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Porto, Porto District, Portugal
@mark81307802
Member since 2022
American, 69, ex-landscape architect. Designed, build and ran my own beach boutique hotel in Sri Lanka, then sold it before the COVID disaster hit. Now retired in Portugal, enjoying the beauty and calm of Europe and travelling as much as possible.
Interested in Design
Interested in Engineering
Fluent in English
Learning Afrikaans
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
To reduce costs on my long epic journeys and to meet amazing people.
Music, Movies, and Books
Wrote my own photobook about African house building! https://www.marksmoot.com
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Survived a tsunami.
Teach, Learn, Share
Architecture, photography, plant identification, landscape architecture
What I Can Share With Hosts
Conversation and wisdom.