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Overview

  • 6 references 5 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Spanish
  • 52, Male
  • Member since 2007
  • English teacher (11th grade)
  • Bachelor's degree in journalism, University of Florida
  • From Waipahu, HI, USA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

See the world on a shoestring

ABOUT ME

I'm single and I rent a room near Honolulu.

PHILOSOPHY

Get busy living or get busy dying

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I surfed my first couch in the summer of 2007 in Lima, Peru (thanks for showing me around, joel).

Interests

music, traveling, reading, playing poker, playing fantasy baseball

  • working out
  • reading
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • poker
  • music
  • backpacking
  • baseball
  • teaching
  • journalism

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies .. Rabbitproof Fence, Shawshank Redemption, Bad News Bears, Smokey and the Bandit..just to name a few

Music ... Coldplay, Dave Matthews, Indigo Girls, John Mayer

Books ... "Discovery Road" about two Brits who cycle the world...anything by michael connelly, john macdonald or leigh montville....anything about simon weisenthal, the nazi hunter..........

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

backpacking through south america for seven weeks....my first trip outside the u.s. and what an experience..the highlight would have to be getting stranded in southern bolivia (bus broke down).

Teach, Learn, Share

I would love to meet people who are different from me, people who could teach me about new cultures

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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