Currently setting free on another one year journey, returning to The Philippines, Sri Lanka, Madagascar and a fine selection of other exotic islands across the Indian Ocean. I am on a special mission to hand deliver approx. 3500 portrait photo gifts to smiling islanders whom I met upon those distant floating islands over the past few years. My most recent world tour found me hiking, hitching and meeting an amazing array of super happy-go-lucky people in Denmark, Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech and onward to Ethiopia and Madagascar for a fascinating 18 months of rewarding experiences, where I fulfilled my lifelong dream to travel through 100 countries. Now I am getting anxious to start on the next 100! My travel motto is: "A spirit with a vision is a dream with a mission"

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love interacting with people who have open arms for free-spirited world travelers. It is a unique opportunity to share advice and stories. I have lived in hundreds if not thousands of strangers homes all around the globe whether it be in remote tribal domains, rural farmlands, or concrete jungles.

Interests

Globe-trotting. Recording ethnic songs. Trekking. Learning languages. Photography. International Music. Basketball. Frisbee. Sharing my diverse photo albums of the wonders of our world and cultural peoples. Reaching goals...

• photography
• walking
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• basketball
• languages
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Michael Franti. Al Di Meola. Pat Metheney. Gilberto Gil. Habib Koite. Jeff Beck. Rush. Sade. Santana. Scorpions. Youssou N'Dour and a million more

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hitch-hiked to Antarctica...

Teach, Learn, Share

Just start walking, anything can happen...
Try your luck hitch-hiking as a travel mode...
Let trusty strangers adopt you into their home for a day or two or more...
While you see a chance take it!...

What I Can Share with Hosts

As a cross-continental globe-trekker I have enjoyed interacting with a thousand or more ethnic groups. I can offer feelings of freedom, experiences beyond the wildest imagination, humor and insight about the furthest corners of our world in which we live.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Mali, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Madagascar, United States