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Overview

  • 4 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English
  • 63, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • Self employed - entrepeneur...lots of stuff
  • Watching, reading, listening, traveling...and some school...
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends. Maya Angelou

ABOUT ME

VAGABOND at heart. Businessman by default. Love traveling, mostly with just a backpack on and no where to go, or in my RV with no time constraints. Prefer 3rd world countries to 1st world. Photography and videography hobbiest. Enjoy meeting new people, facing new challenges.

PHILOSOPHY

"Life in time will take you where you want to go." -Aerosmith

"Talk with yourself and you'll hear what you want to know" -Aerosmith

"Whoso would be a man, must be a non-conformist" -Emerson

"Because of non-conformity, the world whips you with its displeasure" -Emerson

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Attend CS events, Host CSers, Meet CS when traveling

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosted some through CS, though have hosted many other people and have stayed with lots of people I've met around the world. Meet up with CS when traveling. Attend CS events.

Interests

Being active; hiking, biking, roller blading, camping, running, ice skating, skiing, etc.

MUSIC (most kinds), movies, reading (when I travel mostly)

Photography, video work

  • books
  • photography
  • running
  • movies
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • backpacking
  • camping
  • skiing

Music, Movies, and Books

I'll have to get back to you later on this...far to long to work on now.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Wow, need more time to do this. Been around the world a couple of times, I could write a book.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Bahamas, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Kosovo, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, New Zealand, Peru, Poland, Puerto Rico, Russian Federation, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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