@terrymchen Security consultant with homes in NYC and LA, heart in Rio, and mind always chasing sun and sea A gentleman with a good sense of humor, loves to share a smart fun convo over a glass of wine~ CURRENT MISSION Live a simple life filled with great friends and wonderful memories... ABOUT ME Grew up in NYC, wandered around Europe and Asia.. found home in LA for the moment. Love to meet new friends and explore interesting places and things! PHILOSOPHY Don't just live but be alive! Open all your senses and experience everything in life, the good and the bad. Those who risk, win. TRAVEL LOG Fall 2025: Faroe Islands, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Valencia, Lisbon, Rio Spring 2025: Rio, Florence, Pisa, Siena, San Gimignano, Venice Summer 2024: HK, China, Osaka Christmas 2023: Paris, Trier, Cologne, Strasbourg, Colmar, Luxembourg Fall 2023: Paris, Lyon, Montpellier, Marseille, Nice, Barcelona, Casablanca, Tangier, China Spring 2023: Cebu, Saigon, Phuket Spring 2022: Cartagena, Barranquilla, Santa Marta, Medellin, Buenos Aires, Rio, Rio, & more Rio Winter 2021: Rio de Janeiro Nov 2019: Florence, Ljubljana, Bled, Budapest Oct 2019: Bratislava, Vienna, Graz, Venice, Naples, Amalfi Coast, Rome Sep 2019: Tuscania, Saturnia, Porto Santo Stefano, Porto Ercole, Viterbo Winter 2018: Istanbul, Odesa, Kherson Fall 2017: Split, Dubrovnik, Budva, Tirana, Durres, Vlore, Sarandë, Shkoder, Kotor Pre 2017: Santo Domingo, Las Galeras, Samana, Las Terrenas, Bangkok, Ko Samui, St Petersburg, El Nido, Manila, Taipei, Tokyo, Kyoto, Nagasaki, Fukuoka, Seoul, Shenzhen, Wiesbaden/Frankfurt region, Luxemburg, Amsterdam, Paris, Strassburg, Prague, Krakow, Milan, Genova, San Marino, Valencia, Gran Canaria ...
Interested in Adventure Sports
Fluent in English
Learning French
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Why I'm on Couchsurfing
I would love to show any fellow CSers around wherever in the world I happen to be living at the moment and be a host whenever possible. Hope to meet other cool CSers whenever I travel around the world. After all, it's not only the places you visit and the things you see, but mainly the people you meet on the way, that make an experience so unique and unforgettable.
Music, Movies, and Books
Norah Jones Ken Follett, Dan Brown, Paulo Coelho August Rush, Lost in Translation, New York, I Love You
One Amazing Thing I've Done
the north shore, from 12k ft up, while plummeting to earth, at 130mph..... was pretty incredible! And road trips! month-long trip from Frankfurt to Rome; the Italian Riviera; the Amalfi Coast; month-long Adriatic trip from Split to Sarandë; and of course the Pacific Coast Highway drive from LA to San Fran
My Interests
Neo Soul, Jazz, Sax and Piano, Movies, Snowboarding, Motorcycling, Flying, Swimming, Dogs, Standard & Latin Ballroom, Arts and colors, Books (but lack time and patience to read usually)... and FOOD & Cooking!!!
