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Overview

  • 21 references 6 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish, Yue (Cantonese); learning Chinese, Romanian, Tagalog
  • 67, Male
  • Member since 2013
  • Traveling the World
  • Engineering, MBA
  • From Chicago, IL, USA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

*Slow travel 10 months per year around the world! :)
*Build a Net Zero Energy Home for under S10k. Dream it, Believe it, and it shall become Reality!

ABOUT ME

I love travel, adventure, meeting new people and experiencing new different cultures. I'm a good listener. I enjoy learning and laughing. I'm a student of the world. Always seeking to know thyself and amazed by how slow travel really helps! I'm a dreamer and a doer. I love going beyond my comfort zone!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm interested in experiencing and learning about the people and culture of the world!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

A very eye opening experience in the Philippines! I loved it. Have traveled solo in Central and South America, Southeast Asia and China.

Interests

I enjoy meeting and learning from people from all over the world. I love nature and adventure. I'm interested in energy efficiency. I will design and build a netzero energy building one day. I also want to start a multilingual school for kids one day.

Truth seeker, geopolitics, geo economics, sustainability, renewable energy, fish farming.

Building an ebike designed to transport one around the world! :) How about traveling coast to coast in America for $3. : ) That's about 5,000 km and the circumference of the earth is 40,000 km. That way everyone in the world can afford to travel around the world! :)

  • culture
  • design
  • traveling
  • economics
  • geopolitics
  • language exchange

Music, Movies, and Books

Braveheart - "All men Die, but Not all men Live"
Rich Dad, Poor Dad series of books, 4 Hour Work Week, Around the World in 80 Days, Global economics, real estate and finances.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

12 meter bridge jump into a river in the jungle of Semuc Champey, Guatemala!
Also traveling solo in Guatemala, South America, Philippines and China. Sleeping overnight in the Bayon Temple (my favorite temple) in Angkor Wat, Cambodia all alone under only the eerie moonlight and all the stone faces staring at me! :)

Teach, Learn, Share

Traveling, sustainability, energy efficiency, solar homes, zero energy homes, electric bikes and languages.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Travel stories and how it can be done on a shoe string! :)
I can also help cook and clean!

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, Bolivia, Cambodia, Canada, China, Guatemala, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Guatemala, Philippines, United States

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