I just finished up university where I was studying philosophy and economics and now that I'm free I'm ready to travel the world. Being that I have no serious obligations and a bad case of wanderlust it's just about the perfect time.

I can definitely enjoy bars and nightlife and that sort of thing (trance/psy raves can be a lot of fun), but generally I'm a calm person and I enjoy calmer and cozier activities. Hiking and backpacking are great. Plucking on a guitar. Reading. Talking and laughing with folks.

What else? My most recent idol is Woody Guthrie so I've begun to romanticize the whole hobo lifestyle. This basically means that I dream about hitchhiking, hopping freight and doing manual labor. I don't know what that says about my personality so take it however you will.

And in conclusion I should also add that I'm vegan. I realize that while I'm traveling this is something I may have to compromise, it's still something I very much believe in and it's the ideal to which I will be continually aspiring.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Even if I had all money I could hope for I don't think it would let me experience new cultures and new people in the way that I want to, in the way that I think couchsurfing would let me experience such things.

Interests

Guitar - I've been trying to learn for a while now. If you have any pointers I'd love to hear them.

Nature - Hiking/backpacking is great, like I said. I've been on the ultralight train for a while now so that's how I tend to operate on all my trips. I've also just made some friends who are into rock climbing so I've been trying to get into that, too.

Philosophy - I'm a philosophy major! Not an expert by any means, but if you want to talk about your pet metaphysical theories then I'm all ears.

• pets
• vegan
• nightlife
• raves
• reading
• traveling
• guitar
• hiking
• backpacking
• camping
• scuba diving
• rock climbing
• economics
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC:
Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, The Flaming Lips, Tame Impala, Hank Williams, WHY?, Mountain Goats, Paul McCartney, Elliott Smith, Talking Heads, Vashti Bunyan

MOVIES:
Night of the Hunter, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Blue Velvet, There Will Be Blood, Dr. Strangelove, Kurosawa, Miyazaki

BOOKS:
Walden, Crime and Punishment, Flatland, Being and Time, Siddhartha, Invisible Man, Godel Escher Bach, Poor Things, House of Leaves, Infinite Jest, The Pale King, Breakfast of Champions

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-scuba diving inside sunken ships in the Philippines
-living with Hare Krishna devotees for over a month in Malaysia
-trekking to Everest Base Camp in Nepal
-walking 750 miles as a henro/pilgrim around the Japanese island of Shikoku

What I Can Share with Hosts

If you have a guitar handy I can share all the folk songs I know. I'm not that good of a singer, but that hasn't stopped me yet.

Countries I’ve Visited

India, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States