CURRENT MISSION

Enjoy life.

ABOUT ME

My name is Jeff DeVetten. I finished Civil Engineering at the University of Calgary in Canada and then worked in northern Canada in the Oil Sands for one year. During my education I worked on a free range turkey farm near Calgary, AB. In 2011 and 2012, I managed to spend 18 months traveling around Asia, with the majority of my time in China. I returned to Canada for 3 years, before returning to China. Now i bounce back and forth a lot. I'm currently on a 4 month journey through central and South America with my girlfriend, Tara.

PHILOSOPHY

Be the change you want to see in the world. I want to build a global community that exists in peace and equality. I am a positive person and I want to bring joy into the world.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

While I was in Hong Kong in 2011, I was invited out for authentic Cantonese food with the CS community of Hong Kong. I thoroughly enjoyed the evening and immediately signed up for CS when I got back to my hostel. Now I will be traveling Asia once more and will hopefully have many more great CS experiences.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Every person I've met has been a great friend! I look forward to meeting many more great people through couch surfing.

Interests

I enjoy intelligent conversations, philosophical contemplations, eating delicious food, going for long walks and drinking tea. My parents put me in several sports as a child, so now I'm somewhat of a daredevil, and generally good at physical activities. I play guitar and piano. I read books during long road trips or train rides. I've traveled a lot of western North America by car.

• animals
• books
• education
• dining
• drinking
• traveling
• guitar
• piano
• surfing
• sports
• teaching
• engineering
• mathematics
• road trips

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Death Cab for Cutie, MuteMath, Pedro the Lion, Decemberists, Blink 182, Angels and Airwaves, Band of Horses, Tegan and Sara, Musicals, Mozart
Movies: Anchorman, Reign of Assassins, LOTR, Big Fish, Disney
Books: Journeys of Socrates, Way of the Peaceful Warrior, The Symposium, Harry Potter

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I drove from Skagway, Alaska to Santa Cruz, California in the year 2007. Friends and family have made my life full of amazing things done/seen.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm a certified English Teacher, I know a lot of math, and I can make balloon animals. I learned Chinese (Mandarin) while traveling and working in China, so I can talk your ear off about how interesting their language is. I'm currently studying spanish while traveling South America. I would love to practice with you.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, China, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, Philippines, Russian Federation, Singapore, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, China