CURRENT MISSION

To meet locals and ex pats in Thailand and to enjoy the company of fellow travelers!

ABOUT ME

Carmen: Im 58, I ski, hike, snorkel, go to the theatre in NYC to see plays, concerts, etc. I get involved in community projects and I am a staunch democrat who gets involved politically. I also enjoy fine dining.

Anna: I'm 50, I work out at the gym and run daily. I like clothes, reading, family, friends, going to the islands to sunbath and I appreciate good food.

We both love culture.

PHILOSOPHY

Carmen & Anna: Since we're going passing this way once, enjoy the life you have been given. Explore and learn.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

For now we are interested in finding people in Thailand to meet us for a drink to hear about life in Bangkok or wherever we happen to be! We would also love some suggestions from locals of great things for us to do! Perhaps in the future we will try hosting fellow couch surfers!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Carmen & Anna: We're both first timers.. Carmen's daughter CSed in Brazil and met terrific people. Her great stories piqued our interest in CS

Interests

Carmen & Anna: We both love traveling and meeting new and interesting people, of course!

Carmen: Being from New York, there are always a million new things to do and I love taking advantage of all the city has to offer. I go to the museums (the MET is wonderful always but I also enjoy the modern art at MOMA and the Guggenheim). I go bike riding through Prospect Park regularly but also adore Hudson River Park in lower Manhattan and Highline Park (a new park that opened in 2009 on the West side of Manhattan, it is built on old elevated railroad tracks). I also go kayaking in the Hudson River and try to catch a movie in the theater every once in a while, most recently I saw Midnight in Paris with my daughter and The Tree of Life.

• arts
• culture
• theater
• fashion
• modern art
• concerts
• dining
• fine dining
• running
• working out
• drinking
• clothing
• reading
• traveling
• cycling
• hiking
• kayaking
• scuba diving
• snorkeling
• skiing
• sports

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Lions for Lambs, My Life As a House, The House of Sand and Fog, Through the Wormhole: PBS Science Series, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, I Am Legend, The Hours, Pan's Labrynth, 28 Days Later, X Men: First Class.

Music: The Beatles, The Mamas and the Papas, U2, Dido, Donna Summers, Coldplay, Moby, Black Eyed Peas, Buffalo Springfield, Madonna, The Flamingos, The Beach Boys, Enya, Morcheeba, Philip Glass.

Books: 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez, Childhood's End and Expedition to Earth by Arthur C. Clark, Blink and Outliers by Malcom Gladwell, The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria, Hot Flat and Crowded by Thomas L. Friedman, America by Jon Stewart, Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Carmen: I walked in the Sahara desert, saw the pyramids, hiked in Utah (Canyonlands and Arches), swam in Hanama Bay in Hawaii, went Scuba diving in St. Maarten, snorkeled in Puerto Rico, rode a mountain segway, climbed the pyramids in Mexico and swam with the dolphins in Key West, Florida.

Anna: I have traveled to Japan many times to visit family, been to nearly all the islands in the Caribbean and traveled extensively throughout Europe. I also attend the Kentucky Derby every year!

Teach, Learn, Share

Carmen: I enjoy talk about the American psyche, it's triumphs as well as it's pitfalls.

Anna: I love sports, current events, fashion trends