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Overview

  • 4 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English
  • 36, Male
  • Member since 2012
  • Rainbow Warrior
  • B.S. degree
  • From Macomb, Illinois
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Follow my heart, explore the world, LIVE

ABOUT ME

Hello fellow surfers and hosts.

I wish to explore the world and go where ever my heart takes me. I have a deep desire to see and experience the world first-hand. Couch surfing certainly helps to accommodate this desire. I do not have much experience couch surfing but I am a seasoned traveller and hope to gain more experience surfing couches around the world.

Unfortunately I don't have a couch available to accommodate travellers as I do not have a home to open up to you. I am kind of a drifter at this point in my life jumping around sometimes living at friends' or family's places in between travels. Sorry....I hope to have a couch open in the future.

PHILOSOPHY

Patience Persistence Perseverance
Life is a beautiful and magical journey. We are all students of life...living and learning as we go.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Surfing couches, meeting amazing peoples, trading stories, and sharing experiences along the journey.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I crashed on a couch in a swanky apartment in Seattle for a night with a nice Indian gentleman who was interning with Facebook for the summer.

I WWOOFed/couch surfed for 3 weeks in the Conemara region of Western Ireland with an outstanding host. Ireland is lovely and this experience is definitely one to be remembered and cherished.

I have hitchhiked 2,500 kilometers through British Columbia to Southeast Alaska and was put up by three very kind and generous parties during my three nights on the road. Incredibly surreal experience.

Interests

earth, people, love, photography, gardening, nature, wilderness, wildlife, art, mythology/folklore, meditation, yoga, music, reading

  • wildlife
  • arts
  • folklore
  • photography
  • yoga
  • meditation
  • partying
  • gardening
  • reading
  • traveling
  • magic
  • music
  • surfing

Music, Movies, and Books

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, In Bruges, There Will Be Blood

Herman Hesse, Joseph Campbell, David Abram, Richard Bach

alt-J, Lord Huron, Bob Marley, Bon Iver

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I moved to Oregon upon graduating college for no other reason than desire and intuition and I've been traveling or dreaming of traveling ever since.

I have hitch hiked around 2500 kilometers across the province of British Columbia from south to north to get to southeast Alaska.

I have hitch hiked 400 kilometers around Ireland. My experiences on the road on both occasions have been transformative.

Teach, Learn, Share

I have learned the kindness, generosity, and reciprocity of people while travelling. I have learned the gift of paying it forward. I have encountered so many amazing souls while on the road, which is the main reason that I travel. I feel it is my calling. I can not say enough good things about the people who have reached out a helping hand to me while travelling. It is an incredible feeling and it is this magic that draws me to the road.

I only hope to extend my helpfulness and willingness and to inspire others as much as I have been helped and inspired while travelling.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, India, Ireland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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