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Overview

  • 5 references
  • Fluent in English; learning Spanish
  • 42, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • general builder
  • bricklaying level 3 nvq
  • From hinckley
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

to find a new place to call home, then build the best hostel/guesthouse in the world

ABOUT ME

im a general builder from a town near leicester in england. i also dj and used to work in a bar in hinckley..

i have worked at two awesome hostels of carpe noctem in budapest for 4 1/2 months was much fun but, have been back on the road since and soon will be looking for work in sydney.. when i have my own place i will hopefully be able to offer a couch.

i really like meeting new people and getting a feel for other towns and cities.

i love cooking up a storm and find it a great way to bond with other people. i regularly cooked for around 20 guest in the hostel and loved doing it.

i like windsurfing and surfing and like to watch extreme sports, photography, watching good movies and listening to great music.. oh and i love flight of the conchords haha

PHILOSOPHY

not everything that wonders is lost

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

i am up for going for coffees, beers, walks, bush walks, hikes, wine tasting, sight seeing or clubbing anything really.. i havent done any couch surfing as of yet but i am very much looking forward to surfing and also being a host when i find the place i can call home..

Interests

windsurfing, surfing, good music, traveling, i love cooking, enjoy good food, local culture, meeting new people, learning spanish, photogaphy

  • culture
  • photography
  • dining
  • cooking
  • wine
  • beer
  • wine tasting
  • clubbing
  • movies
  • traveling
  • music
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • windsurfing
  • surfing
  • sports
  • rock climbing
  • extreme sports
  • sightseeing

Music, Movies, and Books

pans labyrinth, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, the dark night, sin city, taxi driver, no country for old men, one flew over the cuckoo's nest, city of god, anchor man, beautiful mind, the big lebowski, momento, scarface, lock stock and two smoking barrels, goonies, the deer hunter, the shawshank redemtion,.

hip hop, reggae, ska, funk, soul, dubstep, dnb

bill bryson

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

riding around cambodia on a motor bike, looking at temples then doing a little rock climbing, going to local markets and stoping to try to communicate with a local family showing them pictures of themselves which i think they hadnt seen before was pretty amazing

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Cambodia, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Serbia, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Hungary, United Kingdom

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