, dreaming.

• books
• dancing
• tango
• ballroom dancing
• dining
• cooking
• traveling

Music, Movies, and Books

Mark Twain and Jack Vance as authors.
Ana Gabriel, Jimmy Buffet, Queen, and ABBA for music.
The Mission and The Shawshank Redemption for movies. (Giselle loves anything with Jet Li)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

We sold everything we owned and traveled until the money ran out. It saw us through three years and 50 countries.

Teach, Learn, Share

1) How to cook Nepalese food and eat with your hands.
2) How to plan and pack for a trip around the world.
3) How to dance merengue, tango, cha cha.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Ballroom dance lessons, cooking lessons (Nepali dhal bhat, Vietnamese pho, Trinidadian stew chicken and palua, Italian lasagna). Tons of travel stories, including a near death experience with a wild elephant in the rainforests of Borneo.

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Australia, Austria, Barbados, Belgium, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Chile, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Laos, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Peru, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, Vatican City State, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Zambia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Armenia, China, Nepal, Trinidad and Tobago, United States

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