CURRENT MISSION

After going through Africa, the Middle East, and Europe, I am finally back home in Texas.

ABOUT ME

I have many passions, many opinions... Im a very down to Earth guy, I dont need much in life. I would much rather sleep on a floor, eat food with my hands, get lost on the road less traveled, make friends with those whom are genuine and open-minded, witness things that no safari or tourist guide can offer, I want adventure, spontaneity, and to help those who are in need whenever possible. Music is a big deal to me, I also draw and paint.

PHILOSOPHY

"To be a mass tourist for me, is to become a pure late-date American: alien, ignorant, greedy for something you cannot have, disappointed in a way you can never admit. It is to spoil, by way of sheer ontology, the very unspoiledness you are there to experience. It is to impose yourself on places that in all non-economic ways would be better, realer, without you. It is, in lines and gridlock and transaction after transaction, to confront a dimension of yourself that is as inescapable as it is painful. As a tourist, you become economically significant but existentially loathsome, an insect on a dead thing." - D.F. Wallace

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have surfed on 4 continents and hosted on 2 continents...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have couchsurfed all over America (though, with close friends, not necessarily through Couchsurfing), in Tanzania, Kenya, Egypt, Israel, and all over Europe... Every experience has been unique and every host has become a second brother or sister!

Interests

Im into science, humanitarian efforts, African issues and culture, free speech, human rights, progress, politics, all forms of Art that arent income-inspired, Indie Music, Texas sports (UTEP, Texas Tech, San Antonio Spurs, Dallas Mavericks, and the one and only Dallas Cowboys).

• arts
• culture
• human rights
• dining
• politics
• technology
• traveling
• painting
• drawing
• music
• sports
• biology
• teaching
• languages
• law
• science
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Kubrick, Raimi, Aranofsky, Coen Brothers, Tarentino, Boyle, Scott..
Music: The National, Asa, Iron & Wine, Beirut, Face To Face, TV On The Radio, Andrew Bird, Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros, Bloc Party, Guster, Miles Davis, The Clash, NoFX, At The Drive In, Sparta, The Mars Volta, Social D, A Perfect Circle, Dredg, Dave Brubeck, etc..
Books: Palahniuk, Wurtzel, Dahl, Barker, Sagan. If you want to know what life as a volunteer teacher is like in Namibia, read "The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo" by Peter Orner, it hits the nail for what my service was like in a way. "Aid and Other Dirty Business: How Good Intentions Have Failed the World's Poor" by Giles Bolton.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Been on four continents, over 20 countries, seen all oceans, 4 seas...
visited 11 states (22%)Create your own visited map of The United States or another interesting project

visited 26 states (11.5%)Create your own visited map of The World or Free iphone travel guide

Teach, Learn, Share

HIV/AIDS educator and counselor.
Junior secondary teacher in Sub Saharan Africa, specializing in English and Life Science curriculum.
Graphic Artist, specializing in pencil, ink, and acrylic mediums.
Biologist, specializing in medical microbiology and disease.
Speaks Spanish and Afrikaans and a bit of the African tribal languages of Khoi-san and Oshiwambo.
Wants to learn Japanese, Swahili, Xhosa, and become more fluent in Spanish.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Botswana, Croatia, Egypt, France, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Malawi, Mexico, Mozambique, Netherlands, Slovenia, South Africa, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tanzania, United Kingdom, Zambia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Namibia, United States

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