32 random FACTS about ME

Updated: 07/8/20 | July 8th, 2020

Back in 2011, I composed this publish featuring some personal facts about my life. It was a window into non-travel me. Well, that was a loooooong time ago. La vida cambia. La gente cambia.

Since a great deal has occurred in the last nine years (professionally as well as personally), I wished to update this web site so you can discover a bit a lot more about me as well as my interests. There’s a lot more than just a writer as well as travel fanatic here.

So, to begin the second half of the year, here’s a bit bit about me:

1. I dislike flying. I like airports, lounges, as well as elite status, however the act of flying makes me sick. I don’t like heights as well as any type of turbulence makes me believe the airplane is about to crash. I’m not a great flier. (Ironic thinking about exactly how commonly I fly!)

2. When I was younger, I was consumed with Pinky as well as the Brain. I even had a tee shirts collection. I likewise had one of those bowl haircuts, however I like to fail to remember about that fact.

3. I never traveled separately up until I went to Costa Rica at age 23. My travel experiences up up until then were a series of road trips with my parents as well as a drunken weekend in Montréal when I was 19. (I likewise never went west of the Mississippi up until I was 25.)

4. When I was younger, I wished to be an archaeologist since of the Indiana Jones movies.

5. I got truly poor food poisoning when I was in Costa Rica. It was so poor that I had to be hospitalized for three days as well as put on a morphine drip.

6. I went to college to be a high institution history teacher. I’m still technically licensed to show high institution history.

7. I am a truly great cook. I don’t cook much on the road since I dislike exactly how hostel kitchens aren’t completely stocked as well as everybody crowds them at the exact same time, however when in a while, I like to cook a large meal for my fellow travelers.

8. I utilized to be a vegetarian. After reading quick Food Nation, I made a decision to provide up meat as well as was a vegetarian for four years. It wasn’t eating meat I was against, however rather industrial farming as well as the chemicals/antibiotics in the meat that I didn’t like. I provided up vegetarianism when I started to travel.

9. I believe it’s disrespectful to turn down food in other cultures. If you go to a village in Mongolia as well as you are provided food, it’s insulting to refuse. “Sorry, your standard as well as heartfelt cooking doesn’t opt for my dietary needs.” It’s culturally insensitive. however that’s a rant for one more post.

10. I’m a significant fan of soul, Motown, blues, as well as jazz. It’s method much better than any type of of the pop music out there.

11. If I might ever pick what time period I might online in, I’d pick 1920s Prohibition America. I believe that would be an interesting time to online in. however perhaps I’ve just checked out The excellent Gatsby as well much.

12. speaking of Gatsby, I discovered to swing dance so I might throw myself a Gatsby-themed birthday party. I did it for three years in a row. They were legendary birthday parties.

12. I am intensely political. After travel, politics is my second love. I online as well as breathe politics, as well as it is the only news I keep up with while traveling. I am always prepared to go over as well as dispute the world any type of time of the day as well as with anyone, no matter exactly how well I understand them.

13. I don’t have a burning wish to see a lot of middle Eastern countries. There are parts I want to / have checked out (Dubai, Jordan, Israel, Qatar, Oman) but, as a whole, the area is low on my listing of locations to see family member to other regions in the world (India, Bhutan, as well as Nepal being the highest).

14. people always ask will I do this forever. My answer: I don’t know. permanently is a long time. I’d like to travel for the next few years, however who can state what the future holds as well as where it will take us? For now, I’m enjoying the trip as well as see no reason to hang up my backpack just yet.

15. I’ve been to over 30 Dave Matthews Band concerts. I’m a incredibly fan.

16. I’m a Japanophile. I like whatever about the culture: the food, the history, the etiquette, the landscape, the design — all of it. I would eat sushi everyday if I could.

17. I’m a workaholic. perhaps since I grew up in new England, I have the Puritan work ethic, as well as if I don’t have work to do, I believe something is wrong as well as produce work for myself. Idle hands are the Devil’s playground!

18. I made a decision to travel after satisfying five backpackers in a shared taxi while on holiday in Thailand. I was so surprised at what they were doing that the next day I made a decision to stop my job. They were two Australians, a Canadian, as well as a Belgian couple. They altered the program of my life as weLL como no tiene idea.

19. Soy un fanático descarado de Taylor Swift. No solo creo que es una empresaria extraordinaria y comercialista, sino que también me gustan sus canciones pop cursi.

20. También soy un fanático significativo de SIA. Extraordinaria cantante y escritor.

21. Después de la universidad, también trabajé en un centro de salud haciendo trabajo administrativo para el BMT y los departamentos de tratamiento quirúrgico.

22. No prendo ningún tipo de deportes ni entiendo nada sobre ellos. No podía creer en nada mucho más agotador que ir a un evento deportivo. De hecho, cuando me quedé dormido en un partido de hockey.

23. No bebo café. Me sabe a mierda. Además, no quiero poner azúcar o leche agregada (o leche de soja) en mi taza de Joe. ¡Las bebidas deben poder mantenerse por sí solas! Nada va a modificar mi punto de vista sobre esto. He intentado durante muchos años obtener un gusto por ello. Simplemente no va a suceder.

24. Bebo té. Grandes ofertas de ello. Té particularmente ecológico. ¡Esa es mi bebida de elección!

25. Mi bebida alcohólica de la opción es anticuada. Hace unos años, algunos buenos amigos me convirtieron en whisky tan bien como lo he consumido desde entonces. Juzgo un bar por la alta calidad de los anticuados que sirven.

26. Un día, me gustaría descubrir exactamente cómo jardín. Quiero cultivar mi propia comida. Me gusta cocinar y creo que es un paso racional.

27. Utilicé ser un jugador de póker experto. Financié una gran cantidad de mi viaje original con ganancias de póker y residí en Amsterdam durante unos meses jugando “profesionalmente” en el casino de la ciudad.

28. Cuando era más joven, ayudé al Sierra Club en Massachusetts. Produje un PowerPoint que llevamos a diferentes organizaciones de vecindad para demostrar que, al ser energéticamente eficientes, podrían ahorrar dinero y la atmósfera a la vez.

29. No como dulces. Quizás cuando un año tenga una galleta o brownie, pero, en su mayor parte, no hago postres o dulces, ya que no me gusta todo el azúcar.

30. Cuando estoy trabajando, comúnmente tocaré una melodía repetida y otra vez. Me ayuda a enfocar ya que termina siendo solo ruido blanco. Mientras compuso esta publicación, he estado escuchando Wonderful Annie de Zach Brown Band en repetición durante las últimas dos horas.

31. No tengo un color preferido. Tengo dos: azul y verde.

32. Fui uno de los portavoz de Asiana Airlines. Hice un industrial para ellos que se emitió durante dos años en la televisión. Sin embargo, llamaron mi voz. Siempre parece tan extraño cuando lo disfruto.

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Reserve su vuelo
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Reserve su alojamiento
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No dejes de recordar el seguro de viaje
La cobertura del seguro de viaje lo asegurará contra enfermedades, lesiones, robo y cancelaciones. Es una seguridad detallada en la situación, cualquier cosa sale mal. Nunca voy de viaje sin él, ya que he tenido que utilizarlo muchas veces en el pasado. Mi negocio preferido que ofrece el mejor servicio y el valor son:

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MedJet (para cobertura de evacuación adicional)

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