CURRENT MISSION

Living in Chicago and hiking all I can.

PHILOSOPHY

The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow Roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars...
On the Road -jack kerouac-

There's a race of men that don't fit in
A race that can't sit still;
So they break the hearts of kith and kin,
And they roam the world at will.
They range the field and rove the flood,
And they climb the mountain's crest;
Theirs is the curse of the gypsy blood,
And they don't know how to rest.

----Robert Service, Poet of the Yukon from "The Men that Don't Fit In"

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, Innocents Abroad

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Traveling is my biggest passion. Exploring unknown places, learning from different cultures and meeting new friends are what I love. Couchsurfing allows me to do that from my own home, since I unfortunately cannot travel all the time. I have met some incredible people through this site, and I hope to meet many more.

Interests

Traveling, hiking, teaching and bumming my way around our planet.

• animals
• traveling
• hiking

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Working with wild animals at La Senda Verde in Bolivia. www.sendaverde.com

It was an amazing experience and something I would recommend to anyone who happens to be wandering through Bolivia.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, El Salvador, England, France, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bolivia, Guatemala, Honduras, United States

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