Hi, it’s Taewan from Seoul, South Korea.

Below the dotted line, is the profile that I wrote few years ago. It was fun to read how dumb and wild I was, and how happiest person I was, so I just decided to leave there.(Also, he’s still me and exists in me, ironically.)

For now? Hope that I got wiser and still crazy in some ways.
But I sure, that I grew much more firmly in terms of sailing through the sea getting closer to what I want to do while grabbing a compass and rum in my hands.

Passionate in diversity and creative synergy out of it.
Careful to be open-minded even when I encounter with things against my belief.
My ultimate goal in life is to make as many friends around the world as I possibly could. If you wonder why is that, let’s meet up share our stories and priorities in person! I will tell you that.

Set back and relaxed, I am still continuously creating for dazzling moments to get indulge myself in the marrow of life.

Let’s have laugh and rough!

Cheers,
Taewan

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CURRENT MISSION

Live the happiness in uncertain heart leaping moments.

Catching the true and shiny beautifulness in first seeing of strange moments.

ABOUT ME

I am Taewan Lim, a South Korean guy, 28 years old. I'm passionate in photography, life, travel, backpacking, beer, pizza, party, love, outdoor/indoor activities and learning/sharing other cultures. I can share my travel experience and knowledge of mine.

I like photography and I have a website as my photography portfolio.
Check it out! www.taewanlim.com

As an exchange student from South Korea, I went to Wayne State University in Detroit for 2 semesters.

For U.S.A, I traveled Chicago, Washington DC, Boston, New York, Orlando and Miami. Also Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas by RV car.

✓ Euro Trip was from 17.08.2011 to 16.09.2011 :)
✓ China Trip was from 13.08.2013 to 23.08.2013 :)
✓ South East Asia Trip was from Feb.21 to Mar.1.2014. I traveled Laos, Thailand, and Malaysia for 40 days with my best friends.

✓ And I'd served my country for 2 years in Army.
So I was'm in army from 17.10.2011 to 16.07.2013

✓ My big journey was in Central America.
Started from Cancun, I traveled going down all the countries in Central America from Dec.12 2014 to Jan.17 2015.

✓ Road Trip was started from Colorado and went through Utah, Arizona New Mexico and Texas focused at National Parks.
from May. 6th - May 16th 2015.

✓ Travel from San Diego to Seattle, through national parks and major cities, after that travel through nature in Alaska for almost 1 month!

✓ After Journey of Alaska, hitchhiking from Anchorage to Vancouver to catch a flight to Australia from there.

✓ Now, my new chapter, my journey of Australia is began.

I love to travel and to meet new people.

PHILOSPHY

"Life Begins at the End of your Comfort Zone."

"If it Scares you, You might be on Something."

"Cut the string you are tied up."

"Sometimes I gotta jump before I know what's below"

"Sometimes I gotta drop everything and go"

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

It is exciting to meet new people in trip, that makes us understand of other cultures and eventually for the beautiful world.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I used Couchsurfing for the first time when I traveled in Malaysia with my friends.

I stayed with 'Fabian' for 4 nights in San Diego, California.

I stayed with 'Kenny' for 5 nights in West Hollywood, Los Angeles.

I stayed with 'Steve' for 2 nights in Fresno, California.

I stayed with Malek for 3 nights in San Francisco, California.

I stayed with Andy for 3 nights in Seattle, Washington.

I stayed with Christopher for 25 nights in Anchorage, Alaska.

I stayed with Yves for 2 nights in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Interests

Passionate in diversity and creative synergy out of it.

My ultimate goal in life is to make as many friends around the world as I possibly could.

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I am passionate in Travel, Photography, Scuba Diving and Festivals.

EDM festivals, Rock festivals, Local festivals etc.

all festivals :)

basketball, travel, movie, music, book, people~~

drinking~ sth new, fun

• books
• photography
• festivals
• beer
• partying
• drinking
• clothing
• traveling
• cars
• music
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• backpacking
• camping
• scuba diving
• snorkeling
• sailing
• basketball
• paragliding
• swimming
• nursing
• hitchhiking
• beaches
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

Cultural Things that I love. Never enough to get recommended! So please! :)

Watching
Hip-Hop Evolution

Listening
As diverse genres of music as I could listen thru Spotify.
Love Rock since I was a rock kid.
These days, love drum beats.

Reading
Books written by Yuval Noah Harari

Performances
Black Whyte Gray performed by Boy Blue Entertainment

Festivals
Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Edinburgh, UK
Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh, UK
Party In The Paddock Music Festival, Tasmania, AU
Dark Mofo Festival, Tasmania, AU
Jarasum International Jazz Festival, Korea
Zandari Festa Music Expo, Korea

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✓ Trainspotting, 127 hours by Danny Boyle

✓ Soul Kitchen, Le Grand Bleu, A River Runs Through It, Wild, Into the Wild, Fight Club, Departed, Shutter Island

✓ The book of my life is the 'Zorba the Greek' by Nikos Kazantzakis

✓ My another favorite author is Umberto Eco. I like most of his books.

✓ 'Post Office', 'Women' by Charles Bukowski

✓ "On the Road', by Jack Kerouac

Rock, House, Deep House, Saxophone, Jazz, Nu-Jazz, Classic, Motown
Movie Soundtracks (Hans Zimmer)
Chet Faker, M83, Audien, Tchami, Kygo, Faul, Favela,
Queen, Michael Jackson, Gerry Rafferty, Jason Mraz, Coldplay,
Black Keys, OK Go, Arctic Monkeys, Red Hot Chili Peppers,
Lovely Day by Bill Withers
Let Them Try by Eric Serra (Soundtrack of Le Grand Bleu)
Don't Stop You Til You Get Enough by Michael Jackson
Another One Bites The Dust by Queen
Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

✓ Euro Trip with my older brother. That was the our first trip together out of our country. I could make precious memories with my brother through joyful and artistic Europe. We went to France, Monaco, and Italy. Anncey in France was the most impressive and peaceful town. I remember night swimming in Nice was very amazing. Also, our aunt is living in Milano, Italy. So we could have had great and warm time at there. I missed it.. I cannot forget the taste of Gelato in Monaco and Italy.

✓ Hiking to the top of the Europe and Bachalpsee lake in Switzerland alone.

✓ Canyoning(Cliff Divings) and Paragliding in Interlaken, Switzerland. It was amazing experience in my life. Wunderbar !

✓ South East Asia journey full of pleasure with my best friends. We were four South Korean guys studying in same major. We went to South East Asia with no plan. However, for 40 days, we went through Laos, Thailand, Malaysia and we experienced the most invaluable moments in our life. We had observed the edge of the world of pleasure. Been there, Done that.

✓ Cliff Diving at Blue Lagoon, Laos!

✓ Scuba Diving in Thailand, I could see the whole different world under the ocean.
I got certificated as Advanced Open Water Diver. I want to challenge deeper down there..!

✓ Wreck ship Scuba Diving at Koh Phangan island, Thailand. That was mysterious.

✓ Nude picture taking with my friends in abandoned amusement park in Sout Korea. It was weird at the beginning but me and my friends throw away all the clothes soon, didn't care about a photographer and played like monkeys in the jungle.

✓ Scavenger Hunt in abandoned Packard Plant in Detroit with my musician friends. We always dreamed about the life like movie since we were high school students! We explored huge abandoned and shady plant for a whole day, we failed to find hide money but we found that true happiness was inside of our minds.

✓ Road trip in U.S. with 6 Brazilian friends. We ride RV, camping car and went to Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas for 10 days. All the national parks we visited were magnificent and majestic. I was the only one who are not Brazilian. They were energetic and dedicated to journey. I had so much fun with them and made unforgettable and beautiful memories.

✓ Cliff Diving at Fossil Creek, Arizona!

✓ Sailing around the Golden Gate Bridge with wooden ship! Thank you John!

✓ Hitchhiking from Anchorage to Vancouver by 4 cars and 5 nights, I'm so thankful that I realized how luck I was also that I met really generous and nice people on the road.

Teach, Learn, Share

Travel experience

Photography

Life Spirit

Inspiration

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share beer knowledge and beery moments as I was a Local Beer Trip Host for travellers in Seoul.
Check the link if you are curious about it!

https://abnb.me/lTzfy0Oqf0

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I can share variety experiences of travels, understanding of different cultures and different language.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belize, Canada, China, Costa Rica, El Salvador, France, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Switzerland, Thailand, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, South Korea, United States