CURRENT MISSION

Love, laugh, live. Learn.

ABOUT ME

I like to think that I have curly hair, a silly smile and an open mind.

PHILOSOPHY

Random thoughts that reflect my personal philosophy, here we go:

Only put what you need in the kettle.

Always, always question.

Experiment.

Life is for doing. It is too short to waste with worry over the trivial.

You should always plan, as those with plans are still alive but then again you should never worry if those plans change for nothing is surer than the fact that they will. You should always strive to improve, even the wee things - why do I still bite my nails?

It's okay to contradct yourself.

To paraphrase that famous Indian guy who liked to walk here and there, you should try and be the change that you see in the world. You hike a mountain and hate to see a bit of rubbish up there? Then pick up a bit of rubbish and take it with you.

Ignorance is the enemey, boredom is the nemesis. Fight them on every front.

Always be grateful for how wonderful a miracle it is that we are here at all.

Life is better with colour, with music, with a smile.

Optimism will take you anywhere.It will take you everywhere.

Love.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have hosted a couple of times, whilst I had my own place in Glasgow and have been hosted several times whilst I've been on the road. All of my cs experiences have been just grand.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Every CS expereince I've had - from Paris to Glasgow, Zagreb to Christchurch - has been positive and I've taken only good memories from it.

Interests

People, music, writing, reading, traveling, good pubs, hitchhiking, any adventure that reminds you that life can be as exciting as you want it to be, football, mountain biking, mountains, surfing, random good deeds, jumping off high things into water, snowboarding, Sea Shepherd, the environment, good grub,the idea that we should ban cars from cities and make them the domain of the bicycle, green tea, history, geography, the great outdoors . . . to be continued. . .

• writing
• environment
• pub crawls
• reading
• traveling
• eating out
• cars
• music
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• hiking
• surfing
• snowboarding
• soccer
• geography
• history
• hitchhiking
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

'Without Music life is empty'

To name a few: Hendrix, Muse, Air, Rokia Traore, Vitailic, Rolling Stones

'Those who do not read good books have no advantage over those who can not'

To name a few: fiction - Trainspotting, Kite Runner, Water for Elephants, When the Land Lay Still, The Historian
non-fiction - Long Walk to Freedom, Whale Warriors, Sea Change, Short History of Nearly Everything

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

After spending two days stuck in the Nepali Annapurna Mountain Range being battered by wind and rain we awoke on our final morning to blissful silence. Half an hour later and we were stood atop Poon Hill watching the fiery morning sun rise over fourteen snow capped peaks, marveling as it shone new light on our day.