a wandering poet from nowhere, yet everywhere
a surviver of long journeys
chasing adventures & whatever that gets this heart racing
a solitary but good with strangers, for we are all one
a friend to all animals (a 99.9% plant based gorilla)
traveling freediver
víkingr aeternus

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Aren't we all on here for the same reason? MEET LIKEMINDED PEOPLE

Interests

books, beaches, nature, crossfit, art, food, music, survival, freediving, mountains, writing, stoicism, boxing, fitness, nutrition, snowboarding, surf, and more books

• animals
• arts
• books
• dining
• vegan
• exercise
• meditation
• crossfit
• motorcycles
• reading
• music
• guitar
• surfing
• business
• philosophy
• sign language
• beaches
• mountains
• nature
• adventure
• trekking
• freediving

Music, Movies, and Books

movie - easily amused, i like any
music - music is love, share any kind
books - da vinci code, any don winslow books, the picture of dorian grey, infinite jest, don quixote, ishmael, poor things, one hundred years of solitude, on the road, for whom the bell tolls, the elementary particles, the magic mountain, the jungle, the unbearable lightness of being, of mice & men, we need to talk about kevin, east of eden, candy, love & garbage, zen & the art of motorcycle maintenance, the stranger, love in the time of cholera, the bluest eye, island, american pastoral, cloud atlas, 2666, invisible man, the man without qualities, crime & punishment, the little prince, the plague, the fall, stranger in a strange land & the list shall keep going

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

too much to list

Teach, Learn, Share

I am hard of hearing - I can speak and hear pretty well & an expert with American Sign Language - will not be too challenging for us to communicate although you could learn some signs. i know a lot of stuff, always good to share

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Fiji, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Jamaica, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Scotland, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Mexico, Thailand, United States