CURRENT MISSION

Discover the holy grail of course

ABOUT ME

I grew up in St. Louis, Missouri and have lived on the island of Dominica for a year, Finland, Spain, and now Korea. I lived in Busan for 2 years, Seoul for one, and I just returned this summer for a year-long fellowship.

I have worked as a Tennis Teaching Professional for a number of years, and English teacher in Spain and Korea, and a photographer. Although I am now in school, I try to keep these past careers a constant part of my life!

Check out some of my photography work:

www.joshnezam.com
joshnezam.tumblr.com

PHILOSOPHY

If education is a human right, travel should be more affordable, ya?

And at the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Willing to host or show people the ins and outs of my city. Also willing to have others do the same for me!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couchsurfing has fundamentally changed the way I travel. It's all about the people.

Interests

traveling, international politics, photography, reading, writing about travel and culture, playing and listening to music, film, biking, baking, playing and teaching tennis, fútbol, cooking, strong coffee and hold the sugar, any and every type of beer, wine, religious philosophy, nebulas, time, parmaggiano reggiano.

• culture
• writing
• photography
• education
• cooking
• wine
• beer
• coffee
• baking
• reading
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• tennis
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Literature:

"Shantaram" -Gregory David Roberts
"The Unbearable Lightness of Being" -Kundera
"Three Poems" -Ashbery
"Breakfast of Champions" -Vonnegut
"Clash of Civilizations" - Huntington
"World Order" - Kissinger
"The Origins of Political Order" - Fukuyama
"The Quiet American" -Greene
"The Knife Thrower" -Millhauser
"Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion" -Hume
"Being and Nothingness" -Sartre
Anything by Pico Iyer

NYTimes on the daily

Music: Sigur ros, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Regina Spektor, Pretty Lights, Kanye, Alexander, Bon Iver, Radiohead, Maná, Yann Tiersen, The Beatles, Belle and Sebastien, Flaming Lips, Gorillaz, The Killers, Iron and Wine..

Movies: La Grande Bellezza, Slumdog Millionaire, Barfi, Vanilla Sky, The Motorcycle Diaries, What Dreams May Come, Amelie, It's A Wonderful Life, City of God, Amores Perros, Films by Ingmar Bergman

Teach, Learn, Share

The ambitious types, the open types, the exploring types, the relaxed types, the philosophical types, the crazy types, the multifaceted types, the typeless types

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates

Countries I’ve Lived In

Dominica, Finland, South Korea, Spain, United States