CURRENT MISSION

Climb things, jump off of things. Drink good coffee.

ABOUT ME

High-school teacher. Relaxed. Likes tea and coffee. Very physically active, hiking and biking.

PHILOSOPHY

Conquer yourself, not the world.
Love the world, not yourself.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

How I participate in Couchsurfing

Some hosting when in Ethiopia, some surfing in the UK.

Couchsurfing experience

Hosted once, surfed in England and Tajikistan

Interests

Sports, reading, playing and listening to music, socialising, travel.

• culture
• poetry
• coffee
• exercise
• drinking
• reading
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• surfing
• sports
• teaching
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: rarely watch them but really like Hayao Miyazake

Music: massive mix, but I love Yeasayer, Spoon and The Shins

Books: Blindness by Jose Saramago, Tales of the Afterlives by David Eagleman.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Cycled 200 miles (320km) in one day.

Teach, Learn, Share

Having studied it, I know a good bit about terrorism and political violence.
A big fan of cycling and cycle sport.
East African culture, Irish history.
Physics and Maths (my job).

I'm into poetry, and just started to get into sci-fi novels.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A glass of nice whiskey, a few interesting stories, maybe some exercise also.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ethiopia, Georgia, Tajikistan, Tanzania

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