CURRENT MISSION

To travel and learn about other cultures while meeting amazing humans and enjoying myself.

ABOUT ME

I love seeing and doing new things, I love to scuba dive, surf, camp, fish, ride motorcycles, cook, read, watch films, take photographs, hike, and swim, I enjoy boating, sailing, mingling, talking, listening, hunting, gardening, travel of course, singing, and playing guitar and bass.

PHILOSOPHY

I think travel is essential, it opens up your mind and forces you to face the world for what it is, not to rely on bias to tell you. I believe the vast majority of people are good.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am traveling right now and meeting people.

Interests

Traveling, playing music, meeting new people, art, food, cooking, motorcycles, surfing, sailing, hiking, photography, singing, movies, talking, wine.

• fish
• arts
• singing
• photography
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• motorcycles
• gardening
• boating
• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• guitar
• fishing
• hiking
• camping
• hunting
• surfing
• scuba diving
• sailing
• swimming
• communications

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC: Tom Petty, NOFX, Mozart, The Cure, Marilyn Manson, Billy Joel, John Mayer, Billie Holiday, Ray Charles, Sublime, Tribe Called Quest, Dahlia, Nat King Cole, Buddy Guy, Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Nat "Cannonball" Adderly, Charles Mingus, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, Shicky Gnarowitz and the Transparent Wings Of Joy, I Know Kung Fu, Aerosmith, Solo Dos En Tijuana, Hank Williams Sr., Tom Jones, The Housemartins, the music of Sifl And Ollie, Isaac Hayes, Sam And Dave, Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Janes Addiction, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, Jasmine Ash, Yves Montand, Wilson Pickett, De La Soul, Tony Bennett, Screeching Weasel, Run DMC, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Napalm Death, Morphine, Lynard Skynard, The Mermen, Lionel Richie, Kool & The Gang, Lenny Kravitz, Stone Temple Pilots, Dave Matthews, Leo Kottke, Martin Denny, Men At Work, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Newmans Tube, Twisted Sister, Metallica, Bare Naked Ladies, Nina Simone, Otis Redding, Outkast, Paul Simon, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Boots Randolph, Led Zeppelin, Bad Religion, Mad Season, The Misfits, Catholic School Girls, Shug Avery, Patsy Cline, Rancid, Sarah Mclachlan, Stevie Wonder, Albinoni, Bjork, Bob Dylan, Bouncing Souls, Cabal, The Kingston Trio, Cyndi Lauper, David Bowie, Johnny Cash, Dean Martin, Huey Lewis, James Brown, The Mills Brothers, Tom Waits

MOVIES:Big Lebowski, Raising Arizona, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest, Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Three Amigos, Raiders Of The Lost Ark, The Goonies, Pulp Fiction, Logans Run, Blade Runner, The Color Purple, Pirates Of The Caribbean, Mad Max, The Road Warrior, Stripes, Trading Places, Beverly Hills Cop, Space Balls, Blazing Saddles, History Of The World Part 1, Wet Hot American Summer, Super Troopers, Kung Pao, The Holy Grail, Night Of The Living Dead, The Blues Brothers, Very Bad Things, Top Secret, Harold And Kumar Go To White Castle, Spies Like Us, The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, Reservoir Dogs, True Romance, Caddy Shack, The Man With Two Brains, Apocolypse Now, Big Trouble In Little China, Saturday Night Fever, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Ran, Amelie, Il Postino, Rushmore, Boondock Saints, Excaliber, Get Shorty, Snatch, Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, Easy Rider, Blue Velvet, High Fidelity, Being John Malkovich, Gross Pointe Blank, Better Off Dead, Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, The Lost Boys, Zoolander, Heat, Way Of The Gun, Fight Club, Mystery Men, Shawshank Redemption, Leon "The Professional", Great Expectations, Casablanca, Eurotrip, Wedding Crashers, Anchorman

BOOKS:Anything from Kurt Vonnegut, Tom Robbins, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, or Carl Hiasson; some assorted titles from Anne Rice, or Michael Crichton; Shogun, Mozart by Marcia Davenport, Brave New World, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo series, The Stranger, The Places In Between by Rory Stewart

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sat on a pyramid in Belize, photographed a sea turtle at 80 feet deep, surfed a perfect wave in Santa Cruz, drank a glass of 1982 Petrus, climbed Mt. Hood, walked through a riot in Prague, but there are so many more adventures yet to come.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories, language, cooking

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belize, Cambodia, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Faroe Islands, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Macao, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, Malta, United States, Virgin Islands, U.S.

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