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ABOUT ME

I'm a freelance Art Director/Illustrator travelling as much as I can for as long as I can, and working when I can.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet people from different cultures and backgrounds and experience places from a local perspective.

Interests

Travel, art, illustration, wood carving, film, design, yoga, areial silks, food, chocolate, red wine, Dark and Stormies, chocolate, ice cream, chocolate, film chocolate...chocolate

• arts
• design
• illustrations
• dining
• chocolate
• wine
• red wine
• yoga
• drinking
• traveling
• socializing
• hiking
• camping
• animation
• freelancing
• nature
• beach

Music, Movies, and Books

Film - Love film and documentary. Favourite directors include Coen Brothers, Stanley Kubrick, Pedro Almodavar, Paul Thomas Anderson, David Lynch and Richard Linklater.

Music - depends on the context. Love 60s/70s pop/rock/psychedelic (The Coasters, Iggy Pop, Blondie, Fleetwood Mac, The Beatles , CAN etc ) . Also enjoy electronic (The XX, Grimes, Sebastian Tellier, Ratatat etc), and a bit of blues/jazz (Nina Simone, Cab Calloway, Muddy Waters, Marvin Gaye) and indie folk (Grizzly Bear, Fleet Foxes, Alabama Shakes, Sufjan Stevens, Cat Stevens, Arcade Fire, Beirut, Bon Iver). Favourite film soundtracks include Death Proof, O Brother Where Art Thou, Pulp Fiction, Drive

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Best discussed over a drink.

Teach, Learn, Share

English, yoga, illustration, how to burn food

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Burundi, Cuba, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Malawi, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Portugal, Rwanda, Serbia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Spain, Tanzania