CURRENT MISSION

learn about the world

ABOUT ME

Adventurous, energetic, enthusiastic, passionate, intellectual, fitness-freak, dry sense of humour, lover of a drink or three, contemplative, adrenalin seeker, greenie, music nerd.

Meeting local people and sharing experiences is the best thing about travel. You don't really learn about a place by only spending time with other foreigners (though I guess if you're on this site, you probably already know that). I'm an active and busy person, so if I host you, you will be welcome to join whatever activity I have planned.

PHILOSOPHY

I guess I believe in being conscious about your life and choices

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Because travel is not travel if you don't meet the locals!

Interests

Windsurfing, classic cinema, craft beer, red wine, cycling, rock, punk, jazz, politics, languages, beaches, science fiction, sustainable living, hiking

• wine
• red wine
• beer
• vegetarian
• fitness
• instructor
• drinking
• politics
• movies
• traveling
• music
• jazz
• cycling
• hiking
• windsurfing
• surfing
• scuba diving
• rock climbing
• languages
• law
• science
• beaches
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

A few of my favourites:

Music: Ulver, Dead Can Dance, The Velvet Underground, The Clash, Led Zeppelin, John Coltrane, King Crimson, Black Sabbath, Rome, Venetian Snares, Charles Mingus, The Rolling Stones, Camel, Shearwater.

Movies: The Godfather, Cool Hand Luke, Rio Bravo, Airplane, Chinatown, The Usual Suspects, Children of Men, The Evil Dead, The Thing, Serpico, Once Upon a Time in the West, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, anything by David Cronenberg, Alfred Hitchcock, Quentin Tarantino, Stanley Kubrick, Billy Wilder

Books: House of Leaves (Danielewski), Papillon (Charriere), Foundation (Asimov), Snow Crash (Stephenson), The Fall (Camus), Ender's Game (Card), everything by Poe and Lovecraft, Fahrenheit 451 (Bradbury), Dune (Herbert), The Mosquito Coast (Theroux), Crime and Punishment (Dostoyevski).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Experiences I will never forget: working as a climbing instructor in France, windsurfing massive waves, cycling from Canada to Mexico, falling in love, recovering from serious illness, travelling through Poland with my Polish best friend, my first appearance as a lawyer in court, sky diving between the mountains and sea in New Zealand, jungle trekking in Thailand, windsurfing to work in a suit and tie, seeing the Sahara Desert, hiking the Rockies in Canada, learning Spanish in Guatemala, sleeping in one of the world's biggest caves in Vietnam, seeing the historic towns of Iran.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Belize, Cambodia, Canada, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Guatemala, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, France, Guatemala