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Overview

  • 13 references 11 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Russian
  • 49, Male
  • Member since 2007
  • Aspiring to be content and to positively affect my sphere...
  • College degree
  • From Chicago, IL, USA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To walk from the Caspian Sea to the Black Sea along the northern borders of Azerbaijan and Georgia

ABOUT ME

I'm an easy-going, fun loving guy who is insatiably curious about nearly all things. I love learning about new people and cultures and do believe that each person can impact the world for the better.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

My travels around the world would not have been possible without the kindness of strangers. There is no way to repay these people so I can only extend a helping hand to other people in need.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Most of my couchsurfing has been with people whom I met traveling that invited me to stay with them. I have couchsurfed a several times with people met through this site. I look forward to hosting people myself.

Interests

photography, documentary film, travel, sports, working with young people, nomadic peoples, environmental protection and conservation, human and civil rights, politics, prisoner advocacy and prison reform

  • horses
  • photography
  • documentaries
  • festivals
  • civil rights
  • boating
  • politics
  • movies
  • traveling
  • music
  • sailing
  • sports

Music, Movies, and Books

Favorite movies include:
"This Way Of Life"
"The Shawshank Redemption"
"The Dead Poet's Society"
"Louder Than A Bomb"
"Spellbound"
"Cool and Crazy"
"El abrazo de la serpiente" ("Embrace of the Serpent")
"Être et Avoir" ("To Be and To Have")
"Fargo"
"City of God"
"Born Into Brothels"
"The Sea Inside"
"Top Gun"

Favorite books include "A Long Walk To Freedom," Nelson Mandela's autobiography, and "To Kill A Mockingbird."

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Lived for one month with nomadic reindeer herders in the Russian Arctic.
Walked across the Sahara Desert with a camel salt caravan.
Lived for two months in the Pantanal region of Brazil.
Celebrated the Christmas and New Year's holidays in the Maramures region of Romania.
Canoed for forty-two days down the Missouri River.
Built a chair and two boats from scratch .
Experienced the Saut D'eau voodoo festival in Haiti.
Held an original score of music of both Beethoven and Mozart in my hands
Farmed with a team of oxen and with a team of draft horses

Teach, Learn, Share

I know a lot about many things but am a master of nothing. Ask me about tofu making, wooden boat construction, photography, farming with draft horses and/or oxen, sailing, no-knead bread making, broom making, or anything else I've mentioned in my profile.

I am always keen to hear or learn about great movies, interesting schools, ways of reusing or repurposing stuff, favorite or and interesting places/events, craft, human connection, stories, and anything else that is awesome.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Estonia, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Haiti, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Korea, Norway, Romania, Russian Federation, Senegal, Serbia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tanzania, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Netherlands, Russian Federation, United States

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