Hello! I am a male in my 30's living in the San Francisco Bay Area (East Bay, Hercules, CA).

-Couchsurfing Resume-

Hosting experience on CS:
1) October 1, 2015 Takuya Yasutake -Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan, 1 night
2) November 3, 2015 Benjamin Magee - Asheville, North Carolina, USA, 1 night
3) November 7, 2015 Frantisek Hromada - Trenčín Region, Slovakia, 1 night
4) November 7, 2015 Filippo Guarnieri - Rome, Italy, 5 nights
5) November 12, 2015 Jakob Jorgensen - Arhus, Denmark, 2 nights
6) November 17, 2015 Jay Amado - Fountain Valley, California, 1 night
7) December 4, 2015 Zdenek Zizka - Prague, Czech Republic, 8 nights
8) December 15, 2015, Jonas Piknias - Schweinfurt, Bavaria, Germany 1 night
9) January 27, 2016, Melvin DeSouza - Mumbai, India 2 nights

There is a bus stop outside the apartment, which has direct service to San Francisco for $5 on weekdays. The nearest BART station is El Cerrito del Norte (also a direct bus connection), which connects you to the rest of the Bay Area, Oakland Airport, and San Francisco International Airport and beyond.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love making friends, especially those that live all over the world. When I am not visiting my friends in other parts of the world, I like to travel viscerally by hosting.

Also, I like to host because I am not interested in “blind” couchsurfing – in other words I’d rather visit your home if we’ve met and you’ve stayed in mine. It’s more convenient for me (and more fun!) than sending out several requests and dealing with people who don’t know who you are and ask strange questions or make unreasonable requests. No, I'm not a nudist. Please keep your clothes on!

I hope you'll agree that staying in someone's home is a special privilege (for guest, and host). I respond to all messages, so if I send you a response asking for more information, and your stay does not work out, please don't be disappointed or discouraged! Positive and easygoing travelers are welcome.

I look forward to staying with you, if you’ve stayed with me.

Interests

Photography
Hiking
Badminton
Laughing

• photography
• cooking
• working out
• clothing
• traveling
• hiking
• jet skiing
• skiing
• badminton
• solo travel
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

I like to read The Economist, Financial Times of London, biographies.

My current reading list -

Fiction
Ernst Hemingway - A Farewell to Arms
Don DeLillo - Falling Man
Paul Auster - Oracle Night
Tom Robbins - Jitterbug Perfume
Lars Kepler - The Fire Witness

Short Stories
Kurt Vonnegut - Armageddon in Retrospect

Non-Fiction
Ernst Hemingway - Green Hills of Africa
John Meacham - Thomas Jefferson, the Art of Power
Mary Beard - S P Q R, A History of Ancient Rome

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Lived six months in India. It's an intense however invaluable experience.

Also, Fall of 2105 I taught a University course in Accounting. I love to learn, and teach!

Teach, Learn, Share

Recent Travel

12/30/15-1/7/16 - Miami New Years Eve. Beach time, jet skiing. Hosted by personal friend, as I used to live in Miami for two years.

1/7/16 - 1/23/16 Stayed with a friend for two weeks in the Black Forest of Germany.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A couch in the living room, a bathroom. WiFi!!

Our apartment - we are about 15-20 minutes from Berkeley and 30-35 minutes to San Francisco.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, England, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Ireland, Mexico, Slovakia, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, United States