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Overview

  • 29 references 15 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French, Italian, Japanese
  • 38, Male
  • Member since 2007
  • Tour Director
  • college degree in marketing, honours B.A in East Asian st...
  • From Mississauga, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

never stop learning, traveling and connecting with people

ABOUT ME

I am a young adventurous person who is always eager to learn and experience something new. I live in Canada, my family is Italian and have an in depth knowledge of Asia that I believe gives me an interesting perspective of the world. As I get older I see the benefits travel has bestowed upon me and the way I live my life, I hope only to further grow as time passes on.

PHILOSOPHY

Do everything once don't be afraid to have new experiences.
As well be open minded learn from your fellow man/women. If you are too set in your way of thinking you will never progress.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I can be your Toronto guide, or take you for a coffee

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I was at a couch surfing meetings in Ho-chi-min,Osaka and Toronto, but I have meet travelers at hostels and other events while traveling. I have surfed once in Japan, in Istanbul all over Kazakhstan, Korea and a really crazy night in Bishkek.

Interests

I love history and understanding its effect on modern day. In addition I would like to get more involved in sustainable tourism approaches, if possible I would like to start my own adventure tourism organization in the Future. If im not thinking or reading you can find me watching a movie, I love movies!

  • coffee
  • movies
  • reading
  • traveling
  • painting
  • surfing
  • history
  • tourism
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

I love 80's heavy metal and hair bands like iron maiden, Bon Jovi and the scorpions. On top of that I love Japanese hair metal like X-Japan.
in terms of movies I love two extremes one is romantic comedies( I have seen the Wedding Singer 50+ times) and then I love science fiction movies like star wars, Aliens and Masters of the Universe are some of my favorites

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The most amazing thing I have done at this point is I hitch hiked from Fukuoka-Osaka while I was traveling Japan as well I Hitch hiked around Okinawa. The people in Japan are very kind and if your a young guy traveling alone I highly recommend it. One of the most amazing things I have seen ins the Sun rise the mountains of Java the main island Indonesia. I can swear the mixture of greenery, fog was so beautiful I could have sworn I was in heaven.

Teach, Learn, Share

To be honest I dun have anything profound to write here at the moment, I am kinda like an artist waiting for insparation I know I wanna travel, but i need to meet more people and see more places before i can paint my masterpiece if that makes sense,. I am hoping that Couch surfing will help with this insparation.

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Japan, Singapore

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