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  • Fluent in English; learning Danish, Spanish
  • 33, Male
  • Member since 2013
  • Student
  • Medicine and Surgery
  • From Wellington New Zealand
  • Profile 70% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

2015 rtw trip

ABOUT ME

I'm a 24 year old fun loving kiwi who's laid back and always up for a good time. Love to try new things and venture outside comfort zones! did my first major O.E all over europe and egypt in 2009 for 8 months and did south east asia in the summer of 2010. 2013 saw me in south america and in 2015 central america US and Europe once again. :)

PHILOSOPHY

winging it.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Always keen to give something a shot.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Did it a few time in europe and in Malaysia although these weren't through this website just good luck and nice people.

Interests

travelling is a given, sports, music. Love beaches, parties, chilling out, trekking, photography.

  • photography
  • coachella
  • wine
  • beer
  • partying
  • clubbing
  • boating
  • traveling
  • music
  • surfing
  • snorkeling
  • sports
  • boxing
  • swimming
  • volunteering
  • tours
  • beaches
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Seen most movies under the sun, Love alot of music. Kings, Alt J, grimes, XX, Lykke Li, Feist, regina spektor, jungle, the national, artic monkeys, shins, white stripes, strokes, arcade fire, black keys, bloc party, stones, bat for lashes,and then all the party stuff.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Hugged a tiger
- Left for my OE without my wallet
- Went to Egypt without a visa
- Been to an opium den in Cairo
- Sailed the Nile
- Been to the Great Pyramids of Giza illegally on a camel named Muhammad
- Been swimming in Ha Long Bay in 8 degree heat
- Drunk Czech beer in Prague
- Slept on ‘the beach’ in Maya Bay.
- Tubed in the Vang Vieng laos
- Partied in thai beaches
- Travelled Egypt on public transport
- Nearly got left at Vietnamese border at midnight with no money
- Eaten sache torte in Vienna
- Been on a date in Venice
- Slept on the deck of a boat all the way to Greece
- Touched the Acropolis
- Wandered the colosseum
- Lived large in the French Riviera
- Eaten and drunk my way through Brugge
- Scaled the Eiffel tower and Arc de Triumphe while couch surfing in paris
- Saw Kaiser chiefs live in Copenhagen during gay pride week.
- Partied with the swedes in Malmo
- Been to one of the holiest places on earth as an Atheist…twice.
- Went to London and was a true-blue tourist.
- Been to the temples of Angkor
- Visited pol pots killing fields
- Got a custom tailored suit in Hoi An
- rode on a motorcycle in Ho Chi Minh City
- Been flashed by a ladyboy in Bangkok Thailand
- Swam in the Adriactic sea
- Been threatened by US embassy guards flashing their pistols to stop taking photos.
- Watched the sunset in Corfu.
- Been tramping in the swiss mountains.
- Eaten god knows what in Kuala Lumpur
- Rode an elephant in Thailand
- Been to a real muay thai boxing match
- Visited the Batu Caves
- Met Aqua the pop band
- Bought a swiss army knife in Switzerland
- Walked the Valley of the Kings in 45 degree heat.
- Flown a plane
- Jumped off a moving 4wd at 40 kmph
- Seen Michelangelo's David
- Talked to Buddhist monks in Vientiane
- Completed the Tongariro Crossing
- Crossed bolivian salt flats
- Trekked Macchu picchu
- Partied in rio
- Iguassu falls
- wine tours in argentina
- cycled in valparaiso
- beaches of cancun
- Volunteering in Belize
- Snorkeling the 2nd largest reef in the world
- Tiki toured Tikal
- Seen a volcano erupt in Antigua
- Surfed in El salvador
- Partied in costa rica
- Immersed myself in a cloud forest
- Comedy clubs bagels and hotdogs in NY
- Lived it up in Hollywood
- Coachella VIP
- Cycled my way around San fran
- Literally been to google in silicon valley
- Partied in Poland

Teach, Learn, Share

smile.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Italy, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Nicaragua, Norway, Peru, Poland, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Denmark, New Zealand

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