CURRENT MISSION

Create unique eye-opening & heart-warming experiences between people of different cultures.

ABOUT ME

Idealist w/a healthy dose of realism, traveler, explorer, buddhist punk, open-minded, non-conformist, awarehead, reliable, respectful, compassionate, generous, lover of people, music, and all life!

PHILOSOPHY

Take a few years out of your life to travel long, far, and off the beaten path. Keep learning and experiencing new people and places. Treat others as you wish to be treated. Cultivate your awareness, patience, forgiveness, generosity, compassion, acceptance, unconditional love, being present, letting go, and impermanence in all people and things.

Favorite Quotes: "We travel not to escape life, but so that life does not escape us" - "Freedom is the time between your perception & your opinion" - "There are no mistakes...only lessons learned" - "Do not fall in love, rise in love" - "Be yourself, everyone else is taken" - The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To help others experience travel within their budget by providing a couch for them, show them my city NYC, meet new interesting people, make new friends, learn from others, and to share what I've learned.

Interests

Travel, modern and street art, photography, meditation, yoga, relationships, exploration, self-discovery, all discovery, beaches, camping, hiking, wave running, hang-gliding, para-gliding, sky-diving, meeting people of different backgrounds while learning, absorbing, and living their culture.

• traveling
• music
• electronic music
• skydiving
• adventure travel
• innovation
• social entrepreneurship

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Into The Wild, The Art Of Travel, Basquiat, Che, Motorcycle Diaries, Crash, Usual Suspects, Seven Pounds, Reality Bites, Dazed And Confused, Pulp Fiction, Buffalo 66.

Music: Just to name a few...Mazzy Star, Gotan Project, Federico Aubele, Manu Chao, Si*Sé, Sade, Eddie Vedder/Pearl Jam, Jane's Addiction, Kasabien, Modest, Mouse, Radiohead, U2, (Minimal/Techno/Tech-House DJs and Producers: Blond:ish, Butane, Guti, tINI, Gaiser, Nicolas Jaar, Camea, Jamie Jones, Lee Burridge, Clockwork, Maceo Plex, Wolf+Lamb)

Books: Way Of The Peaceful Warrior, Journey Of Socrates, Wide Awake, The Road Within, Dharma Punx, A Road Less Travelled, Voice Of Knowledge, The Four Agreements.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

So many things traveling... hungout w/Bono in Bali, seen UFO and a huge halo around the moon in the skies of Mexico, skydiving and hang gliding!!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, France, Germany, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States