CURRENT MISSION

To explore the world and meet people from as many different cultures as I can!

ABOUT ME

I am a laid-back traveler and teacher interested in exploring the world and meeting lots of new people. I really enjoy seeing new sights, tasting new foods and making new friends. I love photography, outdoor activities, and just sitting around having good conversation.

PHILOSOPHY

Live and let live.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have had many great CS experiences. They have given me the chance to meet people from many places throughout the world and gain insight into the culture and traditions of different countries.

Interests

I enjoy traveling, meeting new people, photography, learning, reading, going out to great restaurants, seeing movies, hiking, snowboarding, almost every kind of outdoor activity...

• culture
• photography
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• snowboarding
• teaching
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC: DJ Tiesto, SDIB, Dredg, DJ Aqeel, Falguni Pathak, various types of Indian music, The Beatles

MOVIES: Mulholland Drive, American Beauty, Memento, A Clockwork Orange, Donnie Darko, Dr. Strangelove, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Amelie,Super Troopers, Brother, Zoolander, Fargo, Trainspotting, Trois couleurs: Blanc, Wonder Boys, Fight Club

BOOKS: Chuck Palahniuk, David Sedaris, Nikoli Gogol - The Nose, Diary of a Madman, Milan Kundera - The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting & Ignorance, Bill Bryson, Franz Kafka, Arundhati Roy - The God of Small Things, Mikhail Bulgakov - The Master and Margarita, Greg Mortenson - Three Cups of Tea, John Kennedy Toole - A Confederacy of Dunces, Frank McCourt, Garrison Keillor

TV: Scrubs, Arrested Development, City Confidential, Law and Order, Best Week Ever

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

In the fall of 2007 I had the chance to climb to over 6,000 meters (20,000 feet) in the Himalayan Mountains, in Kashmir, India. It was the most physically exhausting thing I have done, but also one of the most rewarding experiences of my life.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Ireland, Japan, Laos, Latvia, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, South Korea, United States

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