CURRENT MISSION

I've recently moved to London to pursue my music career and for new adventures, after working full time as a musician and performer around Zimbabwe. You can check out my website if you'd like to listen to my music or see where I'm gigging next! www.amyandthecalamities.com

I grew up in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe and left after school to study in Cape Town where I lived for 5 years. For me, honesty and good conversation is golden, learning from new and interesting souls as we drift around this magnificent hunk of dirt called earth is the goal. Love to travel, learn new languages, hungry for experience of all kinds.

PHILOSOPHY

Be open and submissive to all things, evaluate the things you're told, the books you read, and 'dismiss anything that insults your own soul.' (Walt Whitman)

Instagram: @amy.thecalamities

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hosting and surfing. I now live in Camden Town, London and I have a comfy couch which is available depending on the time of year and my housemates schedules! I'm in this to meet new people and build friendships so I will definitely show you around my home, share a meal with you or go out for a drink if I have the time.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've hosted twice in Cape Town and in Zimbabwe, and have surfed once while I was travelling in Spain - only the best experiences :)

Interests

I'm a musician, I play a mix of folksy blues with my own twist.
Problematic addiction to surfing and anything to do with the ocean.
Reading and discussing books in the non-pretentious-straight-soul-talk kind of way.

• books
• dining
• wine
• drinking
• news
• reading
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• blues
• surfing
• languages
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

The blues - son house, howlin' wolf, the flat duo jets, Elmore James, Robert belfour,

Folk music, huge fan of ray lamontagne and Ben Howard, joe purdy, Bon iver.

The white stripes and anything where Jack White is involved really, the cat empire, Sigur rós, kings of Leon, bright eyes, Xavier Rudd, The John Butler Trio, Eddie Vedder, Nirvana, Bombay bicycle club, Edward Sharpe and Magnetic

Jimi Hendrix, bob Dylan, Johnny cash, led zeppelin, pink Floyd, the ramones, the Beatles, bob Marley

Trance, the psychedelic variety.

And of course you gotta have a bit of Lil Wayne for those days you feel like a badass. Ok, not really. But maybe.

Books!
On the Road - jack Kerouac, The sun also rises - Hemingway, tale of two cities - Dickens, the prophet - Kahil Gibran, le quatrième siècle - Édouard glissant, le vieil homme esclave - Patrick Chamoiseau, Shantaram, Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carol, Leaves of Grass - Walt Whitman

Just read The Poisonwood Bible by Barbera Kingsolver - fantastic.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Rafted the Zambezi gorge below the Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe

Teach, Learn, Share

I am not an expert but I love London and happy to point you in the right direction to cool things to see and do. I live in the best area for live music, Camden Town.

Always willing to teach guitar/ learn

If you're looking for language practice, you teach me yours I'll teach you mine.

What I Can Share with Hosts

My music, travel experience, how to play the banjo (badly) and a good laugh :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Botswana, England, France, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, South Africa, Zimbabwe