CURRENT MISSION

Wrote a book, so um... write another one. How do I do that? Go travelling again I spose... Bordertown USA here I come!

ABOUT ME

Live for travel, playing music, film, writing, food and booze and of course live music (which are infinitely better when combined). Although I appreciate every fucker out there has to work, I am a writer - so I struggle to understand why it is so hard to see the world while doing what I want to do (and getting paid for it) so it does not feel like work - that is not asking too much is it?

PHILOSOPHY

The weight on my shoulders reminds me that I'm free

Warum ich bei Couchsurfing bin

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

One of the most treasured experiences of travelling, which continually fuels my wanderlust is the exchange of hospitality between host and gentlepeople of the road. Although described in much greater eloquence in scriptures relating to wandering pilgrims and peregrinators, I still find it incredibly relevant today to travellers & seekers alike. And to me it feeds into the endless, somewhat banal debate over what is a true traveller. I embrace both sides of the hospitality exchange, which Couchsurfing has made infinitely more accessible. But whereas a tourist looks solely towards the getaway, I believe a traveller no matter where they are & how they are situated, is constantly looking out for this experience.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Arrived in Mexico with 2 months in my savings account made Panama the goal, so it wasn't unexpected by the time I arrived in Panama City I already had designs to jump on a boat to Columbia. A month later down in Leticia, on the tri-border of Peru & Brazil prudence stepped in, inveigling me to stop, fly up to the USA where I had a return flight from LA, spend 3 weeks celebrating the end of the journey and get back with some cash still in my pocket. I did this, but cos I had such a blast Csurfing, with amazing people in every city goading me to stay longer, 3 weeks turned into 8 weeks and I only left cos I was broke - oh and the book I wrote encompassing a decade of global budget travel was about to be released in Australia, called 'Loves, Kerbsides & Goodbyes.' I blame Couchsurfing - and I mean that in the nicest possible way! So what now? Write another book I spose & to honour linear narrative it seems to make sense to start where I last departed so Bordertown USA here I come!

Interessen

Sports:
Hiking, tripping up, sneezing, slinky wars, yo-yo, camping (which I'm pretty sure is a past time but I'm struggling since I wrote hiking), thumb wrestling & snow ball fighting

Other interests:
Gibbons, boomerangs, beanbags, dinosaurs, maths, guitars, frogs, stationary, sunglass, watches, words, falafel, peasant cuisine, celluloid, sand, waves, rain, drive-ins, art deco, second hand shops, gimcrack, chillin, chameleons, oceans, boats, open roads, fish and jewellery

• fish
• arts
• writing
• books
• dining
• running
• flying
• boating
• traveling
• music
• live music
• fishing
• hiking
• backpacking
• camping
• sports
• wrestling
• mathematics
• budget travel

Musik, Filme und Bücher

Music:
Anything and everything that gets under my skin

Books:
Shit that uses words like texture, shadow and colour

Movies:
Challenge me - I dare you!

Eine tolle Erfahrung, die ich gemacht habe

In Order:- Saw a book I wrote encompassing over a decade of global budget backpacking called 'Loves, Kerbsides & Goodbyes' get published & now sitting upright on bookstore book shelves- Fell a little bit in love again- Saw the Pacific & Atlantic Oceans from a single panorama- Hiked alone & unaided to El Mirador, the inaccessible Mayan ruin just below the Mexican border in Guatamala- Saw a sun that never went down- Pulled my socks up- Oh yeah!- Followed the blue highways of my literary heroes and completed a 17,000 mile roadtrip around North AmericaFinally fell into a one-in-a-million love, the sort they name stars after, but it turns out sometimes there's no beating the odds

Lehren, lernen, teilen

Trave Tip #01: Smile :) Travel Tip #02: Find yourself in trouble & travel tip #01 doesn't work - Run!

Länder, die ich besucht habe

Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Viet Nam

Länder, in denen ich gelebt habe

Australia, Ireland, United Kingdom

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