1000 Americans: Adriana, San Francisco

Adriana was born in Colombia and her heart is still divided between there and San Francisco. She is a nanny and enjoys cooking wonderful meals, spending time with her friends, enjoying life and promoting peace… And of course her boyfriend Gerard 🙂

1000 Americans: Kim & Nate, San Francisco

Nate & Kim enjoy life, and are avid Couchsurfers, having hosted dozens of travellers. Kim is also known as DJ Kimpo, spinning the nights away…

Currently they are on a round the world trip, read their reports and see their images on http://www.anotherfuckingtravelblog.com/

The photo above was taken in the Yerba Buena Museum, one of the few museums they took us to.

1000 Americans: Gerard, San Francisco

Gerard is one of the many ‘import-Americans’, being born and raised in The Netherlands. As many expats in SF, he works in IT, but uses his time off to enjoy the wonders of San Francisco and around as well as his girlfriend Adriana.

Photo by Mitch Aidelbaum, editing by me 🙂

1000 Americans: Jessica & Mikelanjelo, Oakland

Mikelanjelo contacted us through our form on the site and offered us a place to stay with his girlfriend Jessica and their friends in Oakland.

He is a bicycle advocate, has even worked as a bike courier in Honolulu and has done several bicycle tours across the US. They are now planning their next trip, around the world on a bike!

He is the grandson of famous pilot Max Conrad (The Flying Grandfather), who might still have the Guinness Record for most solo-miles flown as well as many others…

1000 Americans: Nicole Dreon, Truckee

Nicole –Colie for friends- Dreon has been working behind the scenes for the sports TV channel ESPN for a long time, but has done quite a bit of sporting herself, still living near Ski and Snowboard resorts in Lake Tahoe.

She is one of the few persons in the world that has skied in Uganda and besides being an overall great person, she is a great photographer as well, posing in front of one of her images.

1000 Americans: Alison Levine, San Francisco

Alison is a well sought-after public speaker as she combines her extensive business career with a love for adventure. She has climbed the 7 summits, hiked unsupported to the South Pole, and has done a million things more as you can read on her website Daredevilstrategies.com.

I have known Ali for 10 years, we only met 4 times, but every time was on a different continent…

1000 Americans: Street musician in Berkeley

Even in early January it was sunny and warm in the bay Area and the musicians were playing full power at the local flea market, where a mix of people were enjoying the beats of the impromptu band…

1000 Americans: Mitch Aidelbaum, San Francisco

Maximum Mitch, as he likes to call himself is an IT-er with a passion for photography, or maybe a photographer with a passion for IT is more accurate as he loves to shoot and edit more than anything.

He has shot some great series in San Francisco, see his photostream here on flickr or visit his website http://www.aidelbaum.com/.

He shoots great weddings as well as travel, but his speciality is portraits and events and if you hang out with Mitch (he is a well-visited CouchSurfing Host as well), you get to know San Francisco through his eyes!

Thanks Mitch!

1000 Americans: Doug Henningsen, Sausalito

Some people are Couchsurfers without evening knowing it and Doug is a great example. he contacted us through the contact form on WorldOnaBike.com and sent:

Just in case you don’t have a place to stay as you approach San Francisco, I thought I’d at least provide an option – my very spartan/small apartment in Sausalito CA (3 miles north of the golden gate bridge). Unfortunately I can’t offer much more than a warm, dry place to stay, a shower & (carpeted floor) for sleeping. (…)

Doug (me? – avid cyclist – have cycled N/S & W/E across the US…years+++ ago, international traveler, CPA and building contractor by trade, single, no kids)

We had some great time with Doug, he took us up the viewpoint to overlook San Francisco, helped us out with all kinds of errands and made some great meals. At one point he mentioned that it would be great if there would be a website to connect cyclist or other travellers with hosts and we pointed him towards CouchSurfing and WarmShowers, of which he is now a member, so contact him if you are near!

And if you already live in the area and want to get fit, join him on a fast bikeride 🙂

1000 Americans: Graeme Lithgow, BikeTraveller

Graeme had been living in Vancouver, Canada for a while, but due to personal reasons he decided to cycle south. He has outspoken ideas about people, drugs, books and life and is a strong BikeTraveller…

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