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New York, New York, United States
@richard-wang-22
Member since 2024
Helloo 👋🏼 I'm an ER doctor who loves traveling and connecting with others. Currently based in NYC IG: @tarekuma1
Interested in Fitness
Interested in Hiking
Fluent in English
Learning Chinese (Simplified)
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
Opportunity to meet people from all over the world. I’m confident our paths will cross again in the future Travel and food are the ultimate ways of bringing people together, to experience different destinations and create shared memories
Music, Movies, and Books
Pop, EDM, and reggaeton Ocean's Eleven, Star Wars, Bourne series, Lord of the Rings, Matrix, Groundhog Day, Inception, Mission Impossible, Wolf of Wall Street, Pursuit of Happyness Master of None, Suits, Silicon Valley, Louie, Breaking Bad, Scrubs, How I Met Your Mother, some Turkish series (Aşk-ı memnu), Queen’s Gambit, White Lotus
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Some highlights: 1️⃣ Medicine: - Rotations in Vienna 🇦🇹, Wrocław 🇵🇱, and Trujillo 🇵🇪 (Not studying abroad in college was one of my biggest regrets) - Event doctor for concerts at Madison Square Garden and sports games at Yankee Stadium 🚑 - Worked in NYC emergency room during the start and peak of the COVID-19 pandemic 🦠 - when everything we thought was normal just disappeared 2️⃣ World Festivals: - Songkran in Chiang Mai 🇹🇭 (2018) - felt like the whole city was celebrating together in a great big water fight - Día de Muertos in Oaxaca (2021), CDMX (2024), Pátzcuaro (2025) 🇲🇽 - Carnival in Río de Janeiro 🇧🇷 (2022), Barranquilla 🇨🇴 (2023, 2024) - Holi in Jaipur 🇮🇳 (2023) - Semana Santa in Seville 🇪🇸 (2023) - Tomorrowland in Belgium 🇧🇪 (2025) - Lunar New Year in Singapore 🇸🇬 (2026) 3️⃣ Wonders of the World: - Great Wall of China 🇨🇳 - Colosseum 🇮🇹 (2014) - Machu Picchu 🇵🇪 (2017) - Chichén Itzá 🇲🇽 (2017, 2022) - Christ the Redeemer 🇧🇷 (2022) - Taj Mahal 🇮🇳 (2023) ❗️Looking to go to Petra 🇯🇴 and Pyramids in Egypt 🇪🇬 4️⃣ Adventures: - Hot air balloon in Cappadocia 🇹🇷 (2020) and Teotihuacan 🇲🇽 (2024) - Volcano boarding in León 🇳🇮 (2021) - Camel ride and camping in Merzouga 🇲🇦 (2022) - Bodybuilding competition in Bogotá 🇨🇴 (2023) - Sandboarding in Huacachina 🇵🇪 (2024) - Minitrekking on Perito Moreno Glacier 🇦🇷 (2024) - Go-karting in the streets of Tokyo 🇯🇵 (2025)
Teach, Learn, Share
We can go for a walk, grab food or drinks, and discover hidden parts of a city together. I enjoy taking photos 📸