I haven't traveled with Couchsurfing in several years, but I am at a juncture in my life where I am uprooting and traveling alone for the first time, and I would love to meet new people along my journey. I recently went through a lot of upheaval in my personal life, and am on the road looking for the next place to call home. I am hoping to stop at various places throughout the western part of the country to ultimately decide where I will end up living.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I have had nothing but wonderful experiences with the Couchsurfing network and have met some of the most interesting and lovely people that I know on here! Since I am roadtripping through many places where I don't have personal connections, it would be great to learn about places through the eyes of locals already established there.

Interests

Flow arts (fire-dancing & hoop-dancing), photography, painting & fine arts, musical expression (piano, percussion, marimba, etc.), culinary creations, dancing until dawn, adrenaline rushes, social justice, environmental conservation, political efficacy, foreign cultures and spirituality, yoga & mediation, holistic nutrition, personal development, transformational experiences, Burning Man.

• arts
• humanities
• photography
• dancing
• human rights
• yoga
• traveling
• painting
• piano
• social justice
• hula hooping
• burning man
• fire dancing
• flow arts

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Radiohead, Muse, Pretty Lights, Thievery Corporation, Massive Attack, Kasabian, Fischerspooner, Queens of the Stone Age, Doves, Beatles, Strokes, Explosions in the Sky, Sigur Ros, Phutureprimitive, Emancipator, Odesza, RJD2, Garbage, Girl Talk, Vokab Kompany, Hendrix, Ladytron, Menomena, Rodrigo y Gabriella, Little People, NIN, Gaga, Helio Sequence, Tool, Escapology.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Spent a month on safari in Tanzania, lived with a homestay family from the Maasai tribe, summited Mt. Kilimanjaro, stood on the Eiffel Tower next to my best friend, sky dived in Hawaii, kayaked through 8' swells in the Bering Sea, zip lined above the rainforest canopy in Honduras, trekked in the Himalayas of Nepal, Burning Man in the Nevada Black Rock Desert, worked for a Burmese human rights organization on the Thai-Burma border, climbed my favorite mountain in my home of the Aleutian Islands.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am very interested in learning about culinary and fine arts from various cultures, and would be happy to share some of my own. I'm always happy to engage in some dance or flow arts if the situation arises :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Hungary, India, Italy, Jamaica, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Peru, Philippines, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, Ecuador, Kenya, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, United States

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