CURRENT MISSION

Travel, discover the world, meet new friends, have new adventures, open my mind and heart

ABOUT ME

About a year ago I was on the typical time of school, work, job, marriage, children, and grow old like most people around the world but I realize I wanted more for my life wanted to explore the world and open my mind. I was working in corporate America in California so I decided to take a leave of absence from my work and travel to gain new perspectives not only about myself but about the people and places of this world. I have been traveling for almost a year now and almost out of money but I am now consider myself richer than before I left. I believe travel changes you and expand the mind for the better and the more people and places you explore the more open and educated you become.

I am what some may call a "jack of all trades". I have so many interests that sometimes it's hard to find time to do it all. I'm pretty easy going and try to live at peace with the world and everyone around me. I like to meet new friends, go to new places, and share ideas and interesting stories, and especially eat new types of food. I believe everyone is interesting and special in their own way and I like to discover that in people that I meet.

I was born in Vietnam but emigrated to the US when I was young and grew up in Southern California where the sun always shine and the weather is always the same. I love to travel to see all the different places and weather on earth and how others on this small planet live their lives and what makes them happy or the challenges that they have. The more I travel the more I understand how people are the way they are and I also come to realize how bless and lucky I am. I take that to heart and try to help others less fortunate than me.

PHILOSOPHY

Live....learn....explore....love....teach....give back

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I like to host guests from around the world. Especially someone from a country I know nothing about. I am also equally excited about traveling and meeting new hosts along the way. This is a great community and I hope to contribute what I can to make it better and to have great experiences. I've gone to a lot of couchsurfing meet up and want to couchsurf more as I travel around the world.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have been active on couchsurfing for a couple of years now and have hosted and surfed with many people. I have had very good experiences so far and look forward to meeting new people as I travel.

Interests

I do a lot of activities and have a very diverse interest in many things. Below are the things I feel most passionate about. I would love to sit down and have coffee or drinks with anyone wanting to learn about my activities or hear about what they do for fun.

-Bike touring
-Scubadiving, Freediving, Spearfishing
-Photography
-Backpacking
-Traveling
-Snowboarding
-Biking
-Tennis
-Technology geek

• photography
• education
• dining
• coffee
• drinking
• technology
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• backpacking
• snowboarding
• tennis
• teaching
• engineering
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies I like: Tron, Inception, The Matrix Series, Xmen series, Star wars series, The book of Eli, The Walking Dead series, Moon, ....

Music I like: Aberfeldy, Muse, Guster, Incubus, Keane, Silversun pickups, Empire of the sun, Shpongle, Infected Mushroom, Andain, Tiesto, ...

Books I like: Frank Herbert's Dune series, Orson Scott Card's Ender Series, Dan Simmons's Hyperion Series, ...

Recently I haven't watched any new movies due to traveling so it would be nice to watch a movie again.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have recently rode a bike 1500 km from Tijuana Mexico through Baja California to La Paz.

The sunrise on my climb up Mt. Shasta.

Riding on top of a bus with locals, a goat, and a pig.

4 days in the gulf of mexico on a secluded beach with cool people, good music, sun, and surf.

Jumping off a 7 meter water fall into 5 degrees water

Bunging jumping and free falling for 134 meters

Sunrise on top of a volcano after hiking for 5 hours and gaining 1500 meters.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am an engineer by education and practice. I can solve technical problems and help make people's lives better.

I am fascinated and inspired by people who are artistic and musically talented. I respect and want to learn from people who are creative.

I am trying to learn spanish and enjoy talking and practicing it whenever I have a chance.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Panama, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States, Viet Nam

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