CURRENT MISSION

To do handstands around the world!

ABOUT ME

I kinda have a ton of energy!

I absolutely love traveling - mostly the Indiana Jones kind of traveling that involves hiking through the jungle, ancient ruins, and adventure.

In my spare time I love getting outdoors and caving, rock-climbing, camping, whitewater rafting, mountain biking looking at the stars and any other physical activity that you can think of. I recently got a road bike so I also just love to bike around Atlanta and explore!

I will try nearly anything...sky diving, running with the bulls, and rappeling 586 feet down into a cave being my most exciting so far!

I also like learning how to kick peoples butts and am currently working on my capoeria skills and MMA but have done both taekwondo and boxing in the past.

I will be a life long gymnast as it was my first love!

Oh, and I'm a little crazy...but in a good way! :)

PHILOSOPHY

Dream big and never stop smiling! :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I love hosting people that are really interested in seeing the real Atlanta and meeting some locals!

I also hang out with the Atlanta CS crew at least once a week because they kick ass!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Meeting local CSers & occasionally letting them crash on my couch & meeting traveling CSers that make their way to Atlanta.

Hosted:

Randy from New Hampshire for 2 nights (May 2010)

Vicky & Aylin from Germany for a night (May 2010)

Tommy and his crew from Indiana and Alabama (May 2010)

Luis from Spain on his tour of the South (April 2010)

Tim & Heather from North Carolina on their weekend trip (April 2010)

Rachel & Jeme from NOLA during their spring break trip! (March 2010)

Kyle, Russel, & Brandon from the band Fish Out of Water on their tour! (March 2010)

Antoine Dubois from Windsor, Quebec, Canada for a night before he hiked the AT! (March 2010)

Gabriel Grant from Toronto, Ontario, Canada for a night after we rocked out together at the Scythian concert! (February 2010)

Grant Harris from Vermont, but soon to be Maine on his US road trip in his veggiemobile! (February 2010)

Adam Zimmer and his friend from Florida on their road trip (February 2010)

Anna Schmitter & Rene Grzeszick from Germany for 3 nights (January 2010)

Carlos Flores from Louisville, KY for 2 nights (January 2010)

Ade from London for a a couple days during is time in the ATL! (November 2009)

Rudolf from Switzerland! Atlanta was his base as he traveled around to local Universities giving talks on crazy engineered materials! (October 2009)

Inge & Nele from Belgium on their 11 week trip through the states! (October 2009)

Joan and Mike on their road trip!!! Showed them some of my favorite spots around town and they even cooked me and my roommate dinner one night! (September 2009)

Beycan from Turkey during his stay in Atlanta. Had an awesome time attempting to salsa dance! (August 2009)

Victor & Marion from Paris on their hitchiking trip across the U.S. We picked them up on the side of the Interstate where the truck driver that they had hitched a ride with had pulled off! Unfortunately, I could only host them for 1 night. (May 2009)

Jon Cho-Polizzi for 4 nights in Atlanta after he made it back into the States after 4 months of backpacking through South America. He also came with AK & I on a roadtrip up to Nashville! Then we met up with him at Lake Eden's Art Festival in Black Mountain, NC before giving him a ride back to Atlanta for his flight back to Cali the next day! :) (March 2009, May 2009)

Pauline Pannier from Paris for 2 nights during her spring break trip around the south! I also ran into her in the Cloud Forest in Costa Rica...its a small World! (March 2009)

Daryl Fortney & his friend Cesar Almeida who was visiting him in Macon, GA from Brazil. Have had the pleasure of hanging out with Daryl several times since! (January 2009)

Raye Teyssie & friend on their day trip up to Atlanta from Florida (December 2008)

Skip Potts & Bryan Freeland on Skip's walk across the US (November 2008)

My Hosts:

Ivannia Cambronero Sagot hosted AK, Adam, & I for our first night in Costa Rica. She even met us near downtown San Jose because we would have NEVER figured out how to get to her place otherwise!

Anthony Hamlet hosted AK & I for a night when we were in Athens, GA for a gymnastics meet!

Interests

Learning new stunts, gymnastics, caving, capoeira, adventure racing, rock climbing, mountain biking, trail running, yoga, reading travel books, traveling (of course), the environment, camping, the middle of nowhere, good beer, learning about new delicious vegetarian cuisine, and trying new random activities!!!!

• fish
• arts
• books
• beauty
• concerts
• festivals
• dancing
• capoeira
• environment
• beer
• vegetarian
• yoga
• running
• reading
• traveling
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• fishing
• hiking
• backpacking
• spelunking
• camping
• whitewater rafting
• scuba diving
• snorkeling
• trail running
• boxing
• rock climbing
• gymnastics

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: The Curius Case of Benjamin Button, Pan's Labyrinth, The Incredibles, Eternal Sunshine of hte Spotless Mind, The count of Monte Cristo, Finding Nemo, Lord of the Rings, Monsters Inc., The Last Mimzy, Across the Universe, Martian Child, Kung Fu Panda

Music: Jump Little Children, Simon & Garfunkel, Steve Miller Band, Trampled by Turtles, Hackensaw Boys, Eels, Cake, Weezer, Garbage, Beulah, Beatles, anything that can get me dancing!

Books: Four Corners by Kira Salak (my hero!), Harry Potter Series, Memoirs of a Geisha, Lord of the Rings Series, BFG, The Witches, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda (Roald Dahl is a genius!), Virgin Blues, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Can't list just one!

Solo backpacking through Mexico, Guatemala, & Belize, dove out of an airplane, faced a shark while snorkeling, rafted the upper Gaulley, biked along the Irish coast, climbed up Mayan ruins, walked through the Roman Forum, gazed upon the beauty of the Sistine Chapel ceiling, been overwhelmed with emotion when looking over another continent for the first time!

Teach, Learn, Share

Caving, gymnastics, capoeira, rock climbing.....how to build rockets!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, France, Germany, Guatemala, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Spain, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom, United States

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