CURRENT MISSION

Spent the last five years outside the USA launching my Donald Trump Detox Program. I've been rewarded with exceptional experiences in Peru, China, Thailand, Laos, Egypt, Cambodia, and Myanmar.

Finally, I have chosen to establish my roots Pattaya, Thailand.

In all my travels, I have never used CoachSurfing, but I truly believe in the concept. So as they say, it's time for me to "give back" and meet some fellow spirits along the way.

ABOUT ME

I treat every day as equally beautiful and full of promise. And my, what a great ride; . . . . . . . Creative, energetic, fun loving adventurer; . . . . .

Gardening and landscaping: I love nature as an integral part of life. I'm an accomplished gardener. I planted 73 roses in my front yard and built an oriental garden with a Koi pond in the back yard. I just remodeled a huge rock garden and built a small pond with a woodsy creek leading to a waterfall for a friend here in Boulder.

Good Cooking; Dining Out (put me in the kitchen and I'm happy). I was a newspaper food and restaurant critic for seven years. My definition of dining is good food, friends and conversation.

Secondary Interests: Deep Space; Physics, studying about China; Mandarin Chinese. . . . . . Music is an essential element, from the Doors; Pink Floyd, Holtz; Mozart, Bob Marley, Alberto Cortez; Julio Iglesias, Leonard Cohen; Peter Gabriel, to Hootie & the Blowfish. . . .

The Internet, any cutting edge technology. . . . . Life at the Limits. Always interested in learning, doing something new. . . living for today and can always find time for the spontaneous things that "just pop up".

My Passions
Sailing and the ocean has always been an important part of my life. I lived on the beach in Puerto Rico for 20 of the last 30 years. I have sailed and raced in most of the Caribbean. My crew won the Around Puerto Rico Race twice. I wrote the Sailing News column in the San Juan Star for nearly ten years.

Over the last ten years, the great passion I had for sailing has been transferred to racing automobiles. I raced stock cars and dwarf cars when I lived in California. Now I race professional go karts at 90 miles an hour. I never get tired of racing.

And now,focused on world travel again.

PHILOSOPHY

Happiness is a state of mind, really a self-fulfilling prophecy, not something that happens to you. Synchronicity and spirit works for me.

A high degree of spontaneity and enthusiasm for life. A burning desire to keep growing until the day I die.

Making positive reinforcement a part of daily life, not just lip service. I cherish the joy of simple pleasures like leaning on a moss-covered rock beside a creek.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am just getting started.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None. Enthusiastic to try it.

Interests

Driving Race Cars:
Writing My New Book: Happiness .. . In the Absence of Money
Gardening and Landscaping:
Good Cooking; Dining Out:
Travel: Next: Turkey, India, Iran, Vietnam, Morocco
Speaking Spanish and French:
Deep Space ; Physics:

Skiing:

• writing
• dining
• cooking
• gardening
• technology
• reading
• traveling
• cars
• music
• adventure races
• sailing
• physics

Music, Movies, and Books

South Pacific and Lost Horizons directly affected the course of my life.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Canada, China, Colombia, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Laos, Martinique, Mexico, Myanmar, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Lucia, Spain, Thailand, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Puerto Rico, Thailand, United States