Ok here it is.

I'm about to start my PhD in Molecular Biology at Newcastle University in the UK. I am really excited, but there is a 3% part of me that feels super meh because I will be stuck there for 3+ years.

I can talk for hours, I am a totally open book. I like meeting people who are the same. If I only have three days to spend with someone, why not get to know them properly?

I will destroy you at CoD.

Por qué estoy en Couchsurfing

I'm coming to the end of a year teaching biology in Beijing and I want to travel in Japan, China and maybe Vietnam before I start my PhD. I have been a little bit of a hermit this year. I want to travel and see things, but I'd also like to experience these things with new people.

Intereses

Any sort of physical activity. I can walk all day. I love cycling, swimming, hiking. I rowed for my university for 3 years (I pre-qualified for Henley if that means anything to you).

35mm photography. I recently got my dream camera - the Nikon F2. It has a beautiful snappy shutter sound. I develop and scan most of my own photos.

• literature
• photography
• cooking
• exercise
• running
• movies
• reading
• drawing
• music
• guitar
• cycling
• hiking
• swimming
• rowing
• languages

Música, películas y libros

I listen to everything, right now I'm obsessed with future funk, and any other weird shit I can find on Soundcloud.

I will watch almost anything. I regret seeing the latest King Kong.

The last book that I read was the Odyssey. My favourite books are the Foundation trilogy (epic sci fi) and Taiko (historical fiction about feudal Japan).

Algo increíble que he hecho

I can squat twice my bodyweight (2.04x).

I climbed a mountain (Mt Tsukuba) on one hour's sleep to watch the sunrise.

I was once very broke, but desperately wanted to go to Kyoto. So took 11 hours worth of local trains to get there, and slept in a tent.

Enseña, aprende, comparte

Things I can teach:
- Basic bicycle maintenance
- Photography.
- Basic French / Japanese / Chinese
- I can be your personal trainer for the day

Things I want to learn:
- Improve my Japanese and Chinese
- Cultural insights

Things I can share:
- I can cook. Not *extremely* well, but I can cook a tasty meal
- I have a few good stories.

Qué puedo ofrecer a los anfitriones

Good chat, good food and (hopefully) good stories

Países que he visitado

Algeria, Austria, Belgium, China, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Monaco, Oman, Tunisia

Países en los que he vivido

China, Japan, United Kingdom