I enjoy illegal motorbike rides down the winding slopes of a mountain.

Photography. Mountain climbing. Writing. Improv comedy.

The sight of Tibetans throwing baby yaks.

Home-brewing illegal flammable liquids in Tehran basements.

Stuff like that.

TL;DR? my website: http://tongbasandmomos.com/

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Don't you wanna hang out with interesting, open-minded, well-read and light-hearted people? I do.

Interests

I like photography, travel writing, mountain trekking. When I'm back in civilisation I also perform improvisational comedy.

I'm also open-minded to picking up new things!

• culture
• writing
• architecture
• street art
• photography
• environment
• reading
• mountains
• comedy
• mountain trekking
• john muir

Music, Movies, and Books

Leonard Cohen
Witcher 3 soundtrack
Mongolian throat singing
slow stuff, atmospheric stuff, heady stuff, I really suck at describing music.

Books--
Paul Theroux
John Muir
Ernest Hemingway
Hunter S Thompson
Pico Iyer

Losing My Virginity
Last Chance to See
The Snow Leopard
The Great Railway Bazaar/ Ghost Train to the Eastern Star

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climbed a mountain by the Iran caspian coast, a badass mofo of a mountain with mist that swirls by its ponderous hips, and a 5 hour unstoppable forced march up 2 km in elevation.

By the time I got to Base Camp, a cave that overlooked a glacier that shimmered in the waning dusk, half-dead from altitude sickness and completely defeated by the elements, I found a local shepherd wearing mismatched tennis shoes and looking all the world like what I took to be an epic trek was simply his daily grind - to bring his sheep up to the pastures to feed.

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Hitchhiked across the mountainous Kyrgyzstan - China border in a transport truck, through steadily falling snow.

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Saw the gold of Everest from Gokyo Ri, at the dawn of a new day.

Teach, Learn, Share

I suppose I can share tips on how to set up a Singapore company and launder money? Not gonna be responsible for potential jail-surfing though.

I can also teach photography, Chinese/English, improv comedy, and lecture you on why you should not murder people.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can do lots of manual labour, take care of your pets, wash the dishes, replace light-bulbs, etc.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Scotland, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Myanmar, Singapore, Spain