I'm a geography nerd who likes planning trips...some of which I actually go on.
Teaching around the world (til I find another way!)- currently in Seoul (inexplicably for the third time)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Because I can't do surf surfing, not that I've tried. I like meeting new people a lot!

Interests

book shops, beaches, mountains, booking flights, soup I can eat with a fork, wine, pubs, animals, old buildings, running, yoga, hiking for a view, sunshine, vegetables, quizzes, funny people, coffee, cooking veg stuff, Asian karaoke, reading, laughing, good beer, 80s "fashion", musicals, taking pictures.

• animals
• books
• singing
• cooking
• wine
• beer
• coffee
• running
• reading
• karaoke
• hiking
• scuba diving
• beaches
• mountains
• diving
• pubs

Music, Movies, and Books

Some of my favourite books are Crime and Punishment, The Wasp Factory, Satanic Verses, Cancer Ward, 1984, Midnight's Children, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Sun Also Rises, 100 Years of Solitude, Papillon, A Farewell to Arms, A Clockwork Orange, Othello, Moll Flanders, Jane Eyre, Oliver Twist, The Hobbit, Goodnight Mister Tom, About A Boy, The God of Small Things, Harry Potter!, Shantaram, Cat's Cradle, A Short History of Nearly Everything, A Thousand Splendid Suns, Disgrace, Brave New World, The Shadow of the Wind.

Oscar is king. And I like most popular science and things by Ian McEwan, Murakami, Stephen Fry, J M Coetzee, Hemingway, Chuck Palahniuk, Bill Bryson, Iain Banks or George Orwell too.

I have awesomely terrible taste in music.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I did that marathon in France where you try about 30 wines on the way round - it took 5 and a half hours!
Once I managed a Guardian crossword in 7 minutes ;)

Teach, Learn, Share

I can sing all the countries in the world! (c.1980s) No other notable skills.

...wouldn't mind learning some, obv.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Cambodia, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Kenya, Kosovo, Latvia, Lesotho, Macedonia, Malawi, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, North Korea, Northern Ireland, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Wales, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Azerbaijan, England, Italy, South Korea, Spain, Timor-Leste (East Timor)

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