I am currently exploring South East Asia. My next stop is Chiang Mai from February 12th to March 6th where I plan to train Muay Thai boxing and spend time practicing meditation.

Before traveling, my profession was a body structures design engineer for General Motors for 6 years after studying at Michigan State University. Although I liked my job, I quit in April of 2019 with plans of traveling the world for 1 year. It has now been 10 months, and I have no plans of stopping anytime soon. I have learned a lot about myself and how I want to live my life from here on out. ( personal travel blog if you are interested in seeing some of the places I have went is here, but I'm a littleee behind on posts - www.markislost.com )

I am known to be a very nice, respectful, considerate, loyal, helpful, thrifty, kind person. I am more introverted, but I enjoy meeting people and social situations. I am a logical thinker and a very focused person when it comes to achieving my goals.

I love enjoying and having fun in life as much as possible to the point where I probably have to many hobbies lol

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I had great experiences couchsurfing in France, Austria, and Switzerland when I traveled Europe in 2010.

I have been traveling South East Asia since November 2019, and now I would like to enrich my travel experience by staying with hosts that I can become friends with and by truly experiencing the local culture.

Interests

• drinking
• traveling
• hip-hop music
• hiking
• backpacking
• surfing
• scuba diving
• skiing
• snowboarding
• wakeboarding
• basketball
• soccer
• golf
• eating
• nature
• sustainability

Teach, Learn, Share

I can help teach the English language.

I would like to learn to speak the Spanish language better (I am currently intermediate in conversation), and more about photography. I would also like to learn more about history and geography, although I used to have no interests in these topics before traveling, so I have a lot of catching up to do!

What I Can Share with Hosts

The English language. Stories and experiences of the 30 countries that I have visited. Maybe some other things that I cannot think of at the moment...

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Belize, Cambodia, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, France, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Ireland, Italy, Laos, Morocco, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Qatar, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Guatemala, United States

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