I love adventures of all kinds - skydiving, scuba diving (Adv. Open Water/DD PADI Cert.), hiking, motorcycling etc., etc.

Recently I decided to switch gears, professionally speaking, and I’m on a quest to bring about an ambitious, free thinking, open minded sustainability movement. Trying to avoid labeling. But I’m a pragmatic person so - step 1 has been emulating Nathan for You, by helping small business owners with really good business ideas 🤪. Also known as Advertising, Marketing & PR. Would like to rebuild community in the modern world!

For as long as I can remember, music has been a passion of mine. Fiddled around with the guitar, piano and saxophone when I was a kid. But starting to (trying to, at least) produce music these days.

P.S., I was a huge nerd in my past life so video games still have a special place in my heart - specifically CoD, BF, Madden, FIFA and GTA. Nowadays I channeled that energy to research of the esoteric. Psychology, medicine, spirituality, cryptocurrency, gardening and so on.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I am couchsurfing because there's no better way to explore a country than to see it through a local's eyes. I credit my interactions with locals and other travelers to be the most meaningful and memorable experiences of my life, let alone my travels. Couchsurfing has made that all so easy!

Furthermore, I love to share thoughts and ideas on the human condition and the ubiquitous issues we all face. Of course, that's always most interesting when you talk to new people - who may, or may not have grown up so differently than you and may or may not see the world so differently than you.

Interests

• cooking
• music
• hiking
• scuba diving
• international relations
• adventure travel
• world peace

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Drake, Mura Masa, Flume, A$AP Rocky, Kendrick Lamar, Chance the Rapper, The Weeknd, Pink Floyd, RHCP. Rap and EDM are my main genres, but I'm always open to listening to rock, jazz and classical too.

Movies: Pulp Fiction, Forrest Gump, Watchmen, Silence of the Lambs, Anchorman, Dodgeball, Garden State, Being John Malkovich, The Room, The Matrix, Good Will Hunting

Books: The Stranger by Albert Camus, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck by Mark Manson, A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I lived to tell the tale of how I hitchhiked back from a forest concert in the middle of nowhere, El Salvador. Surviving that felt pretty amazing.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach how to cook. Primarily within my main staples - steak/burgers, chicken and eggs.

I can teach a little music theory and a little Russian.

I'd love to share all the crazy great (and bad) stories that I have under my belt from going abroad along with this particularly crazy year I have had.

As for learning, I am open to whatever lesson a person has to teach you, you can always learn at least one thing from another person.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share my eccentric sense of humor, my quasi-existential life philosophy and well, as for tangible sharing...my alcohol!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Greece, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Norway, Thailand, Turkey, Turks and Caicos Islands, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States