Aloha, I live on the north shore of Kauai. I work with tropical agriculture and satellite imagery applications in agriculture, mostly in coffee. I've lived a bunch of places and have settled down here on Kauai, at least for a bit.

I love the outdoors, hiking, surfing, swimming, diving, etc... I almost always prefer being in nature over a city.

I enjoy good conversations about traveling, history, world affairs, anything about the natural world. I also love learning languages and practicing languages. Anyone here familiar with MundoLingo?

I expect couchsurfing to be a give and take. I've been so fortunate to travel all over the world and now wish to give a little back to the backpacking community. Traveling seems to be getting a lot more difficult, so hopefully if we all work together it will get easier again.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I like meeting new people from around the globe. I've benefited from couchsurfing in the past and the time I spent backpacking (India, SE Asia, Aust, etc...) were some of the best years of my life. I hope I can help and inspire more people to travel.

Interests

• reading
• surfing
• snorkeling
• sailing
• diving
• portuguese

Music, Movies, and Books

Vonnegut is my favorite author. I like a lot of older music, Brazilian music too.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I bought a 32 foot sailboat and sailed the eastern Australian coast.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Maybe hosting - always down for a hike on Kauai North Shore

No couples please

Countries I’ve Visited

Aruba, Australia, Austria, Canada, Cuba, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dominica, France, Germany, Guadeloupe, Italy, Jamaica, Malaysia, Netherlands, Rwanda, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, France, Singapore, United States