ABOUT ME

I'm from Portobello Road, a little market street in the West of London where I feel very at home. It usually takes an hour to walk a short distance down the street, as everyone is so chatty and unemployed.

Right now I am an undergraduate at Edinburgh University in Scotland reading Anthropology, which I love very much. Anthropology can teach us ways of living different to our own - if you think the ways things are run is rubbish, usually anthropologists can tell you another way it is done somewhere else!

PHILOSOPHY

From each according to their ability, to each according to their need :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Although I've never used this site before, the floors of my house have throughout my teenage years have housed various bands from around Europe. I used to run a clubnight called Club Wanderlust that put on diverse bands of all genres.

Interests

Anthropology, (with a focus in) Scandinavia, David Graeber, JG Ballard, Radiohead, Nick Cave, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Gus Van Sant, Werner Herzog, Lukas Moodysson, Bjork, Sudden Weather Change...

• running
• walking
• clubbing
• reading
• anthropology

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I once walked from London to Yorkshire over six days, it was the most wonderful thing. I got to really understand the country I am from. Something about walking really tells you something about a place.

I also once walked from my house in London to Heathrow Airport (just outside London) then to JFK airport to Chelsea in Manhattan. I had never been to New York before and it was a very strange, unique introduction to the city. Instead of just getting the commodified tourist cliché of the city, I got to see how people across various areas of the city lived.

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Sweden, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom