CURRENT MISSION

To travel the world and meet cool people

ABOUT ME

I'm someone whose known from an early age that I wanted to travel/live in different places around the world. At some point, I went and did that and haven't stopped since. It's probably one of the most amazing/terrifying things -- leaving the familiar for the unknown -- but also one of the most freeing.

PHILOSOPHY

Laughter is the BEST medicine!!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

In Taiwan, I hosted visitors from America and Italy so far. This is my first time surfing.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Its happening right now!

Interests

laughing, Mandarin Chinese, movies, lit, independent expression, astrophysics, and meeting people ALL over the world who have a story to tell.

• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• surfing
• medicine
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

I'm a fan of books.

Music: jazz and soul

Movies: Anything done by Hitchcock, Kubrick, Scorcese, or Nolan

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Detained at gunpoint at an airport (funny story), Israel, visiting Angkor Wat - Cambodia, spending a month traveling around Bali and Lombok islands (and living in a beach bungalow for USD10/night - Indonesia

Teach, Learn, Share

I can tell you how I left the States for Taiwan with just $30 USD in my pocket and how 15 years later, I am a permanent resident of Taiwan.

Share what it was like living on the Cheyenne River Reservation with the Sioux people for one year.

The experience of my first "sweat"

Teach you Mandarin Chinese phrases.

I'd like to know how other expats lived and thrived overseas.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Switzerland, Taiwan