CURRENT MISSION

Enjoying the sunshine.

ABOUT ME

Guitar-playing, hiking, biking, climbing, swimming, language-obsessed traveler.

PHILOSOPHY

"This world is inhabited by all kinds of people. They are isolated by land and water, religion, customs, habits. The minds and hearts of these people are much alike. Under sudden or stressed emotions, they blossom forth or explode in riots, fights, dance, song, prayer. At such times, they become one mind, one heart, and the world vibrates with the intensity of their feelings, emotions, angers, laughters."
>Gandhi

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Always love meeting fellow travelers, and hosting when I can.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Ran into a lovely gentleman at a train station in Mumbai. Had no place to go and he invited me to come couch surf with him. Spent all night talking to his Dutch host about Latin American Film. What a fabulous community.

Interests

Travel, language, swimming, hiking, biking, music, connecting with unlikely people from unlikely places, growing.

• culture
• dancing
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• cycling
• hiking
• rock climbing
• swimming
• religion
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

So much music...The Avett Brothers, Jack White, Ray LaMontagne, Bon Iver, Sun Kil Moon, Greensky Bluegrass, Fruition, Regina Spektor, Ingrid Michaelson, Yonder Mountain String Band, Joni Mitchell, Janis Joplin, Dar Williams, David Wilcox, Bob Dylan, Eva Cassidy, Gnarls Barkley, Wolfmother, Jimi Hendrix, Mana, Santana, Lila Downs

Books... Kafka on the Shore, The Dharma Bums, Poisonwood Bible, Lord of the Rings trilogy....

Movies... Everything is Illuminated, Amores Perros, City of God, Elling, Mad Max...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I spent 3 and a half years living and working as a Peace Corps Volunteer in The Gambia, West Africa. I was so humbled by the need to learn all over again how to speak, eat, dress, bathe. You never realize how specific your knowledge is to your own culture until you have to start from scratch.

Teach, Learn, Share

I believe we learn something from everyone we meet, so the more the better!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories, laughter, love, music, a reciprocal couch some day. :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Canada, France, Germany, Ghana, Guinea, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Mali, Morocco, New Zealand, Peru, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, South Africa, Togo

Countries I’ve Lived In

Gambia, India, Spain, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States