Manh's Photo

Partially Verified

  • Payment verified
  • Phone not verified
  • Government ID not verified

Not Accepting Guests

  • Last login over 12 years ago

Join Couchsurfing to see Manh’s full profile.

Overview

  • 1 reference
  • Fluent in English, Vietnamese; learning Chinese, Spanish
  • 44, Other
  • Member since 2007
  • product design, microbiological research
  • University California Santa Barbara. Art Center College o...
  • From Los Angeles and Saigon Vietnam
  • Profile 100% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To connect positively with others, and gift something to fellow travelers.

ABOUT ME

We just moved up here, to the San Francisco bay, and we would REALLY like to host someone before we go traveling in a couple weeks. So if you need a place to stay, email fast before we go!

We are oddball funny, pretty authentic, warm people. We met at the top of a mountain in a National Park called Zion!
We swim, hike in the hills around San Francisco, box, run, do yoga, eat odd foods, people watch and travel locally for fun. We are VERY simple people with very minimal needs. Seriously. We'd love to visit with REAL humans in their native habitat. And we'd love to take our hosts out to dinner and meet their friends if thats possible.

PHILOSOPHY

Be Nice.
Have fun.
Be different.
Be interesting.
Be interested.
Be real.
Be healthy.
Think for yourself.
Explore this great creation!
Kharma is the law and you WILL obey it.
There are no strangers,
only friends you havent met.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

While we are home, we will be hosting, of course, for visitors to the sprawl and beach and mountains and desert we call California!

Come visit, we are 30 min from San Francisco!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Just once in Holland.
Worked great and we would like to extend the same kindness to someone else.
Id have couchsurfed more, but my travels were far too spontaneous for planning ahead on that trip.

We are campers, and tend to use the van for that. Campgrounds and National Parks are great ways to meet really interesting and happy foreigners on vacation!

Interests

Sports.
Animals.
Outdoors.
Nutrition.
Music.
People watching.
Just exploring the fascinating world we live in,
from local grocery store aisles, to distant continents.

  • animals
  • cheese
  • yoga
  • running
  • traveling
  • music
  • outdoor activities
  • hiking
  • sports
  • boxing
  • swimming
  • law
  • beaches
  • parks
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Braveheart
Fight Club
Magnolia
Anchor Man
U2
James Brown
Chinese dramas on the internet.
Jack Johnson
Massive Attack
Bob Marley
Monty Python
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Anything we can read. (on the toilet)
Burning Man Festival

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I let a villiage of little kids in central Ghana (Africa) touch my skin, because they had never even SEEN a "white person" before. They were SO spooked and fascinated and happy. Amazing!

I can also make a good grilled cheese sandwich. And sushi too.

Teach, Learn, Share

I think what ive already written says what we have to share. We are willing to learn whatever we can wherevere we are.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, France, Mexico, Nepal, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, China, Ghana, United States, Viet Nam

Old School Badges

  • Pioneer Badge

Join Couchsurfing to see Manh’s full profile.

My Groups