CURRENT MISSION

*Insert something about finding myself and becoming one with nature*

ABOUT ME

What's to say? Worked in development and human rights education before moving back home to Malta and becoming a newspaper journalist.

Took a break from that to backpack through Asia, and after that found myself in Australia. Spent a year in the outback and now one in the city (Melbourne) - now it's time to get moving again!

I'm a bit of a restless soul, having moved and lived to various corners of the globe over the past three decades. And to be perfectly honest, I don't see that changing anytime too soon :)

Anyway, if you need info/help with regards to Malta, Dublin, Barcelona, Zambia or backpacking through Central America, just give me a shout!

PHILOSOPHY

"The past is action without choice"
"Don't wait for the last judgment - it takes place every day." - Albert Camus
"All great truths begin as blasphemies." - George Bernard Shaw

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I gave them money once upon a time, I've hosted a couple of people and been hosted many other times, and had made it to a couple of CS meet ups when I lived in Dublin, as well as one in Bangalore.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've couchsurfed several times and always enjoyed myself. Also hosted a bunch of people when I lived in Dublin.

Only time something went slightly wrong was when the person meant to host me forgot I was coming and left town that day. Just another thing to add to the storybook :)

Interests

Literature, travel, languages, football, clubbing, human rights, good whiskey, politics, philosophy, photography,

• literature
• photography
• education
• human rights
• beer
• clubbing
• politics
• traveling
• backpacking
• bungee jumping
• soccer
• teaching
• history
• journalism
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Hmm, where to start!
Books - 'The Fall' (Camus), 'The God of Small Things' (Roy), 'The Glass Bead Game' (Hesse), 'The Trial' (Kafka), 'A Confederacy of Dunces' (Toole), 'Don Quixote' (Cervantes), and then the Hunter S. - Bukowski - Burroughs - Selby Jnr types. Obviously loads more...Orwell, Burgess, Huxley, Wilde, James, Fitzegerald etc too. Oh, and 'The Da Vinci Code' (HA! Gotcha! Just kidding)

Movies - Dolls, Zoolander, In the Mood for Love, Raging Bull, Blow, The Counterfeiters, Y Tu Mama Tambien

Music - Too many singers/bands to list. Anything from Bob Dylan to The Smiths to Fela to Nick Cave to Diplo to Bonobo to Richie Hawtin.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

It's a toss up between watching the sun rise over the din of howler monkeys at Tikal, Guatemala, or bungee jumping into the Zambezi river.

Teach, Learn, Share

Hmm... I could help you with your English, Italian or Spanish. Or teach you some Maltese, if you're inclined to learn our beautiful (though utterly useless internationally) language.

I can also hopefully share some of the things I've learnt from working with impoverished Zambian communities, and I do a wicked crash course in modern European history.

Practical skills...I can teach you to open a beer bottle with a lighter. Lame, I know.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Panama, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Tunisia, United States, Viet Nam, Zambia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Colombia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey

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