I grew up on the outskirts of Pretoria (South Africa) with a South African father, a French mother and three older siblings. I can speak both french and english but I must admit my french isn't as fluid as my english. At the moment (2015) I'm taking a gap year in France where I'm deciding on what to tertiary studies to pursue in 2016.

2015 is my year of liberty and I want to travel travel travel!! Planning a big ol' backpacking bananza across South America late this year!!

If pictures are worth a thousand words, then Instagram is my biography. I love taking wacky pictures of my travelling. To get a better impression of me, my profile is Ben_Trollope.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

I want learn new things, immerse myself in a new way of thinking! The easiest way to do this is to meet people who are completely different from me :)
It's all about the growing experience called life!

(Not for free accommodation! )

兴趣

Anything with good company is great. There are so many that we'll have to discuss it in person :D

• dining
• cooking
• traveling
• socializing
• hiking
• backpacking
• camping
• hitchhiking

音乐、电影和书籍

Music: Anything with a good jive will get me on the dance floor.

Movies: Thriller, action and sci-fi are top.

Books: I guess if I had to name one, Scar Tissue: Autobiography of Anthony Kiedis was pretty awesome.

(OH and the Alchemist by Paulo Coelho!! It was crazy good for such a short read!!)

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

I backpacked for two and a half months around the Adriatic sea (Italy, Greece, Albania, Montenegro and Croatia). It doesn't seem too grand but three months earlier I was finishing high school so it was an enormous growing experience. I mean, who knew bread was so cheap?!
Meeting so many contrasting people, hitch-hiking and wild camping are things I will never forget.

教，学，和分享

My mission is to learn how to learn how to cook from different cultural perspectives. Even if you think you can make a sandwich with a certain panache, I would love to hear about it

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

Don't fuss! I am super easy from food to couch. Seriously, if you have a tub of peanut butter and loaf of bread for dinner, I'll smile from ear to ear :).

我游览过的国家

Albania, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lesotho, Malawi, Montenegro, Mozambique, Namibia, Peru, Zimbabwe

我居住过的国家

France, South Africa