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Overview

  • 4 references 3 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Bislama, Spanish
  • 49, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • I spend a lot of time hanging out and enjoying life...
  • High School, then self-educated after.
  • From Early years in Bakersfield California, then moved to Mexico.
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Live, laugh, love! Meeting, and hanging out with all you vagabonds!

PHILOSOPHY

Life, the adventure; interesting, revealing, and ultimately instructive. =]

And, no less important is my practice, to be of service... in whatever little ways I can.

Ah, and lastly, well I'm a romantic at heart, always have been; aren't we all though, really?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've had such a great time with the CS'rs that have come through the house. Playing host and tour guide has been so much fun, so I'm always looking forward to new people coming in. Yaay!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Since it's early in my CS career I have only stayed with two wonderful people. They were both great hosts, and truly giving people. I had super nice times chatting with them when I got "home" and enjoyed their company to no end. I'm sure I'll enjoy any future couches just as much as I did with them.

As for hosting, I've had a number of surfers come through the house, and have met with other couchsurfers while traveling. Always awesome... and looking forward to meet more inspiring people!

Interests

Putting it out there, Yoga, dance, cycling, running, swimming, reading, honest conversations, social gatherings, computers, reddit, travel, photography, surfing, psychology, philosophy, dressage, music exploration, gardening, expressing my creativity through writing and painting... bouncing off of the walls of the little proverbial box we all seem to get put into, and then there's the little random things we all do but never bother to list.

  • writing
  • photography
  • dancing
  • yoga
  • running
  • gardening
  • reading
  • traveling
  • painting
  • music
  • opera
  • cycling
  • surfing
  • boxing
  • swimming
  • psychology
  • tourism
  • beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: The Smiths, Cake, Lady Gaga, The Cure, Bonobo, Sufjan Stevens, Snoop Dogg, The Beatles, Eminem, U2, The Shins, The Decemberists, Cafe del Mar, Little Dragon, Royksopp, Phoenix, Beirut, Band of Horses, Tool, Wax Tailor, Album Leaf, Pinback, Sigur Ros, Elvis, Vashti Bunyan, Metallica, Cypress Hill, Dr. Dre, Seal, Modest Mouse, DMB, The Police, Top 40 Dance, and so on, and so on...

Books I've read and liked: 100 Years of Solitude, Dune Series, Perfume, Power of Now, Kite Runner, Jitterbug Perfume, Autobiography of a Yogi, Meetings with Remarkable Men, The Road Less Traveled, Harry Potter, The Road, Siddhartha, Windup Bird Chronicle, Power of One, Way of the Superior Man, "Guns, Germs, and Steel", Krishnamurti's writings, but wait there's more...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I think I've been really impressed by some of the things that I never thought I'd do.

I remember being really impressed that I was standing there looking at the faces at Angkor Wat, but I was also profoundly touched when I saw the Sydney Opera House. I had that feeling of never expecting to see these places, and being very grateful that I was.

Another example is being on an empty deserted beach in Vanuatu. Not a person in sight, just the wind, azure waters, and islands in the distance. For a moment, I felt like the only person in the world.

Teach, Learn, Share

Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you truly love. - Rumi

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Cambodia, Canada, China, India, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Thailand, United States, Vanuatu, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Vanuatu

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