Hey I'm Jordan from Toronto!

Update 2025. It's been some time since I was very active on here but I'm looking forward to doing quite a bit of traveling and hosting in the next year or two.

I joined CS in 2015 for a short trip to Ottawa and since then I've had nothing but great experiences. It's been an absolute pleasure seeing my hometown with new eyes and sharing spontaneous adventures and expansive conversations with the wildly diverse group of travelers who've surfed by.

I'm an optimist and idealist. I love to bring ideas from concept to reality though entrepreneurship, compose stunning and surreal images, create events and rich experiences, fly small aircraft, travel overland by motorcycle and learn about absolutely everything. I cherish my time on this strange little space rock and spend as much of it as I can doing things that bring me joy and fulfillment, surrounded by people who amaze me.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

Even before I discovered couchsurfing I had many of my greatest travel experiences with locals in the places I was visiting. I love adventures and people, I think it's interesting that CS is quite niche and viewed as kind of wild from the perspective of most people. For me it's very natural and one of my favorite things.

兴趣

I'm a super curious person, my interests and knowledge are wide ranging. The ones listed here are just the tip of the iceberg. If you posses specialized knowledge (and don't mind talking about work stuff while traveling), I'll ask you all sorts of questions, it's such a treat to get a peak into a subject while also getting to know a new person.

• photography
• flying
• motorcycles
• technology
• cars
• hiking
• camping
• astronomy
• business
• physics
• psychology
• science
• people
• personal development
• conversation
• burning man
• futurism
• debate
• pharmacology

音乐、电影和书籍

Music:

I listen to a lot of electronic music these days, Instrumental Electronic, Downtempo, Chill Step, Dub Reggae and all sorts of interesting stuff I find on Soundcloud.

I also like Classic Rock, Classical, Folk, Jazz, Bluegrass and almost any kind of live show.

Books:

I read mainly non-fiction: philosophy, psychology, behavioural economics, science etc.

Movies;

A few favorites that come to mind are Encounters at the end of the World, Lilja-4-Ever, Old Boy, The Princess Bride, Before Sunrise & Before Sunset, Magnolia, Waking Life.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

I had the opportunity to fly a gorgeous high performance aircraft from Toronto to Burning Man in Nevada. Flying low over and through the rockies in the most amazing weather with sun shining through layers of clouds creating hundreds of sunbeams and rainbows, slaloming around localized thunderstorms and skimming over snow covered peaks.

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我可以与沙发主分享些什么

I worked in IT for many years, I'm happy to help you with you solve your technical dilemma. I'm also good with cars and all sorts of mechanical and electrical problem solving. I've been to Burning Man 10 times now, if that crazy thing interests you I can help you understand what it is, and figure out your logistics to actually make it down there.

我游览过的国家

Argentina, Belgium, Chile, Egypt, France, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States