CURRENT MISSION

Plan a trip to China

ABOUT ME

A Sociable Socialist, film fanatic, lover of ancient history and modern technology, enjoy politics but don't know enough, enjoy philosophy but know too much.

My wife's profile is here:
http://www.couchsurfing.org/people/mh_sander/

PHILOSOPHY

Remember that you have two hands; the first is to help yourself, the second is to help others. Paraphrasing Audrey Hepburn

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I started off as a surfer in Latin America and Europe, then was able to host many people at my home here in Portland. Now, my wife and I are back to surfing again for a time.

visited 31 states (13.7%)Create your own visited map of The World or website vertaling duits?

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I was looking forward to surfing when I first started, but I came to discover that I liked hosting even more! I've had so many great experiences so far, I hope to keep it up until I die.

Interests

Politics/social justice, film, philosophy, history, board games, old school video games, food, and food. Did I mention food? I especially like ice cream, and enjoy making ice cream at home with my hand-crank ice cream maker.

• dining
• walking
• politics
• technology
• video games
• board games
• traveling
• surfing
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: MGMT, Tegan and Sara, The Killers, CCR

Movies (There are MANY): Cinema Paradiso, Dark City, Eternal Sunshine, Shawshank Redemption, The Treasure of Sierra Madre, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Serenity, Wall-E, Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionare, Leon, Scott Pilgrim, Kim Ki-Duk movies, and many more

Books: Anything by Noam Chomsky, 1984, The Time Machine , The Tao Te Ching

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've had many amazing travel experiences, like walking in the salt flats of Bolivia during the wet season, traversing the dangerous Camino del rey, enjoying a quiet moment of reflection underwater with a giant turtle in galapagos. But those aren't the top of the list.

For a long time, interviewing my hero Noam Chomsky was the most amazing thing I'd done.

But I would say that meeting and marrying my beautiful wife Martha is the best thing I've ever done.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach English and beginner Spanish.

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