Former online ESL teacher and teacher in Taiwan and Yunnan, artist, writer, and avid learner of everything.

I'm usually living in Yunnan Province, China. I visited Hanoi and Chiangmai in 2019. In 2020 I stayed in Bangkok during lockdown, then lived in Ao Nang, Krabi. After that was Indonesia; first Papua, then Bali and Lombok. I returned to Thailand and stayed in Chiang Mai for a while, then moved to Lijiang and taught elementary school.

This year I've co-founded an interior design company in Kunming, and am working on a project that will invite artists from around the world to live and do their work in China.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I want to meet travelers and artists. I enjoy meeting people who are well traveled and possess more than a bit of Wanderlust. If you're in Kunming you can come to my office for tea！

Interests

Art, philosophy, ideas, running, lifting, writing, stories, languages, history, spirituality, travel.

• arts
• writing
• running
• traveling
• teaching
• history
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: ambient, metal, traditional Celtic, folk, classical, religious hymns

the curious incident of the dog in the nighttime,
Nietzsche
David Foster Wallace (I read the book ten years ago)
Tolkien
Robert Greene

Fight Club
Det sjunde Inseglet
Movies about the former East Germany (watched in high school)
Dead Poets Society, The Emperor's Club,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Jump into the water at Taiping (仙女瀑布)
Ran a mile in under 5 minutes
Got lost in a foreign city and found my way back, meeting an interesting cast of characters along the way...
Ran across hot coals
Went diving at Raja Ampat

Teach, Learn, Share

English pronunciation and grammar
Clay wheeling
Drawing
Guitar (want to learn piano)
Salsa dancing (I'm a beginner/intermediate)
Online gambling (lol)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Art, photos, stories, creative writing prompts, a fun running activity near you, the meaning of life

Countries I’ve Visited

Belize, Bulgaria, Canada, China, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Latvia, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Ukraine, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, France, Indonesia, Thailand, United States