I'm back in Vancouver after several years abroad. I'd love to meet up with other travelers (or travelers-to-be!) and chat. I've done a lot of different types of travel, too - resort/package, bicycle tours, backpacking, living a semi expat lifestyle when I worked as a divemaster, etc.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm here to meet new people from all over the world both socially and as a host or guest. I've been to a few meet-ups in Europe, US and Asia.

Interests

hiking, bicycle touring, scuba diving, good beers, camping, motorcycle, ukulele, and traveling (of course!)

• beer
• traveling
• cycling
• hiking
• backpacking
• camping
• scuba diving
• tours

Music, Movies, and Books

Music. My kind of music is whatever has a good hook and is easy to sing along to. This means a lot of bad pop music, to be honest, but I also really enjoy bluegrass and electronic music.

Movies. I go through phases where I watch a lot of movies, but it seems like my tastes ebb and flow - sometimes I am really into bad horror movies, sometimes I really enjoy intelligent independent films, sometimes I just want to sit back and get my eyes blown away by a stupid extravagant action movie.

Books. While I'm traveling, I like to have books I can read for many hours (for long bus rides or waiting in airports, etc), and I enjoy nerdy books I can get easily. The last few months, I read all of the Game of Thrones books. Right now I'm working on To Kill and Mockingbird and a Korean novel called Please Look After Mother.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

When I biked through Southeast Asia a couple of years ago, the roads in Laos were so bad that I mostly ended up traveling the same distance in a day as my friends who were riding buses. They were pretty impressed. I was pretty impressed with myself, too.

Teach, Learn, Share

I worked as a divemaster on an island in Thailand, so I'm more than happy to share my experiences and 'expertise' in scuba diving.

I also bicycle toured quite a bit (New Orleans to Minneapolis, Frankfurt to Paris to London, and all over Southeast Asia). I'd like to think that I figured a few things out through those trips - I would love to convince you to start bike touring yourself (it's easier than you might think!)

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can teach you how to land a perfect high five every time.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, China, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Philippines, Qatar, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Germany, South Korea, Thailand, United States

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