Please call me Cal!

Born and raised in the middle of nowhere. Love hiking, exploring, and trying new things (especially food)! Always down for a drink (tea, coffee or alcoholic - whatever takes your fancy). Great sense of adventure.

Kinda work doing whatever right now. Trying to make a passion a full time job.

Spent almost the whole of 2019 travelling and the start of 2020 until lockdown happened (got trapped in Japan for a little while). This is my first trip since then, where I'll be revisiting one of my favourite countries Mexico (my Spanish is still awful 😭).

https://www.instagram.com/insta_cal/

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

At the end of 2018 my girlfriend broke up with me 2 days before my Masters thesis was due; and when I had already booked a flight half way around the world to LA to visit her. Instead of moping around, I decided to make the most of the opportunity and planned a road trip from LA to New Orleans in time for Mardi Gras (I ended up travelling around Mexico too). Couchsurfing allowed me to connect with locals, share stories and experiences and make friends with so many people.

Turned nearly that entire year into travel thanks to the hospitality of people of CS.

I hope very soon I'll be able to open up my house to others as they have done so for me!

Interests

Gaming - Overwatch/Warzone/Overcooked.

I have taken an interest in photography. Don't have a DSLR camera yet (still don't 3 years later), but still enjoy the casual photograph from my mobile. I love night shots in cities and also have an avid interest in astrophotography when I'm able to!

When I explore a new city I pretty much just walk everywhere. I feel its the best way to stumble on random things I may otherwise not find. Pretty much my only form of exercise too haha.

Huge fan of music, gigs and festivals. I will generally go to rock/metal based ones, but I am genuinely open to any genre of music. I hadn't really been to any in 6 years due to other commitments, but over the past year (2019) I've managed to attend over 10 concerts/festivals. Missed them so much! Looking forward to the next.

Follower of sports (EPL - Arsenal, NFL - Saints, NBA - Pelicans, F1).

• pets
• photography
• festivals
• coffee
• walking
• drinking
• board games
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• sports
• geography
• food
• tea
• gaming
• theme parks

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
Will probably enjoy anything...
EDM, Metalcore, Pop Punk, Rap, Hip-Hop

Films and TV:
Pretty much anything...
Tarantino, Christopher Nolan
Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Disney
Game of Thrones, La Casa De Papel, South Park, The Office (US) , The Inbetweeners (UK), Rick and Morty

Books:
First they killed my Father
Blood River

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Quit my job, booked a one-way flight to Cambodia!
Went Skydiving with 7 random strangers I met online!
Movie extra in Cambodia!

Teach, Learn, Share

I'd love to share some of my travel and life stories as well as hear about yours!

Open to learning and trying almost anything.

English?

I love to talking to people about Cambodia 🤐

What I Can Share with Hosts

Companionship, experiences, spontaneous adventures, great conversation. More than happy to do some cleaning/help with chores or just let me buy you a drink!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Cambodia, Colombia, Croatia, France, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland, Thailand, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Cambodia, England