ABOUT ME

A laid-back adventurer originally from Michigan who's spent 5 of the past 6 years working, studying, and traveling overseas. I've taught English to school children in Korea, worked with business professionals in Beijing, and spent more than a year total backpacking around India and SE Asia. Despite all my travels am new to couch surfing. I'm going back to school this fall to start a grad program in Sociology at UCSC.
Looking forward to seeing more of my own country and meeting some fellow couchsurfers.

Interests

Adventures
live music,
art of all kinds,
the great outdoors,
hiking, camping, ultra light (and also not so light) backpacking
campfires, campfire songs and Smores
cooking and eating
fresh local produce
swimming, the beach, the mountains
chilling and hanging out

• arts
• books
• cooking
• traveling
• eating out
• music
• live music
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• backpacking
• camping
• adventure races
• surfing
• swimming
• business
• sociology
• beaches
• mountains

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Really the whole experience of traveling around India and Nepal
Taking in the view from a 20000ft summit in the Himalaya even more importantly the climb back down
Learning to teach by being given a book and put in front of 40 screaming kids who don't speak my language

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Laos, Luxembourg, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Germany, South Korea