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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION: To find out what happened to that "other logins" map
ABOUT ME: I travel too much. Everything about me is on my website: http://thedromomaniac.com/
Please check it out and tell me what you think!!
PHILOSOPHY: Life is too short to be shy
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
I have been around the world a bunch of times and have met and traveled with a few CS'ers here and there.
Interests
Uh, let's see...working on my website, trying to play guitar, writing, basketball, tennis, trying to eat right
- writing
- books
- reading
- traveling
- music
- guitar
- basketball
- tennis
- hitchhiking
Music, Movies, and Books
My all-time favorite book is Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck.
Some books I have read recently:
Azir Nafisi-Reading Lolita in Tehran
Paul Theroux-Ghost Train to the Eastern Star
Simon Winchester-The Professor and the Madman
Tony Horwitz-Blue Latitudes
George Bernard Shaw-Pygmalion
Mark Bowden-Killing Pablo
Granta Reader 70
Fredric Dannen-Hit Men
Peter Bernstein-Against the Gods
Tofu Cookbook
top 10 movies;
All the President's Men,
Anchorman,
Breezy,
Chicken Rice War,
Cunnamulla,
Decline of Western Civilization,
Do the Right Thing,
Gimme Shelter,
Hands on a Hard Body,
Sherman's March.
Best movie I have seen recently is from Germany: The Lives of Others.
These days I listen to Tegan and Sara, Japanese and Thai pop, Elliott Smith, college alt-rock radio, and my latest fave is Cansei de Ser Sexy.
A list of my faves is on my links page:
http://www.kentfoster.com/links.html
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
I once witnessed a street cleaner in Budapest, Hungary reading a book. Most of the amazing things I have seen/done involve hitchhiking.
Countries I’ve Visited
Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malawi, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Oman, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City State, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe
Countries I’ve Lived In
Denmark, Hungary, Japan, Norway, United States