I'm a practitioner of conversation, empathy, community, and neighborhood observations.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

Why travel for a lot of money and meet few people when you can travel for little money and meet a lot of people?

兴趣

I will talk to you about anything for two hours, and then send you an article on it.

• traveling
• geography
• history
• public policy

音乐、电影和书籍

The Hamilton soundtrack, The Lives of Others, and Dune (by Frank Herbert), respectively (honorable mention to the Wire for the unmentioned category of favorite TV show).

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Drawn a map of the world in three minutes (no peeking at phones allowed!) (I also carved it on a pumpkin, but that took a lot more than three minutes).

Also, goatherded in China (see picture).

教，学，和分享

History, geography, localism and local lore, counterintuitive public policy, improvisational comedy.

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

Humor, information, considerateness.

我游览过的国家

Cambodia, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Mongolia, Nepal, Norway, Poland, Russian Federation, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

我居住过的国家

India, United States