1000 Americans: Gerardo Medina, Ensenada, Mexico

Actually, Gerardo lives in Riverside, California. But he has a small place in Ensenada that he does not real use himself, but he allows biketravellers to use it as a WarmShowers place.

Even though he is a doctor, he could not revalidate his certification in the US and is making signs now. Every now and then he comes down to Ensenada, Mexico to stock the biggest bicycle store with great bikes and parts that in the US are often simply discarded.

1000 Americans: Delia & Jose Antonio, Ensenada, Mexico

Delia and Don Jose Antonio are in their seventies and have been married over 50 years and live in a small house, South of Ensenada, with their dog Canica.

1000 Americans: Larry ‘El Lobo’ Sarni

Larry has a place in Primo Tapia, where he likes to spend as much of his time as possible. Though previously a tri-athlete, now back problems are preventing him for doing active sporting, only swimming gives some relief.

Still he hosts cyclists through WarmShowers and enjoys showing them the view of the  ocean from his front porch…

1000 Americans: Paul & Chino, Tijuana, Mexico

Paul (right) is working as a substitute teacher in the US, and enjoys spending time with his friends and the low costs of living in Tijuana.

Together with his friend Chino (left) he just started his own business, a taco shop (taqueria), selling special tacos, next to the central market.

1000 Americans: Martin Schulz, San Diego

Martin does environmental research for construction projects. Like many San Diegans, he tries to live ecologically and healthy, cycling where possible, recycling where possible and eating vegan.

1000 Americans: Charles Corum, San Dieg

Sometimes we thing we know a lot about cycling and travelling and then we are humbled to meet somebody like Chuck.

He has cycled all over, has a nice collection of bikes, some decades old. He is more active than most people half his age.

He is 73 🙂

1000 Americans: Kathryn Korn, San Diego

Kathryn is the daughter of Bill Korn and grew up in Santa Maria. Now, living in San Diego, she works as a fitness instructor for the in-house fitness centre of the Nokia employees.

The dog (‘Ceasar’) was a guest like us 🙂

1000 Americans: Ryan and Merridith, San Diego

Ryan & Merridith are a young couple from San Diego. They eat mostly vegetarian and live car-free, biking everywhere, while finishing up their studies. Math-major Ryan has cycled through Europe and the US.

I could not choose between portraits and as the above technically is a self-portrait, I included one more below 🙂

1000 Americans: Daniel Wolf, San Diego

Daniel has been working on many projects, all of them focused on humanitarian issues.

“Philosophically I’m a kind of anarcho-socialist Confucian (got that?!). Very socially responsible, very involved in solving social and environmental problems, believe in equality and like to see government minimize interference in personal lives but support people and social needs where the countervailing force of the collective can improve life; yet believe in the duty and responsibility of all people to honor and respect others and their responsibilities and rightly exercised powers.”

 

“I’m a social entrepreneur, a vocation that ultimately sidetracked my Ph.D. studies, and right now I’m busy reintegrating all the facets of my life to create a new career (in the classical sense of "journey through life") that creates income and increases the probability of success of my social and business ventures.”

 

“I’m a lawyer, political scientist, one-time architect, amateur engineer, executive coach, entrepreneur in the arenas of landmines, robotics, public health concerns like pandemic flu, and green technologies. I’m presently involved in two startups: developing a robot for use against improvised explosive devices (roadside bombs), and taking a carbon-negative sewage-to-energy system to market.
My nonprofit is taking a new org under its wing, and we’re helping set it up as a nonprofit security organization to protect NGO/humanitarian workers in Afghanistan, where 64 have been murdered, and eventually other places.

“Another project, which is shaping up as tons of fun and may help millions raise themselves out of poverty, is Piclopedia, an open-source effort to make home-buildable tool/device plans available to everyone in ways that overcome language barriers. See our new website at www.piclopedia.org.
Some of my other work can be seen at www.terrasegura.org, www.prepare4flu.org, and www.advancedearthtech.com. You can Google Daniel H. Wolf and Terra Segura International to see some of the articles I/we have published.”

 

“Current Mission: "Dedicated to empowering people to cope with disasters and explosive remnants of war"”

(all from his profile on CouchSurfing.com)

1000 Americans: Steve Stuart, cycling teacher, Carlsbad, USA

Steven Stuart is a teacher, and as he does not want to take away family time for keeping in shape, he gets up early every morning and cycles an extra hour to get to his work.

“High school chemistry teacher, sport rider,bike commuter, occasional cycle tourist, outrigger canoe paddler/racer, general outdoor travel and ocean enthusiast. Wife and 3 kids at home. Often times a pick up game of volleyball or basketball next door in afternoons.” (from his profile at WarmShowers.org)

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