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Overview

  • 4 references
  • Fluent in English; learning French, German, Indonesian, Spanish
  • 50, Male
  • Member since 2012
  • Drifter ! I just left my job to travel : )
  • Some university & short study - French, German, Spanish
  • From Perth, Western Australia
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Discovering Europe with the locals & practising my languages : )

ABOUT ME

Enjoy a relaxed pace of life in the company of creative and expressive people, like meeting people of different cultures and language backgrounds, enjoy being close to natural landscapes and coastlines (I'm a water baby & surfer !) I'm also attracted to urban zones with interesting textures & subcultures. I have an sometimes tangential sense of humour and get into a lot of different music. I love opportunities to practise (& learn more) French, German or Spanish, also know some Bahasa Indonesia + other bits : )

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Travelling in Europe & would love to meet, stay with and interract with local people, use my languages and have lots of wild new experiences !

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosting my friends' extra couchsurfing guests on several occasions : ) I'm new on the couchsurfing network : )
I have stayed with many people in the past through chance meetings & connections on trips like hitching Canada & drifting through northern & coastal Australia, or hitching into the Verdon last year in France.

Interests

Cycling, Surfing, Independent Cinema, Languages, Writing, Tangential Humour, Performance Poetry (Slam),

  • writing
  • poetry
  • performing arts
  • instructor
  • movies
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • music
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • surfing
  • teaching
  • languages
  • hitchhiking
  • volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Independent cinema, also science fiction novels, travel writing, all kinds of music

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hitch-hiking Canada solo coast to coast in '96/'97

Teach, Learn, Share

I can help with English conversation, practice - have worked as a teacher & volunteer with two teaching certificates.
Also worked as a surfing instructor ! Sometimes I teach friends basic surfing for fun : )

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia

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