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Overview

  • 3 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Spanish
  • 47, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • English teacher
  • Self-educated through travel
  • From Minneapolis, MN
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To learn about the world

ABOUT ME

I´ve been on the road for the last year, progressing from the United States to Southeast Asia and now to South America. I´ve been here for 5 months now, moving north from Argentina to Columbia. I look forward to visiting Panama next and teaching somewhere along the way. That is what I would like to do, to teach.

PHILOSOPHY

To fully express myself in any given situation; to constantly become more conscious of myself and my environment; and to use experience as the means by which I am able to more greatly develop as a conscious human being.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

By surfing couches I think I can encounter the culture in a more unique way.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

The couchsurfers tend to be pretty cool people

Interests

Travel is far and away my biggest interest as it helps diversify a person's perspective. I also love different cultures and history. I do also like Sports, especially Baseball. And who could leave out food!

  • horses
  • culture
  • environment
  • dining
  • yoga
  • instructor
  • traveling
  • surfing
  • sports
  • baseball
  • history

Music, Movies, and Books

Field of Dreams; I, CLaudius; The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Walked 500 Kilometres across the North of Spain on the Camino de Santiago. Rode horses through the Egyptian desert from Giza to Saqqara. Climbed Mount Olympus in Greece.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can share from experience; I speak Spanish (it's a bit rusty, though). I can give advice about European travel. I have walked the Camino de Santiago across Northern Spain. I am a certified Yoga instructor.

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