Bioarchaeologist from Michigan, USA. Previously studied and lived in Bolivia, Romania, Singapore, Kazakhstan, and most recently Kyrgyzstan. Lover of all things travel, obscure music, great food, and meeting fellow travelers!

Perché sono iscritto su Couchsurfing

I find couchsurfers to be some of the most interesting travelers, with so many stories and experiences to share that I love to hear as a host/on hangouts.

Interessi

History, Anthropology, Archaeology, Obscure Destinations, Ossuaries/Charnel Houses/Cemeteries, Learning Languages, Eating, Travel, Cooking, Local Music, Photography, Hiking/Trekking, Adventure Tourism, Soviet-era Art and Architecture

Musica, film e libri

Favorite bands: mewithoutYou, La Dispute, Florence + The Machine, Of Monsters and Men, Sigrid, Aurora, Daughter, LIGHTS, Tom Walker, Lorde, Christine and the Queens, Bastille, Wardruna

Books: I enjoy reading both fiction and non-fiction, though I tend to read more of the latter these days since truth is always stranger than fiction. I'm always interested in non-fiction on North Korea, travel writing, and Silk Road history.

Movies/TV Shows: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Fringe, Departures, Sense8, Dicte, Rita, Game of Thrones, RPDR, Queer Eye, Vikings, Pose, Dark

Una cosa incredibile che ho fatto

Took a 7 month RTW trip/study abroad from Prague to Tokyo in 2014. I spent the summer excavating a medieval Transylvanian cemetery in Romania and a semester at NTU in Singapore, visiting 15 additional countries along the way.

Excavating a medieval Silk Road city on the Uzbekistan/Tajikistan border.

Spending two years living in Central Asia and studying local languages.

Insegna, impara, condividi

I'm always open to sharing knowledge about my fields of study (anthropology, archaeology, history) and travel experiences. Always interested in language exchange (I took a lot of language courses in uni).

Cosa posso offrire ai padroni di casa

Language exchange, travel stories, I'm a pretty good cook, random facts about whatever topic we’re discussing haha

Paesi che ho visitato

Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Liechtenstein, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Netherlands, Palestine, Peru, Poland, Romania, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Paesi in cui ho vissuto

Bolivia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Singapore, United States