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Overview

  • 10 references 9 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Spanish
  • 82, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • Retired Pharmacist
  • Educated beyond my comfort level... BS Pharmacy
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

2016...At Boat in Fulton Harbor, Fulton,TX...Trip planned to San Miguel, Mx
and more travels later this year...

Traveling now, Aug/Sep 2015
North to Alaska.

Later. ..
Getting Boat Ready for Cruising , World Travels., VW Vans...

ABOUT ME

Mostly Retired....Have cruising catamaran sailboat, the
Kusi Cat...Plus a 81 VW Vanagon Westy, camper, (Woops, SOLD VW camper, Mar 2017, miss it but want the freedom from.... so lately
getting to travel around the World by ship, trains, buses,planes, scooter, tut tut, walking, river boat...
What a World....What a Life........A Free Thinker....
The World is my country all humans my brothers and sisters......May you Have Peace, Happiness and Serenity......
MRT

PHILOSOPHY

Live and Let Live, using the Golden Rule, Treat Others
as I Like to be treated....Try to understand...
Accept hardship as it comes, strive to be Happy and
at Peace.....
Simplify,Simplify,Simplify....... reduce to basic essentials.....
The More You Know, The Less You Need....

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I answer all request...Host when possible...Love travelers...
Pickup Litter when I can.....Do not Litter, and try
to live lightly....Shop at Resale Charity Shops..
Eat Simple, Fresh,Green, Rice and Beans, etc

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed a Couch in Galveston,Tx, 1 night, waiting to depart on Cruise Ship to Barcelona....A nice loft old building
downtown, good experience...Have hosted 2 travelers, one young man riding bicycle, Arkansas to Texas lower valley and one in his van.

Interests

Sailing, Sailboats, Sport aircraft, VWs all models,
World Traveling, Internet..New Tech...
Off Grid living..Cooking...Food..Women...
Tiny Homes, Tree Houses...Backpacking, Hiking..

Music, Movies, and Books

Turner Classic Movies,
Thomas Paine...NY Times
John Irving.
Bio's
Thoreau
Harry Browne...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Grand Canyon, Overlanding from Argentina to Texas (with
boat Columbia to Panama....Istanbul......et al

2016..Trip around the World with out Flying...Bus, Train, Cruise Ship, Ferry, Taxi, Walking,

Aug 2016, Left Rockport Tx on Greyhound to Houston, Dallas, Denver, Amtrak to Sacramento,
Seattle, Vancouver, Cruise Ship to Tokyo, Shanghai, Train to Beijing, Una Batar, Moskow, St Petersburg, Helsinki, Ferry to Stockholm, Train Hamburg, Zurich Milan, Rome , Cruise Ship to
Tampa, Greyhound to Rockport,Tx 87 Days...Took my female friend both of us are Super Seniors,
over 70 . had no big problems... Citizens of the World....

Teach, Learn, Share

Sailing....Budget Traveling...VWs Vans...Fine (Home)Dining...Cooking....Nutrition.....Mother Earth News

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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