CURRENT MISSION

...excelsior...

ABOUT ME

I think the world is so big, and that I haven't seen enough of it. I think it is all an experience. One very big and amazing story. Nothing good, nothing bad, just an adventure story to tell the kids.

I'm not sure what the answers are, but I always try to do right by others, that's how I've always been. I think we are all equal, doesn't matter what race, creed, social status or cultural background. Did I say I like thinking? :) I believe the best thing I can do for anyone is share my honest true self with them, and enjoy each others time. So that at the end of the day we both have an invaluable collection of stories to add to the memoir.

Max is my adventure and travel pseudonym. My real name is Corey, you can ask me the story if you're interested.

PHILOSOPHY

Questions are good. Because when we can question, we can appreciate, and appreciation is primal. But aren't all philosophies about questioning the questions??? Or are they??

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

This began as my first time participating in something like this... I wanted to surf to meet new people and find out how it works while I travel. I think it's very generous that people will give a stranger a place to stay for the night, I think it's amazing! It makes me happy to think that people can be nice like this.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've met people who I never would have had the pleasure of meeting otherwise. Everyone is unique and I've learnt that how a person looks or acts on the outside has nothing to do with who they are on the inside. And getting to really, genuinely know someone is super awesome, it's heaps better than having superficial friends! :D

Interests

Reading, writing (a little), new experiences (people or places), nature, quietude, hiking, camping, cycling, video games, UFOs hehe, the paranormal, getting lost in that cyber pseudo reality called the INTERNET...

• writing
• wine
• video games
• chess
• reading
• traveling
• guitar
• cycling
• hiking
• canoeing
• camping
• tour de france
• mathematics
• science
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Like reading a lot. Especially fantasy novels. The City of Dreaming Books! (very good for imaginative travellers)
Like movies too, but not really the big blockbuster films, I like more the independent, niche, foreign, weird films, especially like documentaries lately. 'Easy A' Also; Irreversible (french film), Where the Wild Things Are, Charlie St. Cloud, Peter & Vandy, Into the Wild, What the Bleep Do We Know.
-Hunger Games
-The Next Three Days
-Lars and the Real Girl
-The Civilization of Maxwell Bright
-Tracks
-Drive
-Silver Linings Playbook

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I'm not as well travelled, adventurous or courageous as some, so the most amazing thing for me for now is living. (cliche I know, sorry... :( hopefully I can write about something more relevant soon)

Facing fears...

I learnt to believe in myself and believe in my dreams and then learnt that they can come true. This is a truly amazing thing that can only be taught then experienced and never explained :-D

2.5 weeks of sun blended into a never-ending day and everlasting sunset! MIDNIGHT SUN northern Sweden! :)

Hauling Finnish guys canoe in Swedish forest with crazy Dutch guy whilst having chunks of meat ripped out of me by mosquitoes :)

Cycling in the Lorraine hills in France during the 2011 Tour de France

French wine and pétards =D

Had to go to the otherside of the planet to learn that Kiwi's call thongs(flip flops), jandals, and eskies, chilly bins!

Deutsch Autobahn! 200km/h is normal

Auschwitz...

Teach, Learn, Share

-Play guitar(beginner)
-Play chess (experienced)
-Maths (experienced) Mathematics is something special, in an equation you can get the right or wrong answer, a logical positive or negative, no grey area in between like the equations of life.
-Bricklaying and building residential structures
-Science
-COMPUTERS!!! :D

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Israel, Malaysia, Netherlands, Palestine, Poland, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia