A warrior not a worrier.

Lyft drove across America for a year to see the heart of the people.

The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprised him most about humanity, he said:

“Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived.”

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To make memories with interesting people

Interests

Meeting people from all over

Any Sport or Outdoor Activity

Climbing mountains to see the sunset

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Was trampled on during a free Psy concert in South Korea

Hiked every major mountain in South Korea with a great travel group called Wink

Won a gold medal in a dragon boat race with a 78 year old lady who was previously my Lyft passenger

Became the first US soldier to graduate from a Korean University

Currently protect the US Ambassador in Iraq

Documented every sunset for a month on the pier in Cleveland, Ohio

Took cooking classes from locals in Thailand, Vietnam, Mongolia, Italy, Japan, Phillipines, and South Korea.

Teach, Learn, Share

In every country I travel to I try to take a cooking class to share that experience with the people close to me.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A respectful kindhearted human with two arms

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kuwait, Mexico, Mongolia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Iraq, Philippines, South Korea, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam