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Overview

  • 39 references 15 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Arabic, English; learning Amharic, Hindi, Korean, Spanish, Swahili
  • 40, Male
  • Member since 2006
  • Business owner / world traveller
  • Masters of logistics
  • From Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About Me

I have travelled and lived in many different parts of this world. I've been blessed to experience some amazing things during that time.

I'm a roaming nomad now with an online business.

I have slept in hundreds of hostels and hotels. I have been invited into people's homes in the most remote regions of this planet.

I've spent more time on buses, planes, trains, rickshaws, carts pulled by animals, motorcycles than the average person does in a lifetime.
With all this said I never feel burnt out of travelling.

Sailing is a huge passion of mine. The ability to command a sailboat across lakes, seas and oceans and reach new lands relying on nothing but your sails and skills excites me.
Right now I'm trying to get as much time sailing as possible. I feel my next adventure will be powered by the winds.
Love water and playing in it. Lakes, oceans, seas.
I have always been a port boy and I will always try and live next to the water.

PHILOSOPHY

This sums up a lot.

"Years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the things that you did do.
So throw off the bowlines.
Sail away from the safe harbour.
Catch the tradewinds in your sails.
Explore.
Dream.
Discover."

Good words to live by.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I got involved with couch surfing back in 2006 while backpacking South America since then I've hosted many surfers and organized many trips with various groups around the world.
I'm always available for travel advise or local knowledge.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've hosted and surfed several couches through couchsurfing.com, and it has been generally good. The people I've met here are usually interesting and great to get to know.

I've also surfed several friends couches (and floors and lawns...) after a night of heavy partying. Ummm... Does that count?

Interests

I enjoy traveling and meeting new people. I like discussing world issues and politics.
Here are a few more things i like:
Camping, hiking, fishing, sailing , India, Latin America, exploring new cities, taking pictures, attempting to speak new languages, eating delicious unknown random street food.

  • animals
  • culture
  • dining
  • running
  • partying
  • flying
  • motorcycles
  • boating
  • politics
  • traveling
  • auto racing
  • fishing
  • hiking
  • backpacking
  • camping
  • surfing
  • sailing
  • muslim
  • business
  • emergency services
  • languages
  • lakes
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Authors:
Khaled Hosseini
George Orwell
Few books I have enjoyed:
Shantaram
the white tiger
highways to a war
Burmese days
I like independent movies mostly.
Big on film festivals.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-lived in the Amazon jungle raising a puma
- Sailing around active volcanoes north of Sicily on an epic 15 day/2000 km+ sail from Crete to Sardinia
-I've roasted marshmallows over lava from an active volcano
- The Mosquito Coast
- Witnessed a bull jumping ceremony in the Omo Valley, Ethiopia
-cycled down the world's most dangerous road in the Andes
-danced a sunny night on solstice at the top of a mountain at the arctic circle.
-motorcycled across India and mongolia
- created my own Inca trail in peru (2 days of wondering in the mountains until we found the once lost city)
- ran my own hotel in sri lanka
-sky dived, para glided, rafted some rough water, dove in reef heavens, few gnarly bus rides that will never forget, spent more than one night in more than one 3rd world country's police station. and a few more things.....

Teach, Learn, Share

I can be a good travel resource for the following areas:
The Americas, The Middle East, India, South Korea
The Arabic and English Language
I can read and write Korean
Everyday Spanish
Making fires in the wild
I can help teach you how to sail a boat
I can teach you how to make liquor. cheap and easy
how to ride a motorcycle
how to get from NYC to Honduras and back for less that 300 bucks! (flying)
I can answer most questions related to middle east politics and Islamic / Middle Easter culture.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, France, Gambia, Georgia, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Lithuania, Macao, Macedonia, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bolivia, Cambodia, Canada, Jordan, South Korea, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates

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