CURRENT MISSION

Buy a sailboat and quit my job!

ABOUT ME

I'm a 31 years old, from Illinois. Just like probably everyone on here, I love to learn about other cultures, and I get along with pretty much everyone. I'm the kind of guy who will go see the historical cultural sites during the day, and hit up the town watering hole to meet with locals at night. Traveling is my life passion! I want to visit as many countries as I can in my lifetime, and get a feel for how people live. As long as you can find cheap travel and cheap lodging, travel anywhere is possible. Just make some time, and get off your butt and go. So far this site has brought me some of my greatest travel experience. I find myself penny pinching so I can go off and surf the next time I can get away.

I own a travel/sailing/party company called The BucketLust (www.thebucketlust.org) which allows me to travel for work to some of the coolest places on earth!

PHILOSOPHY

"I'll sleep when I'm dead"

I'm pretty much game for anything. The more random the better because it makes for a great story to tell.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've surfed in Berlin, Paris, Buenos Aires, Taipei, and Reykjavik. Hosted in El Paso, Texas, and Columbus, GA!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've surfed in:
Reykjavik - Viktor, Andri, Valdi, and Balthasar
Berlin - Danae
Paris - Clémentine
Buenos Aires - Will
Taipei - Mathilde
Maldives 2 weeks with my college roommate Ali
Met up with couch surfers in Ibiza and Hawaii

Interests

Nightlife, Baseball (Chicago Cubs), History, Traveling, pick-up sport games, paintball, Arab Culture, fishing, shooting, camping, hiking, extreme sledding, BBQs, Bourbon, Beer, country living, taking pictures (nothing professional)

I absolutely love the U S of A and love to share the awesomeness of my country (culture food history) with people.

I love randomness in general

• culture
• dining
• beer
• nightlife
• drinking
• paintball
• traveling
• fishing
• hiking
• camping
• hunting
• paintballing
• sports
• baseball
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Any type of music (no really, from Rap to Polka), I love EDM though

Gladiator, Forrest Gump, Lord of War, Grand Torino, Grandma's Boy, the list goes on

Seinfeld, Lost, Heroes, Smallville, South Park

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Probably spearfishing in the Maldives or drinking beers in Icelandic hotsprings in the winter

Teach, Learn, Share

Be flexible with travel, and willing to get up and move on a moments notice. Sleeping on a hard cold surface isn't as bad as it sounds

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Maldives, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, North Korea, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

South Korea, United States

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