CURRENT MISSION

To boldly go where no man has... oh wait, that's James T Kirk. Our mission was to settle down, find work and somewhere to live... but travel is getting in the way for now :-D

On this journey, we left home at the end of March 2019 and have spent time in Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, Dubai, and now Spain.

ABOUT US
On our big adventure 2011-2012 we visited China, Turkey, Greece, Mallorca, Tenerfife, Yllas (Finnish Lapland), Cyprus, UK, Ireland, Iceland, Canada, USA & Fiji. We have made many great friends through couchsurfing.

Our home is Dunedin, however we have not moved back into our own home since 2011. We have been living between New Plymouth, in the North Island, and Dunedin since then, and are yet to decide where to from here. We have been traveling again since March, usually staying in hostels. We would like to do some couch surfing again and mix with the locals.

We like to spend time in the garden, love to cook, swimming and go walking to explore.

We like to travel. In times BC (before Cynthea and children!) Tony traveled to Fiji, Tonga, Rarotonga, Noumea, and Australia (East coast). Cynthea lived in Sydney, Australia for a time.
Our children are now in their early thirties.

We have both traveled a lot through NZ, Tony is an immigrant from the North, but should now qualify as a naturalised southerner.

Some years ago Tony was made redundant at the bank he worked for, so we decided to take the kids to Disneyland, but the trip sort took on a life of its' own, with detours to Sydney and Hawaii on the way, then continuing to Vegas, Grand Canyon, San Diego, Tijuana, Seattle, Vancouver Island, Vancouver, Calgary via the Rockies, Uk, Paris, Amsterdam, Toronto, and headed home via Hawaii, Sydney Brisbane, Auckland (then a kiwi road trip from Whangarei I the far north to Timaru on the centre east coast of the South). We traveled just over three months with a 6 and 8 year old in tow. If we had known we would cope as well as we did, we would have stayed away longer...

PHILOSOPHY

We like to be happy, enjoy friendships and take advantage of opportunities that come along.

We like to help others if we can.

Whatever happens, "It was meant to be", though we may not always understand the reason...

"You only live once. But, if you do it right...once is enough" - Mae West

Por qué estoy en Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We loved hosting but havent been able to recently as we have been based in a one room studio unit or staying with others.

We are pleased to have hosted some of our hosts who have visited New Zealand, which has been great.

We have enjoyed staying with other CSers, we met some wonderful people.
Now that we are traveling again its time to meet some more.

Happy to meet for coffee/drinks, etc, where ever our travels take us.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

We have been hosts and guests, the experience has enriched our lives, we really enjoyed the experiences. It was far beyond our expectations.
We would like to thank our guests and hosts - we have met some wonderful 'surfers, at home in Dunedin and abroad. We look forward to many more positive experiences.
Now that we have experienced being hosted in Greece, Spain, Scotland, England and USA we truly believe that CS is for us.

Intereses

Scouting, Both are JCI Senators (Junior Chamber of Commerce, Jaycees). Past members of Dunedin astronomical society (strictly beginners!) and Cynthea belonged to a cake decorating guild.
We are not much into sports, or heavy, indepth political or religious discussions.

We like travel, funnily enough...

Música, películas y libros

Movies - Keep the tissues handy for the soppy movies that Cynthea watches (Tony watches them too, he just doesn't cry as much).
Too many to list all the favs... Marvel movies, Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit were filmed on our doorstep. Harry Potter, Forrest Gump, Star trek, Star Wars, Die Hard, Indiana Jones, Shawshank Redemption. ...and if it stars Sandra Bullock, Tom Cruise, Adam Sandler, Hugh Grant, or Tom Hanks then there is a good chance we will enjoy it.

Music - well there is Abba, Queen, Eagles, Cliff Richard, Celine Dion, Bruce Springsteen, and Elton John to name a few. Like a lot of the stuff from the 70s and 80s. Tony will have a radio going in every room as well as with him outside, Cynthea would sometimes rather have the quiet...
Rock, country, Musicals - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Rocky Horror, Mama Mia and Priscilla (there's Abba again!), Grease, Saturday Night Fever. A bit, but not a lot, of opera (Amici, Three Tenors) as long as it doesn't screech.

Not into rap or the head banging stuff, nor are we into noisy clubs where can't hear yourself think and have to yell at your friends to be heard.

Algo increíble que he hecho

We surprised our friends (and ourselves) when we scared the s**t out of ourselves by walking around the outside of the Auckland SkyTower, some 200m above the ground, woo hoo. They reckon that the platform is 1.2m wide, Tony reckons they could be dreaming, but wasn't keen on getting down to measure it.

Since traveling we have climbed the Great Wall near Beijing, and had a balloon flight in Capodoccia, Turkey, been to the 125th floor of the Burj Khalifa and numerous other wonderful experiences.

Walked on the glass floor of the CN Tower in Toronto, and even got on a rollercoaster at Disneyland.

Enseña, aprende, comparte

Today we learn, tomorrow we teach...

Basic astronomy, calligraphy, cake decorating and cooking New Zealand dishes if there is time.

Qué puedo ofrecer a los anfitriones

We love to cook, we will help around the home. We love to talk and be social.

Países que he visitado

Andorra, Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Cyprus, England, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Tonga, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States, Vatican City State, Wales

Países en los que he vivido

England, New Zealand, Scotland, Wales

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