CURRENT MISSION

Quit my job and travel with my camera as an independent photographer.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Recommend the site to anyone and everyone that travels.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

When I moved to Chicago I had no job, no apartment, and nothing more than a trunk of clothes, two backpacks and my bike, and I stayed on a friend's couch for two weeks while figuring my next move...fast.

Interests

Yoga, meditation, travel, reading, installation art and sculpture, graphic design, learning to live with less, biking in the city, food (thai and indian in particular,) cafes, tea, waking up without an alarm

• arts
• design
• graphic design
• dining
• yoga
• instructor
• meditation
• clothing
• reading
• traveling
• cycling

Music, Movies, and Books

The list is just impractically long to write out and I can't imagine where to begin. I hate this question because I never feel like I'm remembering the most important ones...

These days I love Alt-J, Glass Animals, Portugal. The Man, Santigold, Phantograms...

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Hector and the Search for Happiness, I Heart Huckabees...

Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac, The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coelho, and Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Solo-backpacking from Kerala to Himachal Pradesh in India for two months.

Teach, Learn, Share

Hatha and Astanga Yoga Instructor, and I also taught meditation and Tibetan Buddhist philosophy in Chicago.

I was an ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher in South Korea for six years.

Spent five years in art school, and even though creativity is not something you can be taught, it is something you can develop through practice.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I love to cook.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, England, France, Greece, Guam, Hong Kong, Ireland, Mexico, Netherlands, Scotland, Viet Nam, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, Italy, South Korea, Thailand, United States

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