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Overview

  • 45 references 41 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning Italian, Korean
  • 42, Male
  • Member since 2005
  • Government
  • MA in International Affairs
  • From Thousand Oaks, CA, USA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To get back to my Couchsurfing roots

ABOUT ME

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PHILOSOPHY

Acta non verba

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've been on Couchsurfing almost since its inception. My first guest was back in 2005 when I was living in Korea. I haven't always been free to host, but when I am, I try to provide the most comfortable situation possible for my surfers.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've hosted and have been hosted and all experiences were fairly positive. Obviously, some people are cleaner/more polite/thoughtful/generous/appreciative/perfect than others, but that's to be expected ;)

Surfed- Catia, Frankfurt, Germany
Hosted- Gionata, Italy
Hosted- Lyndsey, USA
Hosted- Neal, USA
Hosted- Pawel, Poland/Japan
Hosted- Ed, UK
Surfed- Aaron, Fukuoka, Japan
Surfed- Pawel & Ania, Osaka, Japan (twice)
Surfed- Vanessa, Chicago
Surfed- Colleen, Fukuoka, Japan
Hosted- Rogerio, US/Portugal
Hosted- Carolyn, Washington DC
Hosted- Vered and Avner, Israel
Hosted- Ji Eun (Korea) and her mate Lea (Italy)
Hosted- Catalina, Colombia (via Beijing)
Hosted- Philipp, Berlin
Hosted- Hyphen, Hong Kong
Hosted- Angela, Lyne, Mye; Vietnam (via Beppu)
Hosted- Daniel. UK (via the world)
Hosted- Sebastian and Fabian, Germany (via New Zealand)
Hosted- Kane, Canada (via Japan)
Hosted- Tim, Oz
Hosted- Andy, US
Hosted- Callie and Ikuya, Japan
Hosted- Leng, UK (via Beijing)
Hosted- Andre, Poland; Praewk, Thailand (via Shanghai)
Hosted- Andrew, NY
Hosted- Carolyn and her friend, Germany
Hosted- Zack, US
Hosted- Pete, Hungary
Hosted- Paula, Oz; Marty, Scotland/NZ
Hosted- Kyle, US
Hosted- Leah, US; Courtney, Canada (via Korea)
Surfed- Elnie, Singapore
Surfed- Dhugal, Singapore
Hosted- Johanna, France
Hosted- Carlin, NY
Hosted- Jasmine and friend, NZ (via Japan)
Hosted- Florian, Germany
Hosted- David, US
Hosted- Lorenzo, Italy
Hosted- Karen, Hong Kong
Hosted- Alfiya, Belarus
Hosted- Eugenio, Italy
Hosted- Jae, Indonesia
Hosted- Vanessa and Kim, Shanghai
Hosted- Jay- Toronto
Hosted- Noah, Norway etc.
Hosted- Aida, Lithuania
Hosted- James, UK
Hosted- Liew and Sarah, NZ
Surfed- Hildur, Iceland

Interests

Living a healthy lifestyle, eating clean, surfing, sunshine, stand up comedy, snowboarding, electronic music, good coffee, history, philosophy, politics, yoga, hiking, traveling, baseball.

  • dining
  • coffee
  • organic food
  • politics
  • traveling
  • music
  • electronic music
  • hiking
  • kayaking
  • surfing
  • snowboarding
  • baseball
  • jiu jitsu
  • history
  • volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

My music collection is pretty eclectic. It'll range from classical, punk, trance, hardcore, metal, fado, bachata, reggaeton, bachata, etc. As for books, I seem to have a habit of buying them and not reading them.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Guatemala

What I Can Share with Hosts

A clean, safe space, and heaps of useless knowledge :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, El Salvador, England, France, Germany, Guatemala, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Maldives, Mexico, Norway, Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Guatemala, South Korea, United States

Old School Badges

  • 5 Vouches
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