Just graduated from school with a Bachelor's degree in Business Management at San Diego State University. I am planning on backpacking for most of next year starting in Jan in SE Asia. I plan on visiting Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, and Singapore. Please join me or let's meet up. I bring happy vibes and enjoy laughing, good conversation, and a great beer!

"Skol"

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I want to get more involved in this community before my travels abroad. I always heard about during my travels but never really looked into it until now. I am looking for people just like me who are fun, open-minded, who I can have a simulating conversation with. Meeting new people is FUN!

Interests

I ride a motorcycle. I am an avid paddleboarder. Body builder. Entrepreneurship. Outdoorsman. Bearded fellow. Wish I was a viking! Love dogs.

I have been backpacking since January 5, 2016. Still going strong and seen and experienced so many incredible sights and people.

The purpose of my trip was to find direction in my life post-college. I want to start my own business. I want to create a mobile app designed to cater to backpackers. I am involved in the startup community back home and would like to get started shortly after I return home.

• dogs
• arts
• beer
• backpacking
• business
• entrepreneurship

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid, Think and Grow Rich, 4-Hour Work-Week
Music: Foster the People, Dr. Dre., Zac Brown Band, 90's Rap/Hip-Hop

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Serving in our armed forces as a U.S. Marine from 2005-2009.
Graduating from college with a B.S. in Business Management.
Successfully motorbike through Vietnam from HCMC to Hanoi with zero accidents.
Earned my OPW Certificate from Big Blue Diving in Koh Tao.
Volunteered for an amazing orphanage in Cambodia called Happyland.
Attended Full Moon Party June 2015

Teach, Learn, Share

Entrepreneurship - "Living a few years of your life like most people won’t, so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can’t.”

"Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things no one can imagine."

What I Can Share with Hosts

My life story. In the end, all we have is our stories.

Knowledge of places I've been to these past 6 months:
Thailand [Bangkok, Koh Phangan, Phuket, Krabi, Koh Tao, Chiang Mai, Pai, Chiang Rai, Ayutthaya]
Laos [Luang Prabang, Vang Vieng, Vientiane, 4000 islands]
Cambodia [Siem Reap, Phnom Penh, Kampot, Takeo, Koh Rong, Koh Rong Sanloem]
Vietnam [too many places to count]

Countries I’ve Visited

Afghanistan, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Iraq, Laos, Myanmar, Peru, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Viet Nam