Hi, I've done some interesting things in life, including:
working in a circus,
photographing a nuclear power plant,
travelling throughout various countries (mostly in East Asia),
learning to surf in Taiwan
and teaching English in South Korea.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Engaging with people in a local community is often more fufilling than just hanging out with other travelers at a hostel (although that can be nice, too).

When traveling, it's difficult to keep money from affecting your experience of a place. It shapes where you stay, who you meet, what you eat, and how people treat you.

Sites like Couchsurfing, Workaway, WOOF, HelpX help to get people out the door, regardless of how much money they have. Travelling is fun and genuinely rewarding, but it often has a barrier to entry. Anything that encourages and organizes more goodwill towards our fellow humans. Money shouldn't always define our interactions.

Interests

The term "generalist" applies to me. There aren't many things in life that I don't find interesting.

• photography
• cooking
• politics
• comics
• music
• history
• language exchange
• nature

Music, Movies, and Books

I'm constantly reading all kinds of things--non fiction, fiction, comics, long-form articles.

A few of my favorite authors are Zora Neal Hurston, Kurt Vonnegut, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Joe Sacco.

Tunes: Moondog, Gorillaz, CCR, Manu Chao, RJD2, Jurrasic 5, David Bowie, Balkan Beat Box, ATCQ, Mischief Brew, Elizabeth Cotten,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've been stuck in the largest free-roaming herd of bison in North America.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I would love to share some travel stories and ideas about your/mine/world culture. Good conversation is one of life's treasures.

If you have a guitar (or two) we can jam!

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, Taiwan

Countries I’ve Lived In

South Korea, United States