CURRENT MISSION

The pursuit of adventure

ABOUT ME

Free-spirited, easy-going college student and proud Seattleite trying to experience as much of the wide world as possible on a shoestring budget. My ambitious life goal is to eat, dance and trek around the entire globe before I'm old and grey - collecting stories, meeting fascinating people and relishing in the excitement of the unknown. I love mint tea, spicy food, travel books, sci fi movies and the sea. I'm quirky and sarcastic and nocturnal and always up for something new!

PHILOSOPHY

"The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None yet!

Interests

Exotic Cuisine, Drinking Tea, Writing, Live Music, Travel Photography, Existentialism, Meeting new + interesting people, Camping, festivals, obsessing about cats, swimming in lakes and finding beauty in unexpected places.

• animals
• cats
• writing
• books
• photography
• beauty
• festivals
• dancing
• dining
• yoga
• drinking
• movies
• traveling
• music
• live music
• hiking
• camping
• swimming
• beaches
• lakes

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: I mostly listen to indie and classic rock, but I love everything from jazz to EDM to reggae.

Especially fond of The Shins, Radiohead, The Black Keys, Simon + Garfunkel, Fleetwood Mac, Bon Iver, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Smiths, The xx, Fleetwood Mac, etc...

Movies: Lord of the Rings (I completely nerd-out over the entire series and am 100% proud of that), Into the Wild, Inception

Books: Poisonwood Bible, Life of Pi, On the Road, Water for Elephants, Alice in Wonderland, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiking through Paradise Valley in Mount Rainier one gorgeous, sunny summer weekend during the peak of wildflower bloom. I realize I sound like a complete hippie in saying this, but feeling that close to nature was probably the most spiritual experience of my entire life.

ALSO:
- Experiencing Las Fallas, the craziest and most mind-blowing festival on earth (in my humble opinion) in Valencia, Spain
- Stargazing in the Negev desert during my stay at a Berber camp
- Getting up close + personal with elephants (my favorite animal, besides cats) in Thailand
- Getting up at 6am to practice yoga on the beach in Bali during the rainy season

Travel has afforded me so many amazing, enriching and inspirational experiences, I simply can't choose just one!

Countries I’ve Visited

Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Malaysia, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Cambodia, Spain, United States