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Overview

  • 10 references 4 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French, Spanish
  • 39, Other
  • Member since 2009
  • Creative Thinker
  • Bachelor of Arts
  • From Timmins, ON
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Think Globally, Drink Locally

ABOUT ME

So I've travelled extensively through Canada, the US, and Western Europe. My next missions are to cover Asia, Oceania, South America, and Africa.

I've got my education behind me and now I want to focus on traveling, living and learning. I'm looking forward to experiencing new cultures, lifestyles, and landscapes.

Currently I'm living on a day to day basis and my living arrangements can change any day now, but for now Canada is home.

I'm planning on heading to South Korea to teach English in Busan for the next year and hopefully get some surfing done on Haeundae beach. Also going to do some weekend backpacking trips through southeast Asia while I'm there. Fingers crossed

That's it, that's all.

PHILOSOPHY

Live life to the fullest.

"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up" - Thomas A Edison

"I feel bad for people who don't drink, because when they wake up in the morning, that's the best they'll feel all day" - Frank Sinatra

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I want to surf and host as much as possible. Once I have a stable living arrangement my hosting will be priority numbero uno.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couchsurfing has provided me with great experiences as both a surfer and a host. I've managed to meet a lot of great people through CS and I think it's a great way to travel.

Interests

Film, debate, politics, music, art, travel, philosophy, environment, activism, surfing, snowboarding, cultures, hiking, hacky sac... etc

  • arts
  • education
  • environment
  • drinking
  • politics
  • traveling
  • music
  • hiking
  • backpacking
  • surfing
  • snowboarding
  • teaching
  • beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Rules of Attraction, Trainspotting, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Spun, Requiem for a Dream, The Royal Tenanbaums, In Bruge, Wristcutters, Foot Fist Way, Hot Rod, Snatch, Fight Club, Stand by Me, There Will Be Blood, Last Days, Haggard, Into the Wild etc..

Music: Gogol Bordello, Against Me!, Alexisonfire, NERD, Clipse, The Sounds, Trouble, Second Floor Escape, City and Colour, Tom Waits, Johnny Cash, AFI, Guttermouth, CKY, Metric, Arctic Monkeys, Bloc Party, Radiohead, The Mars Volta, At the drive-in, The Hives, Cobra Skulls etc..

Books: Fast Food Nation, Scar Tissue

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiked Kokanee Glacier near Nelson, BC. Surfed venice, huntington, and malibu in LA, CA. Drove from Ontario to British Columbia, then British Columbia to California. Driving into the Rockies from Calgary was EPIC. Worked in Polar Bear Provincial Park in Northern Ontario right beside the Hudson Bay (one word, COLD). Worked for Greenpeace in LA, and Red Cross in Canada. Ran with the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain. Etc..

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, South Korea, United States

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