Tom Balfour's Photo

Unverified Profile

  • Payment not verified
  • Phone not verified
  • Government ID not verified

Not Accepting Guests

  • Last login almost 15 years ago

Join Couchsurfing to see Tom’s full profile.

Overview

  • 4 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Spanish
  • 42, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • English Teacher (TEFL)
  • University of York (UK) Philosophy, Politics and Economics
  • From Sherborne (small town in south west England)
  • Profile 90% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To make the most of life. The tricky part is deciding the best way to do that...

ABOUT ME

(Español despues)
A couple of years ago I decided that travelling is what I love and that the best way to do that long-term was to become an English teacher. I then spent a year living and teaching in Tel Aviv followed by just over 6 months in Oaxaca, Mexico, which takes us up to April this year (2009), at which point I started travelling south through central and South America. I don´t plan on being an English teacher forever, but I´m still working on deciding what I do want to do...

Hace dos años yo decidi quiero ser un profesor de ingles por que me encanta viajar. Enseñe ingles en Israel por un año y despùes en Mexico por 6 meses. Desde avril he viajado en sud america.

PHILOSOPHY

Always think for yourself and don´t simply believe everything you hear, or what the majority (or even the majority of people you associate with or respect) believe.

Try to put yourself in the other person´s shoes and treat others the way you would like to be treated.

Pensar, no siempre crees que otros creen.

Pensar de otors personas y tratar ser con ellos como quieres otros estan contigo.

(Espero que pueden entender mi Español!)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

At the moment I´m new to Couchsurfing and have yet to experience it either as a hoster or surfer. Hopefully that´ll be changing soon and I´ll be able to write something more interesting!

Toda via no he hecho nada con couchsurfing. Quiero cambiar esto!

Interests

The obvious one... travelling, also reading, politics and the world, meeting people, and sport (mainly spectating from the couch that is). I also really enjoy goig out in hte evenings and having a few drinks and a dance.

I want to keep improving my Spanish, and hope couchsurfing will help me to do this! I´m also happy to do inter-cambio with people who want to improve their English, and hopefully my experience as an English teacher will help with this!

Me encanta viajar (por supuesto!) y me gusta leer, mirar deportes, y conocer nueves personas. Tambien me encanta salir en la noche, tomar unos cervezas y bailar.

Quiero mejorar mi Español y espero que puedo hacer esto con couchsurfing. Tambien, por que soy un profesor de ingles, si quieres mejorar tu Ingles puedo te ayudar mucho!

  • dancing
  • drinking
  • politics
  • reading
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • sports
  • teaching

Join Couchsurfing to see Tom’s full profile.