CURRENT MISSION

play music, meet people and other animals

ABOUT ME

i am 30 and still alive! i love music and all forms of life. I just finished grad school, where i studied birds. I am trying to use field biology as a mechanism for traveling the world while gaining great experiences with amazing wildlife and pristine environments. I play mandolin, banjo and guitar, here is a link to some of my musichttp://soundcloud.com/alexi-kmiatekI am always looking for new people and experiences to broaden my horizons. What other purpose could we have on this planet other than to add positively to our environment?

PHILOSOPHY

love life because heaven is on earth

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am no longer living in my own place, but support the idea of honest people helping honest people live this life the way it should be lived.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have surfed:
Kingston ON (2x)
Sydney NSW
Adelaide SA
Perth WA
Auckland NZ

my favorite part is hanging out with my hosts becuase they are always really fun, interesting and inspiring people.

Interests

MUSIC is my first love, listening to it, playing it, seeing it live, supporting it locally. I love behavioral ecology, biodiversity (it blows my mind every day), birds, turtles, horticulture visual art, literature, theater, ethnic food, beans, craft brew, and my friends and fam.

• animals
• wildlife
• birds
• arts
• literature
• theater
• environment
• dining
• cooking
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• guitar
• biology
• ecology

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: The Princess Bride, movies by Quentin Tarantino and Wes Anderson, all the Walt Disney Classics, Forrest Gump, Lebowski, Rocky Horror, documentaries. Books: Kurt Vonnegut, John Irving, Ed Abbey, Tolkien, Tom Robbins, Roald Dahl, Bill Peet, Dr. Seuss, generally anything in which animals talk and go on adventures, Music: Literally everything. my favorites are John Hartford, Frank Zappa, Bela Fleck, Phish, Grateful Dead, Jazz, Talking Heads, John Fahey, Brian Wilson, The Clash, Ween, Daft Punk, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Disco, World Music

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Close encounters with wild salt-water crocodiles in Kakadu Natl Park, Australia.

Teach, Learn, Share

lets play music. lets cook. and eat. lets talk about birds.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belize, Cambodia, Canada, Fiji, India, Jamaica, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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