I'm a chill and thoughtful guy who likes to have a laugh and goof around but also love having serious, straight-faced and unfunny conversations about important topics.

Obviously I love traveling, so we'll have that in common right away :D I also love snowboarding, reading, films, spending quality time with friends, family and nice people and of course eating chocolate.

I'm traveling Singapore and Indonesia with my good friend Mark (https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/hobosmith) and we'd be so stoked if you hosted us!

I co-created a couchsurfer's dream in Vancouver called the Mega Mansion. We hosted tons of folks, mostly not from the website. Here's our old profile (the house no longer exists ):
https://www.couchsurfing.com/users/2000275055/profile

It's too weird for me to say much more about my own personality, so take a look at my old-school references (esp the "personal" section, which is where many are for some reason). I don't think I've changed much!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I started 10 years ago and used to do it a ton , hosting and surfing. Now I usually just host friends, family, and friends and family of friends and family. And their friends. I guess you could say I still host a lot :D There are many great reasons to be a part of this community.

1) The people. I've met such kind, interesting, funny, and zany folks through this community and have made excellent, permanent memories that make me smile. Isn't that what life is all about?

2) The locations. Don't you love seeing other people's homes? I think it's so interesting. Once I couchsurfed with some people who lived under a bridge! How else could I have experienced that way of life? Hosting and being hosted is intimate, and you can really get to know a place by feeling what life is like in the home.

3) The connections. Yeah I could stay in a hostel or hotel, which is nice for a night or two, but where is the connection to the place I'm in? Who am I talking to, meeting, eating with and joking around with? Anyone? Or am I just alone in my room drinking my way through the mini-bar?

4) It's affordable. Surfing is an accessible way to travel without having to break your bank--let's help each other save a bit of coin in this hectic life of ours so we can spend our money on other things, such as chocolate and each other.

5) Stories. Once I couchsurfed with this guy and his family in India and he took me on a white-knuckle motorcycle ride through Mumbai to see his robotics laboratory where he hand-built the first drone I'd ever seen. Like what?

Interests

Small talk and big talk.
Stories.
Motor- and bicycles
Games.
Homesteading and creating community.
Snowboarding.
Schemes.
Beach time.
Writing and photography.
Philosophy stuff and politics.

• writing
• board games
• traveling
• friends
• film
• stand up comedy
• family
• novels
• housing
• big ideas

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
-Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
-Kill Bill
-Spirited Away
-Jurassic Park

I really like to watch scary films (not alone) except for Paranormal Activity because it's too scary.

TV:
-Breaking Bad
-Better Call Saul
-Bojack Horseman
-Standup comedy
-Loads of anime

Music:
-Arctic Monkeys
-Drake
-Shit that gets me dancing and pumped

Books:
-Harry Potter by Rowling
-Sexual Politics of Meat by Adams
-100 Years of Solitude by Marquez
-Confederacy of Dunces by Toole
-Disgrace by Coetzee

Just finished: Love in the Time of Cholera by Marquez
Am reading: Indonesia by Lonely Planet :)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Traveling with my mom in India.

Philosophy for children.

A meteor burning to death in our atmosphere over the Himalaya.

Being at an allegedly haunted shrine at 2am in a small Japanese town.

Pompeii and Ercolano, ruined and wonderful.

Staying in a village in the middle of mud-hut nowhere, India.

Burning Man.

Saw the end of a rainbow in Maui.

Collective living in a mansion in Vancouver.

Teach, Learn, Share

Philosophy.
Working with kids.
Ride a bike or motorbike.
How to win as a vegan forever.
Travel stuff.
Board games.
Make photo with the camera.
English (including academic), some French, some Japanese, some Spanish
Snowballs.
Snowboarding.
Some investing with stocks which I would also love to learn more about.
Scheming.
I want to make some super sick travel videos and would love advice!

"The more I learn, the less I know."

What I Can Share with Hosts

My time, my stories, my assistance, my knowledge, my humor, my thoughts and feelings, and my home when you come visit me in Canada.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Romania, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Japan

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