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Overview

  • 11 references 4 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Spanish
  • 45, Male
  • Member since 2007
  • Mathematican
  • Masters
  • From Stanthorpe, a little country town in Australia
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

The plan is no plan!

ABOUT ME

A country boy from the east coast of Australia. I grew up in a little town called Stanthorpe where we rode kangaroos to school every day. No, really.

PHILOSOPHY

The title of my blog sums it up very well : "The Plan is No Plan"

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I am fairly new to the Couchsurfing project, having only stayed with two people... and met lots of friendly CS folk in Dublin. But this is how I want to travel.

outside of Couhsurfing I have spent three months in Spain, surfing couches of wonderful friends and people that I met along the way.

Interests

My photography can be seen on my flickr page http://www.flickr.com/photos/givingkittensaway/

I have been practicing astanga yoga for over two years, and continue to practice regularly. I have been to India to study astanga with BNS Iyengar, and will return one day.

Hiking and camping. I love putting a pack on my back and vanishing into the wilderness.

My studies at university were in mathematics, a topic that I find endlessly interesting and challenging. One day, when i hang up my backpack for a while, I will continue my studies for a PhD, or get a job in mathematics research.

And I follow the exploits of Liverpool football club wherever I am in the world... and I also like to join in any games I come across.

  • photography
  • beauty
  • yoga
  • walking
  • clubbing
  • traveling
  • blogging
  • hiking
  • backpacking
  • camping
  • surfing
  • soccer
  • mathematics

Music, Movies, and Books

Music? A very broad taste, but rock and country get the most mileage on my iPod.

I love reading books by Ian Banks, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Peter Carey and Salmon Rushdie.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiking in the Upper Mustang Valley in Nepal on the border with Tibet. Ten days of beauty and brutal walking.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Spain, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, United Kingdom

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