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Overview

  • 4 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Thai
  • 56, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • photographer, taxi driver, student, teacher, baker, walke...
  • books, movies, debate, listening, thinking
  • From Glencoe, Minnesota
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

walk

PHILOSOPHY

....I am at the top and bottom
of a lower-archy.
I am an earth lover
from way back,
I am in love with
losers and laughter.
I am in love with
freedom and children.

Love is my sword
and truth is my compass.
What is left?
-Assata Shakur

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I finally have a couch to offer. Halfway between Bangkok and Chiang Mai. Halfway between Phitsanulok and Nakhonsawan. Halfway between Sam Ngam and Sak Lek. Halfway between my neighbor on the left and my neighbor on the right.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couch surfed with Gabi in Vienna for a fantastic first CS experience, meeting wonderful people from Brazil, Poland, Austria, New Zealand...

Interests

Music, movies, photography, reading, people watching, conversation, spoken word.

  • photography
  • movies
  • reading
  • music
  • spoken word

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: True Romance, Be With You, Rushmore, The Big Lebowski, Lawrence of Arabia, Cool Hand Luke.
Music: rock and roll, jazz, old country, local music everywhere
Books: Watership Down, Pickwick Papers, Midnight's Children, Ender's Game, Lord of the Rings, Palahniuk, Kipling, Marquez, Tom Robbins...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Participating in a friend's monkhood ceremony in Thailand was one of the greatest honors of my life.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm interested in photography.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, France, Italy, New Zealand, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Thailand

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