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About me

In the past I've worked as a cook, fruit picker, rickshaw rider, newspaper hawker, warehouse labourer and a dishwasher. I spent the majority of my 20's travelling, I mostly travel by land on local public transportation, also Hitch-Hiking, bicycle, and whatever else come my way. I try to limit my use of CO2 intensive transportation, but...well, the world is a big place, and most of the cool bits are the other side of a sea from me...I've met so many great people while travelling, who helped me out in so many ways: transportation, accommodation, meals, company, and just being friendly. Now I'm semi-settled I hope to give something back to travellers, and maybe get my travel kicks second hand.

Spoken languages

• English ^{Mother Tongue}

My interests

Hobbies:

Learning, bicycles, reading, hiking, travelling overland, drinking tea, trying to figure out Linux, taking it easy, chatting, trying to keep my eco-footprint small.

Books:

Kurt Vonogut, Umburto Eco, Arundhati Roy, Italo Calvino, Richard Brautigan, Joseph Heller, Alan Watts, Douglas Adams, Tom Robbins, Dostoevsky, OLD travel journals.

Music:

Tom Waits, Brian Eno, The Velvet Underground, The Pixies, Tom Waits, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Lemon Jelly, The Arcade Fire, Architecture In Helsinki, Boards Of Canada, The Clash, Tom Waits, CocoRosie, Digable Planets, Ernest Ranglin, Tom Waits, Gomez, Lou Reed, Manu Chao, Modest Mouse, Nick Cave, The Smiths, Sufjan Stevens, Talking Heads, Už Jsme Doma, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Аквариум, Tom Waits فرهنگ شریف and Tom Waits.

Films:

Catch 22, Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Strange Paradise.

Organisations I belong to:

couchsurfing, wikitravel, wikivoyage

Travel experiences

Past trips:

Austria, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Iran, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Pakistan, Poland, Russia, Spain, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United States

Planned trips:

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Cyclists

I like my bike more than may be healthy.

Vancouver

I live in Vancouver.

VegansVegetarians

I'm vegetarian, and I like to eat. Every day.

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