I grew up in a very small town in Vermont, on a hippy commune of sorts. Nothing crazy, but a bunch of people that wanted to live outside the main stream. After college I moved to California, and eventually settled in San Francisco. I worked in various jobs moving slowly away from my roots and into a very nice, and different, life here.

Back in 2007, when traveling in Japan with newish girlfriend, we discovered it was both our dream to sell everything and travel the world. A little over a year later we were off on a one year trip around the world. 1 year turned into almost 2.5 years thanks to thriftiness, couchsurfing and wwoofing.

After countless adventures, many new friends, and a few philosophical realignments we returned home to San Francisco and started life over. Since then, 2011, I've built a new life from where I left off - being sure to incorporate what I learned on my travels.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To share in amazing experiences with people all over the world.

For a year before our trip, I hosted about 40 people in San Francisco. During the trip I surfed in Italy and India with formers surfers, as well as China, Malaysia, Vietnam, Finland, Australia, New Zealand, Columbia, Uruguay, France, UK, Switzerland, Canada, Netherlands, and Mexico . CS was the main focal point of many parts of this adventure, and I was sure to bring that spirit of sharing everywhere I went.

Interests

I would describe myself as a geek in just about everything I am interested in.

Caution the following list may contain contradictions:
sustainable living, cutting edge technology, organic farming, economic philosophy, making things myself, cycling, downhill skiing, travel(duh)

Music, Movies, and Books

I've always wondered about this field, I guess you can learn a lot about someone from what media they use to entertain themselves, but it also may provide misdirection... anyway here's mine, take it how you like.

Movies: Documentaries that piss me off/fear for the future of mankind (Future of Food, The Corporation, Food Inc., Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism, Maxed Out, etc) Pulp Fiction, Planet Earth,
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

Music: Pearl Jam, Death Cab for Cutie, Johnny Cash, Benny Benassi, Dirty Electro Music I can get down to

Books: Shock Doctrine, Don't think of an Elephant, Guns Germs and Steal, World According to Garp, Shantaram.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Too many... everything is a amazing if you look at it the right way.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how mobile phones work, how to build an adobe house or bambo geodesic dome.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Finland, France, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Jamaica, Laos, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Peru, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

New Zealand, United States

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