CURRENT MISSION

to have slept on at least one couch on every continent by the time i am 30.

ABOUT ME

Currently living in Neno, Malawi, working for a global health NGO. Current adventures include: learning how to ride a motorbike, experimenting with nsima and creative Neno cooking, and hiking many mountains.

TO POTENTIAL DC SURFERS: I AM NOT IN DC! I can't change my location for a variety of reasons that CS has not yet worked out. Please do not ask me to host you in DC as I am not there. Thank you!

PHILOSOPHY

Dream it. Live it. Love it.
Don't love it? Leave it.

Perché sono iscritto su Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

lapsed couchsurf-evangelist

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've surfed in Greece and Canada, hosted and surfed in the U.S., now hoping to find new friends in Malawi.

Interessi

taking pictures (particularly of cows and trees and sheep), creative stir fry, wine snob (in training), cycling/biking, running long distances slowly, economic development as a means to social justice, scrabble.

• cooking
• wine
• running
• painting
• cycling
• hiking
• mountains

Musica, film e libri

books: david sedaris, zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance, our man in havana, confessions of an economic hitman, the great gatsby, the beautiful and the damned, investing for dummies.
music: regina spektor, arcade fire, wilco, james taylor, all things james taylor-esque, u2, nick drake, the beatles (but seriously, who wouldn't say that), rufus wainwright, the mountain goats, damien jurado, dvorak, debussy arabesque #1, debussy arabesque #2, simon, and garfunkel. and anything with a good fiddle rift in it.
movies: forrest gump and spaceballs. and wit. and in america.

Una cosa incredibile che ho fatto

Drove across Chad, first by bus then by landrover. Met a sultan. Got stuck in a wadi, twice.

Insegna, impara, condividi

these may not be skills, but i love taking pictures, painting, cooking, and am currently learning about the intracies of wine appreciation. if those can be of any use to you, let me know!

Paesi che ho visitato

Austria, Belize, Chad, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Mexico, Netherlands, Slovakia, Spain, United Kingdom

Paesi in cui ho vissuto

United Kingdom, United States

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