CURRENT MISSION

Visit all the countries in the world with the letter 'A' or 'E' or 'I' or 'O' or 'U' in them and the ones without.

ABOUT ME

Use to host couch surfers quite a bit as a student but my lovely house mate who I shared the profile with moved back home so I’ve decided to set up an individual profile *DA DAAA*. If you are ever in Durham check her out she's awesome - 'Simone & Katie' profile name.
I work full time after finishing university and am struggling to wear a suit (who am i kidding - black trousers and an un-ironed shirt at best) and fit in to the 9-5 way of life. Hoping to meet up with some travelling folk to hear their stories and to tide me over until I can take some holiday!

In my spare time I set up and run www.thegastroclub.com which is a Twitter (@gastroclub_mcr) based meet up in Manchester with over 300 members. Each month I organise a special menu at a restaurant around town and we meet up to eat unusual/great food.

Currently starting to learn Mandarin - so if there are any speakers out there give me a shout!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Meet ups currently - moving house in early September so might be able to host again!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

CouchSurfing has always been awesome, always better than staying in a hotel, always better than having a couch going spare.

Interests

• dining
• running
• traveling

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Trekked to Machu Picchu, swam with pink (yes they were really pink) dolphins, fun-raised £2,400 and then spent five weeks in Ghana building sanitary facilities in a small rural town called Kaleo. Honoured as an International Fruitcake Tosser from the Manitou Springs Chamber of Commerce, Colorado