Originally from San Diego, Mark has been working and traveling his way around the world since 2008. He's worked at an NGO in rural India, backpacked through Asia, and taught English in Spain. Adventures include hitch-hiking across Ireland in the snow, riding across Vietnam in on a $300 Russian motorbike, being suspected of terrorism by the Spanish police, and volunteering across America on the Dirty Hands Caravan. He blogs at aylingmark.blogspot.com.