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Overview

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  • Fluent in English; learning Swedish
  • 56, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • Data Analyst and Paramedic
  • MBA
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To travel the world, see new places and meet new people.

ABOUT ME

Well after spending the last few years traveling and working around the world I find myself back in the routine of a corporate job sitting in a cube. I love meeting people from around the world and learning about their cultures.

PHILOSOPHY

I want to learn to be a traveler, not a tourist!
I also want to learn to understand the world around me through traveling.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I never really tried CouchSurfing while I was traveling and now wish I had. But I am back in the US and might be up for hosting people.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm still new to this so I have experiences to look forward to!

Interests

Backpacking, baking, traveling, photography, snowboarding, reading, independent films

  • photography
  • baking
  • movies
  • reading
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • backpacking
  • snowboarding
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

My favorite travel book is "The Way of the World" by Nicolas Bouvier.

One of my favorite philosophy books is "How Should we then Live" by Francis Schaeffer

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Graduated from paramedic school!
Rode a motorbike taxi throught the streets of Hanoi.
Backpacked in the mountains of Northern Vietnam.
Petted a live tiger and swam in a jungle river with an elephant.
Hitchhiked in Sweden and slept in the woods.
Rappeled out of a helicopter.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahrain, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Afghanistan, Kuwait, United Kingdom, United States

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