I'm visiting Europe atm sorry I can't meet up or host in Tokyo for a while! 😔

I'm originally from England but I've been living in Tokyo about 3 years now, working as an English teacher. I am very open to meeting up with travellers/locals, or possibly hosting depending on the day.

CURRENT MISSION

Explore as much of Asia as possible

ABOUT ME

Friendly, fun, always up for new experiences and meeting new, like-minded people!

(But please don't randomly add me as a friend if we haven't met or messaged!)

PHILOSOPHY

"The best teacher is experience and not through someone's distorted point of view" Kerouac, On the Road

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love meeting new people from all over the world, I believe you can learn something valuable from everyone you meet.

Interests

Travel, Hiking, Metal music, Psytrance, Techno, Meditation, Hula Hooping/ Fire Spinning, Poi, Painting, Drawing, Leather Craft, Karaoke, Running, Reading, Cooking, Juggling, Surfing, Meeting new people

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC - METAL, ROCK, TECHNO, PSYTRANCE, drum n bass.

MOVIES - ALL HORROR MOVIES EVER, but especially 80s horror. Honestly I pretty much just watch horror these days, 99% of the time. Otherwise I like Into the Wild, American Beauty, Fight Club, Waking Life, Star Wars, Batman Trilogy, Mr Nobody, Lord of the Rings, the Big Lebowski, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, School of Rock, Nightmare before Christmas, Studio Ghibli movies, Pan's Labyrinth, The Shining, Los Diarios de Motocicleta.

BOOKS - Crime and Punishment, Brave New World, The Doors of Perception, Beyond the Deepwoods, The Tibetan Book of the Dead, On the Road, Catcher in the Rye, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, IT, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Slash, Fight Club, Los Diarios de Motocicleta.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have done a couple of bungee jumps up to 300 feet
I spent all summer 2023 hitchhiking around Europe
I paraglided over the Chicamocha canyon in Colombia
I trekked 4 days in the Sierra Nevada, Colombia to reach La Ciudad Perdida
The first Rainbow Gathering in Colombia 2014, living with great people and sharing everything between us.
I've ridden through Rome at midnight on a motorbike (thanks to amazing couchsurfing friends!)
I lived with a Mongolian Nomadic family in the Gobi Desert
I rode the Hai Van Pass in Vietnam my first time on a scooter and didn't die!

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach - Hula hooping, juggling, poi, English/Spanish, cooking!
Learn - I want to learn everything! Any skill out there, teach me, I want them all!
"Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality"

What I Can Share with Hosts

Music, movies, laughs, cooking, travel stories

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Colombia, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Spain, United Kingdom