CURRENT MISSION

hosting, traveling, and working...I love to meet new people and explore new adventures :)

ABOUT ME

***Hate to say this, but please dont send me a request if you are not a member of the CS community and have no references. I am not a vacation home or a hotel. Dont waste your energy writing unless you have something legit to say about CS or why you want to join CS...

I am a Cali girl living in NYC area for 15 years. I love to try new things, and meet new people. CS has afforded me the opportunity to do this on an international stage, and for that I am grateful, and will always be indebted as host to pay forward the gifts people have shared with me around the world...http://www.facebook.com/larakaplanhanson

PHILOSOPHY

Carpe Diem y Momentum

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I love to host people in NYC and surf anywhere fun and new.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So far I've surfed through ireland, england, paris, panama, montreal, berlin, prague, peru, italy, copenhagen, barcelona, madrid, tokyo, kyoto, buenos aires, uruguay, portugal, israel, palestine and have had nothing but great experiences (well until Japan...lol). I am surfing/hosting more, just got back from a great trip to Palestine, what a life...right?

Interests

Basketball (all sports), journalism, wine, chess, cooking/food, politics, and traveling

• writing
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• politics
• chess
• traveling
• surfing
• sports
• basketball
• communications
• journalism
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Sliding Doors, Breakfast Club, Matrix...MGMT, Green Day, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Third Eye Blind...Pride & Prejudice, Great Gatsby, Fountainhead

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

...i like the little moments as opposed to the big ones...the anonymous streets undiscovered, small towns/bars without the tourists, riding on obscure methods of public transportation like the diablo rojos in Panama...

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: Digital Media, Basketball (spin ball on finger), Chess/Dominoes, say the alphabet backwards :)

Learn: Languages and Food/Wine

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Palestine, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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