CURRENT MISSION

Discover the world and leave the places I visit better than they were before

ABOUT ME

I'm an adventurous, open-minded and easy-going person. I enjoy meeting new and interesting people from all walks of life and love to share stories, cook and exchange and recipes. Music is also a big part of my life and I always try to discover the local music when I go places. I love to sing and play my ukulele, I take it everywhere with me. I'm also an avid surfer and free-diver. I used to teach surfing in the summertime, it's one of my favorite things to teach new friends. I've surfed in many places around the world and I'm always hunting for more waves. I also just started learning how to spearfish, if you love seafood I'll catch you some dinner!

PHILOSOPHY

“In traveling, a companion, in life, compassion,'" she repeats, making sure of it. If she had paper and pencil, it wouldn't surprise me if she wrote it down. "So what does that really mean? In simple terms."
I think it over. It takes me a while to gather my thoughts, but she waits patiently.
"I think it means," I say, "that chance encounters are what keep us going.”

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have couchsurfed in Japan, Tahiti

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I CouchSurfed in Tahiti and Japan and had the best experience! Can't wait to CouchSurf again.

Interests

surfing, cooking, skateboarding, photography, playing ukulele, drums and guitar.

woodworking and picture-frame building

• fish
• singing
• photography
• seafood
• cooking
• recipes
• flying
• traveling
• woodworking
• music
• guitar
• drums
• fishing
• hunting
• surfing
• scuba diving
• skateboarding
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

all books by Tom Robbins. Stranger in a Strange Land. Haruki Murakami.

music:

The Doors, The Police, Rolling Stones, The Beatles, ELO, Marvin Gaye, Tom Petty, Clapton, Hall & Oates, The Black Keys, Air Supply, Earth Wind & Fire, RHCP, Radiohead, Led Zeppelin, Sublime, Slightly Stoopid, The Expendables, SOJA, Rebelution, Jack Johnson

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

When diving once, I was surrounded by two dolphins that waved at me with their fins then disappeared into the kelp. Then a baby harbor seal swam up to me to say hi, and then tried to steal my fish.

ultralight flying, surviving an earthquake, street racing in the mountains of Japan.

Countries I’ve Visited

Chile, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, France, French Polynesia, Indonesia, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, South Korea, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Japan, United States