I am married and have 2 kids. I love riding my bike and hiking. I work in tech. Foods i love: Indian, Lebanese, bread, cheese. I'm excited about walkable, bikable cities.

I've come to the understanding that having personal and equal relationships are what really make me (and other people) happy. Having a community of them is just wonderful. :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Mostly I've hung out with local CSers in a few towns and have had an incredible time. I love meeting transplants and listening to travelers stories.

Interests

the world outside but also including the US and its people, community, people, appropriate technology, bicycles, small-scale farming, hippies, deep and open friendships, pottery, photography, music, sunbathing naked.....one day

• photography
• running
• technology
• traveling
• pottery
• music
• cycling
• camping

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: , the Irresistible Revolution (both about revolutionary Christianity), Animal Vegetable Miracle

Music: Joe Purdy, Sean Hayes, Ben Harper, Iron and Wine, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Acoustic Alchemy, Sufjan Stevens, Dispatch, Jack Johnson, Imogen Heap, Bob Marley, Juanes

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've ridden a motorcycle through moutainous, rural Honduras. I've spent a couple weeks camping and playing group games with 40 Honduran youth. I've snorkeled in the calmest, bluest, clearest Carribean water imaginable to look at fish and coral that are beautiful and fascinating beyond imagination. I've washed myself with water from a bucket while looking up at a million stars out in a village in central Benin. I've gone running across dunes in the Sahara at 4:30 in the morning and watched the sun rise. I've ridden my bike 130 miles in a day to prove to myself and the people who know me that alternative travel over any distance is possible. I've gone skinny dipping in the unbelievably pristine volcano surrounded Lake Atitlan of Guatemala.

Countries I’ve Visited

Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Netherlands, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, United States

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