CURRENT MISSION

To see the world through my own eyes, make some good friends, and help some people along the way.

ABOUT ME

Freelance journalist traveling through China. Here is a link to my published stories: www.remarkableaardvark.tumblr.com

PHILOSOPHY

We are here to learn as much about each other and this planet that we're on as we can. Happiness and empathy are the two greatest qualities to strive for. Through travel and intercultural immersion can one strengthen their body, mind and spirit.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have never used CS before, but I have done my fair-share of staying on strangers couches without the directory of this website. I've done home-stays in China when I studied in Yunnan province for the fall of 2011. Also, I have stayed on friends couches around America on the many roadtrips I've taken from Boston to Colorado.

Interests

I love photography, guitar playing, writing and Chinese-speaking.

• writing
• singing
• photography
• traveling
• guitar
• fishing
• hiking
• skiing
• freelancing
• journalism
• cultural immersion

Music, Movies, and Books

Martin Scorsese, Stanley Kubrick
Ernest Hemingway, Aldous Huxley, Peter Hessler, Graham Greene, George Orwell
Paul Simon, Oliver Mtukudzi, Miles Davis, Bob Marley

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiking Mt. Fuji, and seeing the sunrise over Japan was pretty incredible.

Teach, Learn, Share

Musical knowledge (theory, guitar playing, songwriting, singing)
Mandarin (proficient)
English (fluent)
Spanish (proficient)
Fishing
Skiing
Journalism