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Overview

  • 6 references 5 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German; learning Japanese, Spanish, Thai
  • 64, Male
  • Member since 2006
  • Teacher
  • far too much book learning, yet still, still a student
  • From Los Angeles, CA, USA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

to go

ABOUT ME

Skype me.
Pass the salt, wouldya?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

We are all in this together.

Interests

travel, photography, writing, sports, adventure.

  • writing
  • books
  • photography
  • cooking
  • vegetarian
  • traveling
  • cycling
  • sports

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

1. Hiked the Baliem Valley, Irian Jaya.
2. Equitrekked solo in Mongolia for 10 days.
3. Camped the Great Wall of China.
4. Sailed the West Pacific.
5. Fasted for three weeks.
6. Solo kayaked the Mekong for 2 months.
7. Read Infinite Jest (all but footnotes), by DFW
8. Touched the List of Kings at Abydos temple, Egypt
9. Scuba dived Raja Ampat, Indonesia
10. Inline skated the Crazy on the corniche of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
11. Kayaked Mississippi from source to Minneapolis...1 month.
12. Visited nearly anything and everything in Jordan.
13. Deafeated a player who defeated WCC Bobby Fischer.
14. Had a film screened at the Doha International Documentary Film Festival, 2014.

Teach, Learn, Share

distilled, life is about sharing.

What I Can Share with Hosts

language, stories, great convos.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Guadeloupe, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Laos, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mali, Martinique, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Russian Federation, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Senegal, Singapore, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vanuatu, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Virgin Islands, British

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Germany, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, United States

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