I'm a translator, a traveler, an explorer of foreign cultures, an amateur musician, a risk-taker or a rule-follower depending on my whim.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I’ve learned you can learn a lot from both locals and travelers.

Interests

Oh, let's see, other than traveling, we can certainly throw in books and music. I play fingerstyle folk-blues guitar and I like to challenge my ears with all sorts of different sounds... but we'll get to that below.

• books
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• blues
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: John Coltrane, Alice Coltrane, Gong, Hawkwind, Magma, The Beatles, Frank Zappa, etc. etc. etc. (I'm a music nut and will listen to nearly anything but commercial country music. The list could go on for days.)
Movies: Donnie Darko, Troll 2, The Garbage Pail Kids Movie, They Live, Dawn of the Dead
Authors: Haruki Murakami, Bruno Schulz, Steve Erickson, H.P. Lovecraft, Joseph Campbell, Kobo Abe, ancient mythology...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Saved a stranded sloth in the Amazon

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm very interested in languages and will share what I know in exchange for what you know.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Hmm. I'd have to say I'm a pretty good house guest. I'm the sort of person who's generally pretty quiet and doesn't cause trouble, but if we connect and you wanna chat, I'll tell you whatever. We can talk about books, music, languages, travel - I do like to share these things.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Guatemala, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Russian Federation, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Japan, Mexico