As a third-culture, mixed-ethnicity kid, I have naturally taken to seeking novel experiences in cultures. This has fueled my love of travel not merely as a voyeuristic nomad, but also as a host curious to live through a guest's stories. There is no substitute for getting to know a culture and place through a local's eyes, which is why I love this platform. Yes, hostels are sometimes nice, but I much prefer to get to know the nooks and crannies that only someone who lives there might know about. For now, I'm on the road again in SE Asia, but once I've settled down again, I want to host more folks, especially international travelers who enjoy sharing stories about places and people they've met that have impacted them. Past adventures on CS include solo surfing and hitchhiking parts of eastern and central Europe for a few months. This period of travel was, without exaggeration, the very best time of my life.

Film: Ladybird Samsara, the documentary 13th on Netflix anything by Wes Anderson (favorite being the Royal Tenenbaums) Birdman Blade Runner Inception The Matrix Akira Paprika (another anime) most anything by Miyazaki The Jungle Book (the original) There Will be Blood (anything by the Cohen brothers) Buffalo '66 Tv: Nathan For You (if you've never heard of this, please for the love of all that's good check it out) Westworld Peep Show Arrested Development Cowboy Bebop The Chapelle Show Books: Catcher in the Rye, Thank God for Evolution, Heidegger, Foucault, David James Duncan, Rothke, Walden, Lao Tzu, Zhuang Zi, Harry Potter (ask me about this :) Music: Chance, Django Reinhardt, Neil Young, early Santana, Fourtet, Odetta, Bach, Pavement, Sam Cooke, DJ Shadow, John Fahey, Nujabes, Bob Dylan, J Cole, Beach House, Bonnie Prince Billy, Noname, Dave Rawlings Machine, Grizzly Bear, The Velvet Underground, Ella Fitzgerald , Miles Davis... in short, it all depends on my mood.