I go by “Woncho” and I’m a huge adventurer!

There's nothing better than pushing my personal boundaries and discovering new things and ideas.

People know me for my love of hitchhiking (links below).
I’m traveling solo and with friends to meet people and walk the earth like Caine from Kung Fu.

My idea of fun is throwing myself into random situations and figuring my way out of them.

-At 18, I voluntarily went homeless in Downtown Dallas and documenting about the experience, staying in homeless shelters and sleeping in random places
-I hitchhiked the 48 continental states by the age of 21
-Bought a 1-way ticket to Alaska and hitchhiked through 10 cities in North America (i.e. Canada, Detroit, Tijuana, NYC) on a scavenger hunt for $100,000 with my then girlfriend.
-Hitchhiked from Dallas and stayed NYC with only $60 in my pocket and came back with $160 three months later
-Couchsurfed nude in Brussels with my nude host (don’t worry I won’t be nude at your place)

Some of my favorite quotes:

“In the future, the great division will be between those who have trained themselves to handle these complexities and those who are overwhelmed by them -- those who can acquire skills and discipline their minds and those who are irrevocably distracted by all the media around them and can never focus enough to learn.”

“Think of it this way: There are two kinds of failure. The first comes from never trying out your ideas because you are afraid, or because you are waiting for the perfect time. This kind of failure you can never learn from, and such timidity will destroy you. The second kind comes from a bold and venturesome spirit. If you fail in this way, the hit that you take to your reputation is greatly outweighed by what you learn. Repeated failure will toughen your spirit and show you with absolute clarity how things must be done.”

"The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results"

"Study logic. Then break all the rules"

"Don't be afraid to be a fool. Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly just cynics. Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don't learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us. Cynics always say no. But saying yes begins things. Saying yes is how things grow. Saying yes leads to knowledge. "Yes" is for young people. So for as long as you have the strength to, say yes"

Here's some links below

facebook.com/whereswoncho
instagram.com/whereswoncho
npr.org/2015/08/09/430079847/thumbs-up-then-and-now-hitchhiking-stories-from-the-road
www.kickstarter.com/projects/woncholikeponcho/webseries-of-woncho-like-poncho-hitchhiking-the-mi

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I surf, I host, I crash, I let others crash. If I have something I don't use anymore I give it away, when I have food I share it. Met tons of awesome people through here and many are now some of my closest friends. I love connecting with people and connecting them to others!

Interests

• documentaries
• film making
• dancing
• fitness
• partying
• video games
• reading
• hip-hop music
• hiking
• camping
• sports
• boxing
• table tennis
• food
• adventure
• rap
• ping pong
• hookah
• street photography
• stimulating conversation
• vietnamese coffee
• getting shit done

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Fight Club, Bad Santa, Boogie Nights, Rushmore, In Bruges, Silence of the Lambs, Catch Me If You Can, The Departed, Shawshank Redemption, Forest Gump, Moonlight, The Martian, Rocky,

TV Shows: Game of Thrones, Rick and Morty, Shark Tank, Sherlock Holmes, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Better Call Saul, Power, Narcos, Breaking Bad, The Wire, House of Cards, Ozark

Music: Freddie Gibbs, Frank Ocean, UGK, Kanye West, Lana Del Ray, Madlib, Air, Modest Mouse, The Strokes, Corinne Bailey Rae, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Michael Buble, Muse, Nouvelle Vague, Lasse Lindh, Radiohead, Danny Brown, Big K.R.I.T., Eminem, Drake, Stanley Getz

Books: Ham on Rye, Post Office, Fight Club, Battle Royale, The Art of War, I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, The Four-Hour Work Week, The Little Prince, The Alchemist, Revolutionary Suicide, Mastery, Boys will be boys, The Obstacle is the Way

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hitchhiking all of North America

Teach, Learn, Share

How to hitchhike, grow a social media following on Instagram, play a Vietnamese card game called 13, fun stories

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stimulating conversation, hitchhiking advice, awesome references, social media marketing tips and I can also grill a mean steak. (Medium rare)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Mexico, Poland, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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