MISSION: Exploring the world...sharing experiences...creating open minds...)'(

PASSIONS: There are three things about which I am most passionate...

Teaching: I have taught in universities, professional conferences, and small villages in third world countries to both adults and to children (mainly math, science, and technology). My belief is that a person really never knows a topic in depth until he or she has taught it. Students will challenge the teacher to think differently about a subject when it is taught well. There is nothing more rewarding than seeing the "light go on" when a student comprehends an important concept.

Music: I believe that music is a means of communication that transcends all cultural barriers. Music can communicate joy, sorrow, stories of courage, political messages, and just about everything that one can express with feelings of passion. My mother was a professional musician (classical cellist) and I was a DJ for 15+ years in my days of being a student (which lasted a very long time...). My musical tastes are as diverse as they are obscure. I listen to music of all kinds and from all nationalities. Live music performances are even better!

Travel: One must explore to experience this world. I love nature and the outdoors. I am passionate about art of all kinds (music, painting, sculpture, architecture) and am constantly seeking out the diversity of its many forms that exist on our globe. People, culture, food, history, and architecture are all part and parcel to a fulfilling travel experience. Would you like to be happy...I would recommend to buy less stuff and travel more!

PHILOSOPHY:

Part I:

* I am more interested in what I can create than in what I can consume.
* I am more interested in what I can share than in what I can own.
* I am more interested in living my own life rather than viewing others on television or the big screen.
* I think for myself and choose my own heroes.

Part II:

The Seven Deadly Sins:

1. Wealth without work
2. Pleasure without conscience
3. Knowledge without character
4. Commerce without morality
5. Science without humanity
6. Worship without sacrifice
7. Politics without principle

Mahatma Gandhi
October 22, 1925

The Eighth Deadly Sin:

8. Rights without responsibility

Arun Gandhi
September 16, 2013

Part III:

"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime."
-Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad/Roughing It

Part IV:

"Your heart is free. Have the courage to follow it."
-Malcolm Wallace

Part V:

“Travel is never a matter of money, but of courage."
– Paulo Coelho

Part VI:

Age is more of a frame of mind than it is a count of years. I am convinced that I am much "younger" than most people that have fewer than half my number of years. Keep curious and keep learning to stay young. I very often host and surf with people having many fewer years than I because it keeps me young!

"Age shouldn't affect you. It's just like the size of your shoes - they don't determine how you live your life! You're either marvelous or you're boring, regardless of your age."
- Morrissey

Part VII:

"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today."
- James Dean

Part VII:

Respect All: humans, animals, ecology, religions, races, ethnicities, sexual preferences, ... you get the idea.

Part IX:

My philosophy regarding travel is very much aligned to the ethos of Burning Man and its 10 principles. I always try to apply these principles in the context of couch surfing:

1. RADICAL INCLUSION: Anyone may be a part of our global community. We welcome and respect the stranger. No prerequisites exist for participation in our community.
2. GIFTING: Our global community is devoted to acts of gift giving. The value of a gift is unconditional. Gifting does not contemplate a return or an exchange for something of equal value.
3. DECOMMODIFICATION: In order to preserve the spirit of gifting, our community seeks to create social environments that are unmediated by financial transactions. We stand ready to protect our culture from such exploitation. We resist the substitution of consumption for participatory experience.
4. RADICAL SELF-RELIANCE: Travel encourages the individual to discover, exercise, and rely on his or her inner resources.
5. RADICAL SELF-EXPRESSION: Amazing experiences arise from the unique gifts of the individual. No one other than the individual or a collaborating group can determine its content. It is offered as a gift to others. In this spirit, the giver should respect the rights and liberties of the recipient.
6. COMMUNAL EFFORT: Our community values creative cooperation and collaboration. We strive to produce, promote and protect social networks, public spaces, works of art, and methods of communication that support such interaction.
7. CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY: Our community values civil society. Community members who organize events should assume responsibility for public welfare and endeavor to communicate civic responsibilities to participants. They must also assume responsibility for conducting events in accordance with local, state, and federal laws.
8. LEAVING NO TRACE: Our community respects the environment. We are committed to leaving no physical trace of our activities wherever we gather. We clean up after ourselves and endeavor, whenever possible, to leave such places in a better state than when we found them.
9. PARTICIPATION: Our community is committed to a radically participatory ethic. We believe that transformative change, whether in the individual or in society, can occur only through the medium of deeply personal participation. We achieve being through doing. Everyone is invited to work. Everyone is invited to play. We make the world real through actions that open the heart.
10. IMMEDIACY: The concept of immediate experience is, in many ways, the most important touchstone of value in our culture. We seek to overcome barriers that stand between us and a recognition of our inner selves, the reality of those around us, participation in society, and contact with a natural world exceeding human powers. No idea can substitute for this experience.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

I surf whenever I can when I am traveling and if I am not arriving too late at night. I love the couchsurfing culture of sharing and experiencing with others. Strangers are simply friends that you have not yet met!

As a student I was a member of an international student association (AIESEC) and my dorm room was the Boston couch surfers crashing pad of choice for members of this club. Fellow students on my floor joked that I was running a free youth hostel out of my dorm room. I still have ongoing contact and friendships with many of those couch surfers from 25+ years ago!

兴趣

Teaching, Music, International Travel, Photography, Chess, Hiking, Scrabble, Volleyball, Ultimate Frisbee.

Any and all new experiences!

• animals
• cats
• dogs
• arts
• culture
• books
• literature
• architecture
• photography
• burningman
• dancing
• politics
• technology
• chess
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• live music
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• volleyball
• teaching
• history
• mathematics
• science
• mountain biking
• tomorrowland
• ultimate frisbee
• scrabble
• edc
• nick cave
• dei
• black rock ranger

音乐、电影和书籍

Favorite books of all time: Crime and Punishment, Ender's Game
Most influential authors: Kahlil Gibran, Yuval Harari

Random selection of authors from my book shelf:

Douglas Adams
Richard Adams
Piers Anthony
Jeffrey Archer
Isaac Asimov
Jean Auel
L. Frank Baum
Ray Bradbury
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Terry Brooks
Edgar Rice Burroughs
James Cain
Orson Scott Card
Raymond Chandler
Lee Child
Tom Clancy
Mary Higgins Clark
Larry Collins
Robin Cook
Patricia Cornwell
Michael Crichton
Jeffery Deaver
Nelson DeMille
Phillip Dick
Charles Dickens
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Dave Eggers
Linda Fairstein
William Faulkner
Robert Fisk
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ken Follet
Frederick Forsyth
Kahlil Gibran
Malcom Gladwell
Sue Grafton
Graham Greene
John Grisham
Thomas Hardy
Thomas Harris
Robert Heinlein
Ernest Hemingway
James Herriot
Jack Higgins
Khaled Hosseini
Robert E. Howard
Robert Jordan
Jonathan Kellerman
Jack Kerouac
Stephen King
Rudyard Kipling
Donald Knuth
Dean Koontz
Jerzy Kosinski
John Le Carre
Harper Lee
Sinclair Lewis
Robert Ludlum
Alistair MacLean
Nelson Mandela
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Anne McAffrey
James Michener
Geoffrey Moore
Haruki Murakami
John Naisbitt
George Orwell
Amos Oz
Orhan Pamuk
James Patterson
Edgar Alan Poe
Michael Porter
Mario Puzo
Ayn Rand
Sax Rohmer
J.K. Rowling
Carl Sandburg
John Saul
Rod Serling
William Shakespeare
Mary Shelley
Nicholas Sparks
John Steinbeck
Robert Louis Stevenson
JRR Tolkien
Leo Tolstoy
Scott Turow
Mark Twain
Sun Tzu
John Updike
Eric van Lustbader
Jules Verne
H.G. Wells
Oscar Wilde
Cornell Woolrich

I have an extremely diverse taste in music. I will listen to basically everything that is unique and passionate. Here is a random sample (not exhaustive) of what you might find on my playlist on any given day:

10,000 Maniacs
Alanis Morissette
Amy Winehouse
Bauhaus
Big Black
Black Eyed Peas
Bob Marley
Brian Eno
Cocteau Twins
Die Antwoord
Die Toten Hosen
Died Pretty
Dr. John
EWF
Fishbone
Fredric Chopin
Golden Earring
Huggy Bear
Husker Du
James Brown
Jamie Callum
Jamiroquai
Jane's Addiction
Japan
Jet
Jimmy Cliff
Jim Carroll Band
John Lennon
Johnny Cash
Joy Division
J.S. Bach
Judy and Mary
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Kate Bush
Kraftwerk
Kustomized
Laura Love
Laurie Anderson
Leonard Cohen
Little Richard
Los Lobos
Lost Frequencies
Love and Rockets
Ludwig von Beethoven
Midnight Oil
Ministry
Minor Threat
Naked Raygun
Nick Cave
Nina Hagen
Nine Inch Nails
Patti Smith
Paul Simon
Pere Ubu
Peter Gabriel
Powderfinger
Public Image Ltd
Radio Birdman
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
Robyn Hitchcock
Rollins Band
Santana
Sezen Aksu
Sinead O'Connor
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Sonic Youth
Suzanne Vega
Talking Heads
The BoDeans
The Cranberries
The Cure
The Del Fuegos
The Doors
The English Beat
The Flamin' Groovies
The Grateful Dead
The Hives
The Misfits
The Pixies
The Pushtwangers
The Replacements
The Residents
The Runaways
The Soft Boys
The Specials
The Stranglers
The Velvet Underground
TISM
Tom Waits
Tracy Chapman
Van Morrison
Vaya Con Dios
Violent Femmes
Volcano Suns
Wire
X
Yellowman
Youssou N'Dour

I go to a lot of live music performances:

10,000 Maniacs (Boston)
AC/DC (Oakland, San Francisco)
Aerosmith (Oakland)
A Flock of Seagulls (Antwerp)
Agent Orange (San Jose)
Alan Parsons Project (Black Rock City)
Alarm (Boston)
Alice Cooper (Brussels, San Diego)
Alice on the Roof (Ghent)
Andrea Bocelli (Saint Petersburg)
Anthrax (Ghent)
Antinowhere League (Boston)
ARCA (Trencin)
Avengers (San Francisco)
Avicii (Las Vegas)
B2 (Saint Petersburg)
Bachman Turner Overdrive (Fort Lauderdale)
Bad Brains (San Francisco)
Bad Religion (Boston)
Ball and Pivot (Boston)
B.B. King (Memphis)
Beach Boys (San Francisco, Los Angeles)
Berlin Airlift (Cambridge, Boston)
Big Black (San Francisco, Boston)
Big Boys (San Francisco)
Big Dipper (Boston)
Billy Joel (Chicago, New York City)
Black Flag (San Francisco, Boston)
Blackjacks (Boston)
Black Sabbath (Oakland)
Blink 182 (Sydney)
Blondie (Brussels)
Blue Oyster Cult (Oakland, Boston)
Bob Dylan (Oakland)
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band (Boston)
Bo Deans (Boston)
Bruce Hornsby (Boston)
Bruce Springsteen (San Francisco, Boston, Hollywood, Antwerp, Brussels)
Butthole Surfers (San Francisco, Boston)
Buzzcocks (Boston)
Charlotte Adigery and Bolis Pupul (Ghent, Trencin)
Charlotte de Witte (Las Vegas, Boom)
Charly Garcia (Buenos Aires)
Cheap Trick (San Francisco, Oakland, Cambridge, Cancun)
Chibi Ichigo (Ghent)
Chris Daughtry (Denver)
Collective Soul (Anaheim)
Cowboy Junkies (Boston)
Cramps (San Jose)
Cure (Madrid)
Dag Nasty (Boston)
Dave Edmonds (Paris)
David Bowie (Los Angeles)
Dead Kennedys (San Francisco, Berkeley, Providence)
Deep Purple (New York City)
Deftones (Austin)
Del Fuegos (Boston)
Denzel Curry (Brussels)
Devo (Boston)
Dickies (Cambridge)
Die Antwoord (Los Angeles, Brussels)
Died Pretty (Boston)
DJ Pee Wee (Las Vegas)
DOA (San Francisco)
Dogmatics (Boston)
Doobie Brothers (Oakland)
Dungeon Family (Austin)
Eagles (San Jose)
Echo and the Bunnymen (Boston)
Ed Kuepper (Melbourne)
Einsturzende Neubauten (Boston)
Elvis Costello (Ghent, Los Angeles)
Enrique Iglesias (Maui)
Faith No More (San Francisco)
Fat Boy Slim (Boom)
Firehose (Boston)
Fishbone (San Jose)
Five for Fighting (Park City)
Flesheaters (Boston)
Fleshtones (Boston)
Flies (Boston)
Flipper (San Francisco, San Jose)
Florence and the Machine (Hollywood)
Foo Fighters
Foreigner (Washington DC)
FUs (Boston)
Gang Green (Boston, Cambridge)
Gang of Four (Boston)
Garth Brooks (Austin)
George Thorogood (San Francisco, Madrid)
Go_A (Trencin)
Golden Palominos (Boston)
Goo Goo Dolls (Las Vegas, Costa Mesa)
Gorki (Ghent)
Grateful Dead (San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland)
Green on Red (Boston)
Greg Kihn Band (Berkeley)
Hoodoo Gurus (Melbourne, Cambridge)
Hootie and the Blowfish (Las Vegas)
Human Sexual Response (Boston)
Hunters and Collectors (San Francisco)
Husker Du (Boston)
Iggy Pop (Trencin)
Imagine Dragons (Miami)
James Blake (Trencin)
James Brown (Boston)
James Taylor (Concord)
Jamie Callum (Ghent)
Jamie XX (Trencin)
Jason and the Scorchers (Boston)
Jerry Lee Lewis (Boston)
Jerry's Kids (Boston)
J. Geils Band (San Francisco, Boston)
Jimmy Cliff (Sydney)
Jodie Foster's Army (San Francisco, Berkeley)
Joe Jackson (Ghent)
Joe "King" Carrasco (San Francisco)
Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers (Boston)
Journey (Oakland)
Keith Urban (Paris)
Kid Creole and the Coconuts (Boston)
Killdozer (Boston)
Kings of Leon (Las Vegas)
Kiss (San Francisco, San Diego)
La La Lar (Ghent)
Ladaniva (Ghent)
Lady Gaga (San Jose, Paris)
Lady Linn (Ghent, Boom)
Last Stand (Boston, Cambridge)
Led Zeppelin (Oakland)
Lemonheads (Boston)
Lenny Kravitz (Chicago)
Lenningrad Cowboys (Helsinki)
Lifehouse (San Diego, Hawaii)
Like Mike & Dimitri Vegas (Boom)
Lime Spiders (Melbourne)
Lindsey Stirling (Anaheim)
Lita Ford (Berkeley)
Lone Justice (Boston)
Los Lobos (Austin, Boston)
Los Lonely Boys (Dallas)
Lost Frequencies (San Diego)
Love and Rockets (Boston)
Lynyrd Skynyrd (Nashville)
Madness (San Jose)
Marianne Faithful (Brussels, Ghent)
Meatloaf (Boston, Antwerp)
Meatmen (Cambridge)
Meat Puppets (Boston)
Metallica (San Francisco)
Michelle Shocked (Boston)
Millionaire (Ghent)
Ministry (Boston)
Minor Threat (San Francisco)
Minutemen (Boston)
Misfits (Boston)
Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper (Boston)
Motorhead (Ghent)
Mt. Joy (Austin)
Mulatu Astatke (Trencin)
Muse (Anaheim)
Naked Raygun (Boston)
Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats (Austin)
Neighborhoods (Boston)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (Melbourne, Boston, Antwerp, Brussels, Paris, Oslo, Moscow, Tel Aviv, New York Cityx2, Lodz)
Nickelback (Singapore)
Nine Inch Nails (Boston)
No Doubt (Las Vegas)
One Republic (Hawaii)
Outlets (Boston, Cambridge)
Paris Death Hilton (Austin)
Pat Benatar (San Francisco)
Patty Griffin (Austin)
Paul Simon (Hollywood)
Peggy Gou (Trencin)
Pigface (Austin)
Pink Floyd (Brussels)
Pixies (Boston)
Plasmatics (San Jose)
Pogues (Boston)
Proletariat (Boston)
Public Image Limited (Boston)
Pussy Riot (Ghent, San Diego)
Queen (Oakland)
Queens of the Stone Age (Trencin)
Rammstein (Ostende)
Ramones (Boston)
Red Hot Chile Peppers (Boston, San Jose)
REM (Boston, Cambridge)
REO Speedwagon (Oakland)
Residents (Boston, San Francisco)
Rockets (Oakland)
Rod Stewart (San Francisco, Las Vegas)
Rolling Stones (San Francisco, Chicago)
Roky Erickson (Austin)
Roland Van Campenhout (Ghent)
Romeo Void (Boston)
Ronker (Ghent)
Rush (Oakland)
Sammy Hagar and the Circle (Austin)
Santana (Las Vegas, Brussels)
Seaford Mods (Trencin)
Sebadoh (Boston)
Sebnem Farah (New York City)
Sex Pistols (San Francisco)
Sha Na Na (San Francisco)
Sheryl Crow (Monoco)
Shonen Knife (Tokyo, Boston)
Skatenigs (Austin)
Skepta (Trencin)
Skin (Boston, Cambridge)
Skrillex (Los Angeles)
Slapshot (Boston)
Slickee Boys (Boston, Cambridge)
Slipknot (San Jose)
Smashing Pumpkins (Boston)
Smithereens (Boston)
Social Distortion (San Francisco, Boston)
Sofi Tukker (Trencin)
Sonic Youth (Boston)
Soul Asylum (Boston)
Split Enz (Boston)
SSD (Boston)
Stake (Ghent)
Stalingrad Cowboys (Helsinki)
Steve Miller Bank (Boston)
Stranglehold (Boston, Cambridge)
Stranglers (Boston)
Straw Dogs (Boston, Cambridge)
Styx (Oakland, Atlanta)
Suzanne Vega (Ghent, Trencin)
Swinging Eurudites (Boston)
Sylvie Kreusch (Brussels, Strombeek)
Talking Heads (Berkeley)
Tech N9ne (Denver)
Ted Nugent (Oakland)
Television (Ghent)
The Band Perry (Nashville)
The Celibate Rifles (Boston)
The Fabulous Thunderbirds (Boston)
The Flaming Lips (Boston, Costa Mesa)
The Freeze (Boston)
The Killers (Las Vegas)
The Minutemen (Boston)
The Jesus and Mary Chain (Boston)
The Warning (Austin)
They Might be Giants (Boston)
Third Eye Blind (Cabos San Lucas)
Three Doors Down (Anaheim)
Til Tuesday (Cambridge, Boston)
TISM (Melbourne)
Tom Petty & Heartbreakers (New York City)
Toots and the Maytals (Sydney)
Toots Thielemans (Brussels)
Train (Rome, Anaheim)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra (Los Angeles)
Treat Her Right (Boston, Cambridge)
Tubes (San Francisco)
Turbines (Boston)
U2 (San Jose, St. Louis, Las Vegas)
Unbreakable Bloodline (Austin)
Vandals (San Jose)
Vaya Con Dios (Brussels)
Viagra Boys (Trencin)
Vintage Trouble (Madrid)
Violent Femmes (Berkeley, Boston, Brussels)
Volcano Suns (Boston)
War (San Francisco)
Weird Al Yankovic (Cambridge, Anaheim)
Wet Leg (Trencin)
X (Los Angeles, Boston, San Francisco)
X Ambassadors (Austin)
Youth Brigade (San Francisco)
Ziggy Marley (Miami)
Zombies (Austin)
Zulus (Boston)

I also enjoy theater, especially when infused with music and/or dance. Here are some of my favorites: Alegria (Washington DC), Avenue Q (Las Vegas), Beatles Love (Las Vegas), Blue Man Group (Las Vegas, New York City), Book of Mormon (New York City), Cabaret (Cambridge), Cats (Washington DC), Chris Angel Believe (Las Vegas), Come From Away (New York City), Crazy Horse Cabaret (Paris), Fuerza Bruta (New York City), Grease (Cambridge), Hamilton (New York City), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (London), Ka (Las Vegas), Kinky Boots (London), Lion King (Las Vegas), Little Shop of Horrors (Boston), Mamma Mia! (Las Vegas), Menopause (Las Vegas), Michael Jackson One (Las Vegas), Miss Saigon (London, New York City), Moulin Rouge (Paris), Mystere (Las Vegas), Nassim (Boston), O (Las Vegas), Peter Pan (London), Producers (New York City), Riverdance (Paris), Rocky Horror Picture Show (London, Black Rock City), Sister Act (Paris), Six (New York City), Spamalot (New York City), Stomp (London), and Wicked (Fort Lauderdale).

Art, Music, and Culture Festivals: Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular on Fourth of July (Boston), Burning Man (Black Rock City), Byron Bay Bluesfest (Byron Bay), Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (Coachella), Comicon (Brussels, New York City, San Francisco, San Diego), Core Music Festival (Brussels), Day of the Dead (Los Angeles), Day on the Green (Oakland), Electronic Daisy Carnival (Las Vegas, Orlando), Gent Jazz Festival (Ghent), Gentse Feesten (Ghent), Halloween Parade (West Hollywood, San Francisco, Tampa, New York City), Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Music Festival (San Francisco), Lollapalooza (Chicago), Monterey Jazz Festival (Monterey), Montreal Jazz Festival (Montreal), Love Burn (Miami), Mardi Gras (New Orleans, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador de Bahia), Mood Indigo (Mumbai), Musikkfest (Stavanger), New Orleans Jazz Festival (New Orleans), Night of the Proms (Antwerp), Oktoberfest (Munich), Pélerinage Gitan (Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer), Pohoda (Trencin), Rock Werchter (Werchter), Renaissance Faire (Northern California, Ohio), Santa Lucia International Festival (Monterrey), Side Burn (near Slab City), SxSW Music Festival (Austin), Tomorrowland (Boom), and Vienna Opera Ball (Vienna).

Operas and Classical Ballets: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (London), Amahl and the Night Visitors (San Francisco), Bharatanatyam Classical Dance (Chennai), Lakhon Classical Dance (Bangkok), Legong Classical Dance (Ubud), Madama Butterfly (Lodz), Magic Flute (Boston), Nutcracker (San Francisco), Peking Opera (Beijing), Romeo and Juliet (San Francisco), and Swan Lake (Moscow).

Best dining experiences: Alinea Restaurant (Chicago), Chez Wong (Lima), Dining in the Dark (Bogota), Food Street (Indore), Food Street (Lahore), L'Antica Pizzeria da Michele (Naples), Lakeside Restaurant at Wynn (Las Vegas), Picasso Restaurant (Las Vegas), Spago Restaurant (Beverly Hills), Tsukiji Fish Market (Tokyo), and Ven Hue Restaurant (New York City).

Sporting events: Americas Cup Sailing (Valencia), Australian Rules Football (Melbourne), Broome Cup Horse Racing (Broome), California Rodeo (Salinas), F1 Car Racing (Melbourne, Valencia), FIFA World Cup Soccer (Germany, Russia, USA), Major League Baseball (Boston, Chicago, Oakland, San Diego, San Francisco, Toronto), Master’s Golf Tournament (Augusta), Melbourne Cup Horse Racing (Melbourne), National Football League (Atlanta, New Orleans, Oakland, San Francisco, Tampa), National Basketball Association (Boston, Dallas, Oakland), National Hockey League (Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Miami, Oakland, San Jose, Toronto), NCAA Football (Berkeley, Stanford, Cambridge), Pakistan Polo Association (Lahore), Palio di Siena Horse race (Siena), Summer Olympics (Australia), Superbowl (Atlanta, New Orleans, Tampa), UEFA European Football Championship (Lisbon), World Chess Championship (London), World Series Baseball (Oakland).

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Gave up a traditional lifestyle in favor of traveling the world, meeting people, and sharing experiences. Have met many friends for life that would not have been possible in any other way. Have spent time traveling and working in 180+ countries - enjoying the diversity of people, nature, food, culture, religion, and architecture that this world of ours has to offer. Have visited all fifty states and every national park in the USA. Have visited all EU countries.

I have been fortunate to experience all seven wonders of the modern world: The Great Wall (China), Machu Picchu (Peru), Chechen Itza (Mexico), The Colosseum (Italy), Christ he Redeemer (Brazil), Petra (Jordan), and Taj Mahal (India).

教，学，和分享

English language, chess, computers, travel tips, almost any undergraduate subject in math or science.

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

Smiles, conversation, stories from all over the world, travel planning tips in 180+ countries, a good game of chess, practice with English language...the list goes on!

我游览过的国家

Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, England, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, North Korea, Northern Ireland, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Wales, Zambia, Zimbabwe

我居住过的国家

Australia, Belgium, Chile, Japan, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States

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