Love to travel and meet new people. Chill person who enjoys relaxing after a long day of exploring. Not a partier. Enjoys engaging in political discussions, trying new food, trying to learn to speak a bit of the local language (or at least attempting to). I spent a lot of time working on a farm growing up. Now I live in a large city full of international people, which is great, but a huge change. I love going between urban and rural areas and contrasting them in a particular country.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To travel the world! And, to meet people, which is the best part of travelling for me.

Interests

• politics
• hiking
• sports
• etymology
• history
• international relations
• religion
• food
• language learning
• outdoors activities
• hiking in the mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: The Wind That Shakes the Barley, A Few Good Men, White Wedding, general history and dramas
Books: My Traitor's Heart, Between the World and Me, Freakanomics

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Visited Mount Everest, but just the base camp. (I didn't climb the actual mountain).

What I Can Share with Hosts

Fun stories from travelling and/or working with politics and international relations in Washington, DC. Will attempt to explain why the U.S. is such a contradictory place.

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Austria, Bangladesh, Botswana, Canada, China, Colombia, El Salvador, Germany, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Namibia, Nepal, South Africa, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

South Africa, United States