CURRENT MISSION

To make the world a better place, one vacation at a time!

ABOUT ME

I'm very easy to talk to and people tend to feel at ease in my presence. I can be very silly, sometimes goofy, and a touch sarcastic. I'm basically an easygoing guy with a good heart. I'm good at listening and making people laugh.

I love my work and have traveled around the world to places like Indonesia, Africa and stops in between for work and pleasure. I think I'm getting the bug to go somewhere else soon ...

PHILOSOPHY

I believe in honesty, compassion, deep contemplation and on-the-spot intuition. Don't mistake kindness for weakness. I'm not a pushover or one to let others take advantage. It's just that I believe in seeing the humor and beauty that life constantly offers up to us. I value people who have these same qualities.

Warum ich bei Couchsurfing bin

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm totally new here and fascinated to find out how this works!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None, so far. But I hope to change that soon!

Interessen

I love all sorts of music (I play guitar), cooking, enjoying time with friends, movies, anything outdoors (running, mountain biking, hiking, camping, sailing), salsa dancing reading, movies, museums, and hanging out at the beach.

• beauty
• dancing
• salsa dancing
• cooking
• running
• meditation
• movies
• reading
• music
• guitar
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• hiking
• camping
• sailing
• psychology
• beaches

Musik, Filme und Bücher

I love reading. Past favorites include: On Love by Alain de Botton, Blink, Life of Pi, Death of Vishnu, Still Life with a Woodpecker, Milagro Beanfield War, Catch 22, The Idiot, The Subteraneans, On the Road, Where the Wild Things Are, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe, Enough is Enough, The Molecules of Emotion, and just about anything by Pema Chodron. I'm looking forward to reading The Future of Faith (Just finished this one. Amazing! If you've read it too, and want to chat let me know.), Yearnings (currently reading this one and love it!)

I'll listen to any music as long as it's good! These days this seems to include: Yerba Buena, Eleni Mandell, Yonder Mountain String Band, Rebirth Brass Band, Prokofiev, John Cale, Shirley Horne, The Meters, Lightning Hopkins, Albert Colins, Muddy Waters, David Grisman, Amiee Mann, Josh Fix, Jon Brion, Missy Eliot, Wyclef Jean, Billie Holiday, Van Morrison, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Jonathan Richman etc. etc. .

Eine tolle Erfahrung, die ich gemacht habe

I've climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, hitchhiked through Africa, taught elementary school to children in Lesotho, busked on the tubes in London, the streets of New Orleans and Israel, Lived in remote villages in Indonesia, and survived Malaria that I caught in Malawi. Through it all my most amazing experiences have always involved meeting new people from around the world and taking the time to get to know them.

Lehren, lernen, teilen

I can easily teach beginners how to play guitar. I love to cook and can make a mean Bananna's Foster, a true New Orleans dessert! I love salsa dancing (but can only teach you if you're a true beginner here, otherwise we can go take lessons together!). I speak Indonesian fairly well (or at least used to). I teach psychology (developmental, general, educational, and peace psychology). I practice meditation. I love to have conversations about deep and silly topics. I'd be happy to share any of this with anyone who's got an interest.

Länder, die ich besucht habe

Botswana, Canada, Egypt, Guatemala, Kenya, Malawi, Mexico, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Taiwan, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States, Zimbabwe

Länder, in denen ich gelebt habe

Indonesia, Israel, Lesotho, United States

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