CURRENT MISSION

the positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible

ABOUT ME

joe and i are two easy-going people (joe being one of the most laid-back people i've ever met) who enjoy living, loving, and learning. we were both bitten by the travel bug almost 10 years ago when we met in ireland. we always have an itch to see more, meet more interesting people, and explore. we recently (december 2011) returned from our long travels around latin america, asia, and the western US and are now finally settled in portland, maine. other than travel, we're always looking for a good place to kayak, hike, camp, etc., always enjoy a decent brew or a good glass of wine, and love all company, including pets and our awesome pup, foxxy brown cleopatra :) most importantly, we try to live by the words of vonnegut: "we are here on earth to fart around. don't let anybody tell you different"

PHILOSOPHY

"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars..." - Jack Kerouac

and once again...the most useful quote to live by: "we are here on earth to fart around. don't let anybody tell you different" - vonnegut

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

we got into the whole idea of couch surfing before we started our world travels in april 2010. now we open up our home to surfers in our new home of portland, maine.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

we've unofficially couchsurfed while traveling around the united states (hasn't everyone? :). before we started our world travels we hosted a few groups of people and then officially got our feet wet as true couchsurfers in central america, south america, new zealand, and the western US.

Interests

we're music junkies...kind of addicted to having music around us at all times.

and any excuse to discuss ireland is ok in our book (or latin america or new zealand for that matter :)

oh...and good microbrews are always on our 'must-see' list while traveling - our vision is to start up our own B&B/brew pub once we save up some more money :) for now, portland offers a TON of good local brews.

• pets
• books
• wine
• pub crawls
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• kayaking
• camping
• surfing
• rock climbing

Music, Movies, and Books

in an nutshell - good music that isn't death metal or pop country.

some favorites: the band, dylan, zeppelin, jimi hendrix, pink floyd...wilco, pearl jam, radiohead, beck, ben harper, tom petty, my morning jacket, 311, avett brothers, cake...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

quite a few on that list. but we'll go with these two...
- we were chased by a mother elephant on a jeep safari in the state of kerala, india. not recommended :)
- climbing volcan villarrica in pucon, chile. 1000 meters up to the top with crampons, ice picks, the steepest climb ever, and ridiculously cold wind. crazy!

Teach, Learn, Share

think globally, act locally

reality is for those that have no imagination

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ireland, United States

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