CURRENT MISSION

to make new friendships as good as the ones i have made thus far, and contine to meet fellow travellers....

ABOUT ME

(so..... i am now unfortunately back in the u.s. to work for a few months before returning to chiapas. but this is what i have as my description.)

i would now classify myself under the ex-pat category. have been living in san cristòbal, chiapas for 9 months now. i arrived here via guatemala, honduras, el salvador, and nicaragua. my only plans for leaving are a boat trip consisting of hitch-hiking through the caribbean by boat (hitchboating???) via jamaica, haiti, d.r., cuba, cayman islands, etc.

PHILOSOPHY

i like to live by a series of common clichès:
what goes around comes around.
good things come to those who wait.
if you walk only on sunny days, you´ll never reach your destination.
be the change you wish to see in the world.

and...

some under-heard words of wisdom:
¨i think everybody should take one step backwards and two steps sideways, and let the whole thing collapse.¨
-jerry garcia
¨i have no money, no resources, no hopes. i am the happiest man alive.¨
-henry miller
¨buy the ticket, take the ride.¨
-hunter thompson

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

haven`t participated much yet. will update this when the time comes...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

although i am new to couchsurfing.com, i have years of experience sleeping in easy chairs, bathtubs, bus terminals, cars, pickups, chicken buses, cement floors, tents on the tops of volcanoes.......and even on couches.

Interests

likes: politics, biking, scuba, the great outdoors, travelling alone, the sun, the caribbean, latin america, my rooftop overlooking san cristòbal, good beer, bad whiskey, revolutions, film, writing, photography, giving, etc.

dislikes: politics, governments, poverty, marginilzation, guns, suburban sprawal, taking, etc.

• writing
• photography
• beer
• boating
• politics
• traveling
• eating out
• cars
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• hiking
• hunting
• scuba diving
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

movies: big lebowski, fear and loathing in las vegas, hustle and flow, the goonies, stand by me, ferris bueller`s day off, royal tenenbaums, darjeeling limited, appocalypse now, coming home, killing fields, jacob´s ladder, baraka, coolhand luke, being there, donie darko, shawshank redemption, butch cassidy and the sundance kid, chinatown, raising arizona, fargo, jesus´ son, trainspotting, the good, the bad, and the ugly, easy rider, office space, cinema paradiso, clockwork orange, the great train robbery, boogie nights, matchstick men, american psycho, etc.
music: graham parsons, grateful dead, steve reich, fela kuti, willie nelson, bowie, eno, lou, iggy, miles, coltrane, herbie hancock, john mclaughlin, santana, disco biscuits, big brother/janis, phish, rolling stones, sts9, etc.
books: one flew over the cukoo`s nest, jesus´ son, junky, portrait of the artist as a young man, siddhartha, fear and loathing in las vegas, island, clockwork orange, underworld, invisible people, poor people, etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

i shot a man in reno just to watch him die....

Teach, Learn, Share

i want to learn some tips on how to travel the world for FREE (or as close to it as possible) by hook or by crook....
as far as what i have to teach....well, i guess you`ll just have to come to san cristòbal and find out.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Cambodia, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Russian Federation, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Mexico, United States

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