I was born in Beijing and grew up in the SF Bay Area. I studied biochemistry in San Diego. Went to medical school, then dropped out after 1 year :D

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'd like to experience each new place from the perspective of a local, and I'd like to offer the same authentic local experience to visitors of my home base San Francisco. I think the best value of travel comes from culture exchange and immersion.

Before starting medical school I went on a solo backpack trip across South East Asia and Eastern Europe. It was easily the best three months of my life. I had so many wonderful and unique experiences I could hardly fit them into two travel journals. The most memorable experiences usually involve unexpected interactions with local residents of a city I'm visiting.

After a year of medical school, I realized that if I went through with this career choice, I probably won't have a chance to do long term travel ever again. So I googled the most location independent jobs, and all of them are software related. I decided to drop out of medical school and teach myself how to code. It's been a few years since then and I now work remotely while traveling the world.

Interests

Improv comedy, DJ, traveling, various kinds of dancing, learning new skills

• culture
• festivals
• dancing
• partying
• traveling
• coding
• backpacking
• wrestling
• engineering
• software
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

The 4 hour work week
The Reputation economy
Leon: the professional
Most of the Marvel Superhero Movies
The Glitch Mob, Above & Beyond, and other such Electronic Dance Music

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hmmmm.

One day I decided to walked from Romania to Bulgaria and Back.

Teach, Learn, Share

Top 5 travel related memories:

1) Getting invited to a Croatian Household for traditional Sarma (croatian sauerkraut rolls).
2) Beach-partying in Romania until the sun rose over the black sea.
3)Eating a deep fried tarantula in Combodia.
4) Meeting a Polish girl on the street who later took me to a Mongolian festival in the outskirts of Warsaw where I watched very large men in very small underwear wrestling each other.
5) Staying in a small farmhouse in northern France with an elderly couple who don't speak any English.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Good Vibes and Positivity :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Cambodia, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Laos, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Slovenia, Switzerland, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Colombia, Poland, Russian Federation, United States