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Overview

  • 19 references 12 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Hungarian
  • 37, Male
  • Member since 2012
  • Nomad
  • High school, College
  • From Bolton, England, United Kingdom
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Become a beekeeper!

ABOUT ME

I'm an easy going and very chatty guy. I like meeting new people and love visiting new places. I've done quite a lot of travelling around Europe, america and a little of asia. I like learning about new cultures and trying new languages.

I enjoy fencing, its the best sport in the world!

I have way too many nerd t-shirts! Having said that, I am a huge nerd, so... it kinda comes with the territory :)

Also, I can organise a mean pub crawl :D

PHILOSOPHY

Help save the honey bees!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Traveling the earth right now! Meeting so many great people! I hope I can stay with you and we can sawp some great stories. If anyone would like to learn about the great British tradition of real ale, I will happily take them around the lovely pubs of Manchester if you visit me and I am at home :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Next stop: KRAKOW, L'VIV, KIEV

Interests

Fencing, Anime, Gaming, Reading, Photography, Films, Football, Table tennis, Chess, Connect 4, Bee keeping, beer brewing, journalism.

I WATCH ALOT OF ANIME! So you may well have to watch some with me if you surf at my place :D

John Pilger is a beast!

I enjoy reading and listening to self help books, especially anything by Robert Greene.

Getting into ridiculous situations when I go travelling! You always seem to have most fun when you talk to random people :D

  • books
  • folklore
  • photography
  • beer
  • pub crawls
  • anime
  • movies
  • chess
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • cycling
  • sports
  • fencing
  • soccer
  • tennis
  • table tennis
  • history
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: KISS, Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, Armin van Buuren, Starcadian, Bloc Party, Bing Crosby, KISS, QOTSA, Led Zepp, Daft Punk, Beastie boys, John Coltrane. So much music out there, itd be great to share music tastes with you all!

Films: Up, Django unchained, Her, The Avengers, Pulp Fiction,
Fight Club, City of God, The Dark Knight, The Wicker man, There will be blood.

TV: Breaking bad, Rick & Morty, Parasyte, Game of thrones, Mr Robot, Gotham

Books: I love reading alternate universe stories! Graphic novels like Watchmen and Bone. Post apocalyptic stories too, such a fascinating concept. Also, books on philosophy and sports psychology!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Visited and survived Chernobyl!

Teach, Learn, Share

I've got a few interesting things to share, but we can do it over a nice glass of whisky :)
I'm just about to begin a journey into bee keeping!
Learning Japanese and Hungarian. (probably two of the hardest languages to learn, why am I doing this to myself? haha)

What I Can Share with Hosts

When I'm able to host. I can offer a lovely selection of pubs not too far from my apartment :D Some nice canals nearby the apartment to go for a nice evening stroll, complimented with friendly geese that you can feed if you want too.
I can show or tell you about the wonders of Manchester, it is a wonderful city. All the great music history of the city! But in all honesty, the people of the city make it what it is.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Hungary, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

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