CURRENT MISSION

Working from Queretaro for a month+!

ABOUT ME

Originally from Long Beach, Indiana (USA), grew up on a huge lake, spent summers in the sand and on sailboats. A few years after university... I got an opportunity to work overseas for what was supposed to be a few months. It ended up being almost 10 years (half in Asia and half in Europe). 2011 and 2012 were spent in San Francisco... spent the first part of 2013 working in Romania, took a month to ride my bike from Paris to Trieste, studied Italian and cycled all the roads within a 50km radius of Trieste. In 2014 I cycled from Venice to the southernmost tip of Puglia.

PHILOSOPHY

Trust until you have a reason not to. Be generous with your time and money. Ask a lot of questions. Say yes before you have a chance to say no.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Still relatively new but have had nothing but great experiences so far! Have used warmshowers.org extensively for bicycle trips.

Interests

Exploring cities on bike, finding unique eating experiences, Japanese onsen, Jazz, world music, photography, mountains, rock climbing, sand (when its on the beach), sailing, walking, flip flops.

• photography
• dining
• walking
• music
• jazz
• world music
• cycling
• sailing
• rock climbing
• beaches
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Mostly Jazz and 'world' music. Seun Kuti, Brad Mehldau Trio, Guillermo Klein, Radiohead, Paco de Lucia, Air, Avishai Cohen, Caravan Palace, Frank Zappa, Les doigts de l'homme, any of Mike Patton's projects, Steely Dan, The Carribean Jazz Project.

Movies: The Motorcycle Diaries, Kung Fu Hustle, Seven Samurai, anything by Miyazaki...esp Spirited Away, Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels, House of Flying Daggers, Fight Club, Into the Wild

Books: The Dancing Wu Li Masters, anything by Philip Roth, The Fountainhead, Ishmael, Lonely Planet

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The most liberating experience I've had was quitting my job and cycling the east coast of Australia from Sydney to Cairns and then to Indonesia where we cycled through Bali, Lombok and across Java. For four months a mate and I had nothing more to do each day than wake up every morning, ride our bikes about 100km, find food and entertain ourselves each evening. I long for the day I can do the tip of South America to Alaska (though I'm a bit afraid of bears).

Teach, Learn, Share

I haven't found a person that I couldn't learn something from. Take the time to discover what that thing is.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, India, Italy, Kenya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Philippines, Romania, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Uganda, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, China, France, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Romania, Russian Federation, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States