I'm Preston a life adventurer and on Couchsurfing to explore diverse cultures. In my 20s and keen on enriching life experiences, I'm always open to meeting intriguing people and trying new things. As a saber fencer, I can even show you a move or two if I've got my gear.

More about me
https://prestonzen.com
https://www.instagram.com/prestonzen

My Noteworthy Adventures 🌞

2024
Eastern Europe Summer Roadtrip: https://trips.furkot.com/ts/5T7Hyc

2023 - Eurasia
https://trips.furkot.com/ts/7Eu6ts

2022 - Santiago De Compastella Hardcore Mode
Poland 🇵🇱 (Warsaw > Krakow > Przemysl > Lublin > Rzeszów) > Ukraine 🇺🇦 (Lviv > Ternopil > Kyiv > Poltava > Kharkiv) > Austria 🇦🇹 ( Vienna > Salsburg) > Switzerland 🇨🇭(Zurich > Zug) > France 🇫🇷 (Paris > (Italy 🇮🇹 ( Rome > Venice > Genoa) > Nice) > Monaco 🇲🇨 > Spain 🇪🇸 (Barcelona > Andorra La Vella, Andorra 🇦🇩 > Madrid > Malaga > Algeciras > (Gibraltar 🇬🇮 > Tangier, Morocco 🇲🇦) > Seville > Santiago De Compastella)

The Nordic Stretch
London, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 > Brussels, Belgium 🇧🇪 > Amsterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱 > Copenhagen, Denmark 🇩🇰 > Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪 > Helsinki, Finland 🇫🇮 > Tallinn, Estonia 🇪🇪 > Riga, Latvia 🇱🇻 > Vilnius, Lithuania 🇱🇹

2021 - The last corner
Chicago, Illinois 🚂 > Seattle, Washington 🚗 > Portland, Oregon (Sand dunes south of Portland was my fav)> Redlands, California (The huge drive through trees were awesome!)

2020 - The Grand Coast to Coast Road Trip (16000+ miles!)

Route 66 - Westward ⬅️ (Planning Phase)

East Coast southbound ⬇️
Maine > Boston > New Jersey > Washington DC > Durham > Atlanta.

East Coast Northbound ⬆️
Key West > Miami >Atlanta ✈️ > Miami 🎃 ✈️ > Atlanta > Philadelphia Pennsylvania > Washington DC > New York > New Jersey > Maine 🦞

Eastward ➡️
Motorcycle Trip 🏍
San Diego, California ☀️ > Las Vegas, Nevada 🎉 > The Grand Canyon 🏜 > Las Vegas > San Francisco.

Truck trip 🛻
California > San Diego > Phoenix, Arizona > Santa Fe, New Mexico > Huston, Texas > New Orleans, Louisiana > Orlando, Florida > Miami, Florida > Key West, Florida

Catalina Island, USA 🇺🇸 > Encenadas, Mexico 🇲🇽
Tijuana, Mexico 🇲🇽

2019
Hong Kong 🇭🇰

2018
Giza, Egypt 🇪🇬

2017
Vancouver, Canada 🇨🇦 x2

2016
USA 🇺🇸 West Coast Highway Route 1 Road Trip 🚙
San Diego > Bakersfield > San Francisco - Santa Barbra > Big Sur > Monterey Bay

2014
Eastern Europe
Prague, Czech Republic 🇨🇿 > Auschwitz, Poland > Krakow, Poland 🇵🇱 > Berlin, Germany 🇩🇪

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love seeing new things and places 🗺, meeting other cool travelers 🧳 and experiencing places in a full range of both a tourist as well as a local.

Interests

• sauna
• technology
• sailing
• fencing
• travelling
• linguistics
• learning languages
• aliens
• exploring nature
• urban exploring
• extraterrestrials
• life hacks
• business ideas
• culinary arts

Music, Movies, and Books

Music (Artists)
No Mana - EDM
Beethoven - Classical (EDM remixed)

Movies / Shows / Series
Inception
No Game No Life & NGNO Zero
Burn Notice

Books
Enders Game - Scott Card
YFHM - Dan Pena

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My deep involvement in cybersecurity education led me to create a college cybersecurity degree program at 19 and taught cybersecurity at Universities internationally at 22.

Teach, Learn, Share

I studied at a culinary arts school and can teach a few interesting recipes from Paleo to Vegan.

I can show you a few good computer tricks such as the ELUSIVE dark-web, I know parkour, and can make your computer run faster.

I’d love to learn more Spanish, Chinese, and
Russian / Ukranian (I’m aware they’re different).

If you have any good 👽 stories I’m all ears.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Food recipes
Computer tips and tricks
Travel Tips
Athletic tips

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Bolivia, Cambodia, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, North Korea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Turks and Caicos Islands, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Mexico, Thailand, Ukraine, United States