MY PAST JOURNEYS:

LATIN AMERICA | 2014 - 2015 | I flew to Mexico City for what was supposed to be a two month trip through Central America. A year later I flew home from Lima, Peru.

EASTERN EUROPE + MIDDLE EAST | 2016 | 28 countries in five months and almost all overland! A whirlwind experience.

NORTH AMERICA | 2017 | An epic road trip! I visited 37 States, 2 Canadian Provinces and stayed in 45 separate cities. With the 22,000 kilometers I drove I could have gone from Paris to Beijing! I Couchsurfed nearly the entire way!

EUROPE + ASIA | 2017 - 2020 | I spent a few years living in and traveling across Europe and Asia. In Europe I lived in Portugal and visited 7 other European countries while there. In Asia I traveled through 18 countries, including nearly every country in East and South Asia.

Why do I travel so much?
I got hooked and it's become my passion. On occasion I give presentations at colleges or social clubs about why they should adventure abroad and what the experience can teach them.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Couchsurfing delivers a fascinating and engaging experience, that's often well worth it despite the seldom headache. I've found fellow Couchsurfers to be a very special breed of people.

HOSTING EXPERIENCES:

PORTLAND, USA: Travelers from Japan, Germany and France

SEATTLE, USA: Travelers from the US, Spain, Belgium, Canada, China, Belarus, Germany, and Korea

LISBON, PORTUGAL: Travelers from Israel, Morocco, and Indonesia

SURFING EXPERIENCES:

UNITED STATES: San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Sequim, Dallas, Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Big Island of Hawaii, Salt Lake City, Cheyenne, Denver, Albuquerque, Amarillo, Oklahoma City, Austin, Jackson, Little Rock, Nashville, Birmingham, Atlanta, Tampa, Orlando, Charleston, Raleigh, Washington DC, Hartford, Detroit, Cincinnati, Louisville, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Des Moines, Sioux Falls, Minneapolis, Bismarck, Rapid City, Billings

CANADA: Vancouver, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto

MEXICO: Tijuana, Mexico DF, Puebla, Tuxtla Gutierrez

GUATEMALA: Xela

HONDURAS: San Pedro Sula, Tegucigalpa

COSTA RICA: San Jose

PANAMA: Ciudad de Panama, Colon

COLOMBIA: Medellin, Barranquilla

VENEZUELA: Maracaibo, Caracas, Margarita, Valencia, Maracay, San Cristobal

ECUADOR: Guayaquil, Cuenca

PERÚ: Trujillo

JORDAN: Amman

SLOVAKIA: Bratislava

AUSTRIA: Vienna

CZECH REPUBLIC: Prague

NORWAY: Oslo

SWEDEN: Gothenburg

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Dubai

SINGAPORE

INDONESIA: Yogyakarta

PHILIPPINES: Manila

JAPAN: Tokyo

SOUTH KOREA: Seoul

Music, Movies, and Books

BOOKS:
Shantaram, Lord of the Rings, Fahrenheit 451, Things Fall Apart, American Gods, China in Ten Words, Country of the Blind, How to Win Friends and Influence People, China Road, Years of Rice and Salt, Conquistador, Into the Wild, I am Malala, Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure, The Sex Lives of Cannibals, Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes, The Kite Runner, The Great Gatsby, The Keys to the Kingdom Series, Oryx and Crake

MOVIES:
Fight Club, Footloose, Dazed and Confused, The Motorcycle Diaries, Lord of the Rings, Top Gun, Space Jam, Grownups 2, The Room, Battlefield Earth

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

While spending three months in Venezuela a picture I took with the stacks of Bolivars I had bought on the Dollar black market for only a couple hundred bucks went viral and was widely circulated by those critical of the government's fiscal policy. I was recognized in the street and I also did a few interviews, here's an example: http://contrapunto.com/noticia/el-gringo-detras-de-la-mesa-llena-de-dolares-14258/

What I Can Share with Hosts

I've been to a lot of cool places and I've planned everything myself so if there's anywhere I've been that you're looking to visit I can give you all the knowledge I have. I have many strange tales to tell! I also really enjoy having free-wheeling and raucous conversations. What's the most controversial topic where you live? Let's talk about it. What opinion of yours is the most out there? Tell me about it.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kosovo, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Macao, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Palestine, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Colombia, Peru, Portugal, Russian Federation, United States, Venezuela