CURRENT MISSION

International Consulting

ABOUT ME

Love to facilitate cross-cultural collaboration in extreme conditions through research and partnership facilitation between global communities.

PHILOSOPHY

I live my life to connect with people.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Just starting.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None so far. Looking forward to the first one. What I have done is facilitate community to community partnerships between USA and Latin American communities which entailed living in the homes, eating the food, sleeping on the beds and following the agendas of mutual partners. CouchSurfing on a community scale.

Interests

Long-distance road bike cycle touring, fine home building/restoration and woodworking, photography, and cooking simple food with local ingredients are my interests. Own an oriental rug and art gallery (www.kalatgallery.com).

• arts
• photography
• dining
• cooking
• restoration
• woodworking
• cycling

Music, Movies, and Books

Avatar, Zoolander, Brazil, Platoon, Camus' The Stranger, Clockwork Orange, Gregg's The Politics of Nonviolence, Farmer's AIDS and Accusation: Haiti and the Geography of Blame, Big Bang Theory, Jon Stewart

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Travelled in a VW bus from Hungary to Finland through the Soviet Union in 1978 meeting all kinds of interesting people along the way.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm a woodworker/carpenter who can teach you to build shit. I love oriental rugs and all of the handcrafts. I want to learn how to work iron as a blacksmith.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Bermuda, Canada, Costa Rica, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Sweden, Virgin Islands, British

Countries I’ve Lived In

Afghanistan, Pakistan, United Kingdom, United States