@Jep_sd

Hi! Filipino guy here based in Bangkok since 2019.

Outside of busy corporate life, I try to see the world as much as I can. I often travel solo, and the road less traveled always captivates me.

When I’m not traveling, I spend my weekends walking around Bangkok, going around every nook and cranny of the city, or simply stay at home or in a café and read, read, read.

I love good conversations over drinks or food or a good walk – be they about cultures, languages, books, adventures, society, history, politics, and more.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Looking forward to meet more people along the way, or host in Bangkok (when I got chance), or simply listen to your stories!

Interests

• culture
• books
• music
• geography
• history
• languages
• adventures
• stories
• postcards
• little prince

Music, Movies, and Books

Books:
The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry);
Letters to a Young Poet (Rainer Maria Rilke);
Where the Crawdads Sing (Delia Owens);
Sally Rooney books;
Haruki Murakami books;
The Hobbit (JRR Tolkien);
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy);
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous (Ocean Vuong);
Angela’s Ashes, ‘Tis (Frank McCourt);
Crazy Rich Asians (Kevin Kwan);

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I send and collect postcards for more than 10 years now, I received more than a thousand of them from 100+ countries.

I collect The Little Prince in every possible language (already have translation in 50+ languages!)

I’ve visited all ASEAN countries (at least twice each country), 52 of Thailand’s 77 provinces, all 17 regions of the Philippines (~50 of 81 provinces).

I recently like doing train journeys. I once went from San Marino to Liechtenstein in a day, by bus and trains through Italy and Switzerland. I also went from my home in Bangkok to Singapore all by train :)

I like to hike mountains and viewpoints – climbed the highest mountain in the Philippines.

I travel solo in places I’ve never been before during my birthday month.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Australia, Austria, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Laos, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macao, Malaysia, Myanmar, Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand