CURRENT MISSION

Explore the worlds different cultures, peoples, and philiosophies

ABOUT ME

I take life as it comes. I go with the flow and see where it takes me. I want to open my mind to the world.

I take great interest in meeting new people, experiencing new ideas and perspectives, seeing exploring different places. I have a insatiable couriousity for the world its people and places.

PHILOSOPHY

Leave no stone unturned. Be curious, explore, try new things, and ask questions. Share experiences, stories, and joy.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have a great couch!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

In general the people that I have met that are using CS are really interesting people.

I had the privledge of staying at a Lithuania home in Klapedia. I was warmly welcomed into Junte's and families home. Shared hitch-hiking stories, philosophies, photos, cultures, art work, and laughs with the whole family. Had a blast making koldunai (traditional Lithuania dish) with the family. Great first CS experience, this is what it is all about! LABAI GARAI, Aciu, Labanakt!

Another family in Lithuania hosted me for two nights. So, friendly and hospitable. We talked and laughed for hours about their two young children and then were very seriously about the horrior days of Communist rule in Lithuaia. The world is filled with amazing, shocking, intriging, inlightening, or equally disheartening stories. I want to hear them all.

In Madrid I spent two nights at a place refered to as the "SUPER FLAT". This was infact a super flat filled with super CSers. They showed me to a great party and after we drunkenly walked around in the warm Spanish night. After returned to the flat we played my faviourite game "THINGS", and we all had a blast. Cheers, to all the SUPER FLATS out there!

My girlfriend and I were hosted last minute by Nabeel and his sister. They were incredibly friendly and wonderful hosts. We had a wonderful time sharing laughs, opinions, and experiences. It was the best trip to New York that anyone could ask for and it would not have been possible without CS. Brooklyn Bridge, broadway show, ferry rides, walks through the park in the December sun with just a t-shirt.

Interests

Everything!
Photography, conversation, people, music, art, culture, history, the BIG WIDE WORLD, and traveling in the BIG WIDE WORLD.

• wildlife
• birds
• arts
• culture
• photography
• beauty
• education
• running
• partying
• traveling
• cars
• music
• hiking
• canoeing
• camping
• teaching
• history
• hitchhiking
• beaches
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

I like most genres of music. Some faviourite bands include: Radiohead, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Xavier Rudd, Kings of Leon, Coldplay, Sigur Ross,
Canadian Music: Death from Above, K-OS, Metric, Pilot Speed, Winter Sleep, Broken Social Scene.

Movies: Forest Gump, October Sky, Fight Club, Sixth Sense,Unbreakable, Pianist.

Documentaries: PBS Tankman, VICE Guide to North Korea, Planet Earth Series.

Reading: NON-engineering related literature, Guns germs and Steel, Lord of the Rings, Lord of the Flies, Climate Change/entvironmentally focussed stuff.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I travelled to Romania for two months where I taught ecological education to high school students. I was sceptical at first about whether it would be a good experience or not. It turned out to be an amazing time. I learned a lot and met some very interesting people. I highly recommend traveling there.

Canada is a big a beautiful place. Every adventure I have here seems to out due the pervious. I will forever remember my travels through the Canadian Rockies and along the west coast and Pacific Ocean. Maybe one of my faviorite places on Earth is in the forests of the big old growth forests of Vancouver Island or the beaches of Tofino. Amazing Canada.

The Moroccan desert and the people that inhabit it are filled with a mysterious and ancient beauty. Running down the dunes taking in the fresh air, for a moment one can feel what it is like to be free.

Ontario Canada. Canoeing in Algonquin Park, hiking in Bruce Peninsula Provincial Park, and hiking through Killarny Provincial Park. The natural beauty in these places is like nothing else I have seen and holds a special place in my heart.

Hitch hiking trips. The only thing crazier than staying at a random persons house is taking a ride with random people over hundreds of kilometers.
1. Romania – Sibiu to Craovia (~220km). Through the Transylvanian Mountains. Sleeping at two different monasteries and waking up to cows in your face. Hiking to the top of a mountain along the way. Breath taking views and good company.
2. Lithuania – Kanuas to Riga (~270km). Transport truck picked us up took us the majority of the way there. There was a line-up of 12 other students hitching from the same place on the highway. Ah Lithuania.
3. Spain – Alicante to Jaen (~434km). Took a few cars. Got picked up by some German-Italians driving a camper half baked and heading to Morocco to escape the winter in the Alps. Moroccans were always picking us up in Spain, as this is something done more commonly there.
4. Morocco – Moulay Idriss to Tangier (~280km). Got my second transport truck, tried to speak some French to the driver with a bit of success. The man invited us into his home for lunch before we continued on. It took literally seconds to get rides in Morocco. Everyone picks up hitch hikers. As we got out of one car, a van was dropping off some people in front of us. I ran to the van and knocked on the door as it pulled away. They ended up stopping and I tried to explain what where we wanted to go. We got in the back of the van and eventually stayed in the family’s home for two nights before leaving Morocco. We got invited to several people’s homes along the way, the hospitality was amazing, people were so willing to help. I highly recommend visiting this country.
5. Eastern Canada - Montreal to Amherst N.S. (~1000km X2 there and back). I have lived my whole life in Canada and never been east of Montreal. So, this trip was to change that, to see as much as possible beyound Montreal in a short period 2 week period. We covered over 4000km getting out to eastern Canada from Toronto and then touring around Nova Scotia. The Highlands there is extremely beautiful! We saw so much wildlife (moose, birds, whales, seals, dolphins) and the landscape takes your breath away!

Teach, Learn, Share

visited 11 states (4.88%)Create your own visited map of The World

Countries I’ve Visited

Czech Republic, France, Germany, Latvia, Morocco, Poland, Spain, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Italy, Lithuania, Romania

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