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migrationology

Age:

Gender:

Male

If you must know:

I'm single

Travel status:

Traveling now

Hometown:

Nairobi

Currently in:

Bangkok

Traveling Next:

India

Favorite places I've been:

Torres Del Paine, Buenos Aires, Nairobi, Indonesia

Places I want to go to:

Egypt, Lebanon, India, Namibia, Colombia

About me:

I am a world wanderer, a skilled relaxer, and a professional spicy food connoisseur. I love traveling around the globe, learning about others, living a local style life, and retaining great ideas.

Profile URL:

http://matadortravel.com/travel-community/migrationology

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I'm fired up on:

eating ultra spicy and flavorful delicacies, meeting wonderful people, being addicted to the internet, taking lessons from cultures around the globe,

Tunes I rock out to:

Lucky Dube, Richie Spice, Bob Marley

Travel style:

The only plan I make is to make NO plans

Quote:

If is is true that love is a pursuit in others of qualities we lack in ourselves, then in our love of someone from another country, one ambition may be to weld ourselves more closely to values missing from our own culture. - Alain de Botton

Sports I do:

eating (i consider it a sport), soccer

Favorite books:

The Black Swan- Nassim Taleb, Made To Stick- Chip/Dan Heath, The Consolations of Philosphy- Alain De Botton, Collapse- Jared Daimond, The 4 Hour Work Week- Tim Ferriss

Who I'd like to meet on my travels:

Locals from that place

Languages spoken, other than English:

Kiswahili slang, Spanish

I felt the most immersed in a foreign culture when:

I shot and ate tiny birds with slingshots in Zaire (DRC).

Why I travel:

To observe differences around the world and learn from ways of life.

Ideal place to watch the sunrise:

After a 3 hour hike to the top of one of the world's most active volcanoes Mount Merapi

Ideal place to watch the sunset:

Over the Indian Ocean in Zanzibar