CURRENT MISSION

Finding new directions in life after having both separately raised families who have now grown up and moved away.

ABOUT ME

D - I was brought up on a farm in England, and still feel a great affinity with the countryside. My work is in the city, so that's where I live, and I enjoy both. But in weekends and holiday times I'm likely to be bush walking / camping / traveling in the countryside.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

D - Have hosted many times under a different id (together with my ex-wife, Linnea), when we lived in NZ. Check out the references on the CS id that we used to share (KLEONZ) - several of them are for the two of us together. Also hosted with a similar organisation, Servas, for over 20 years. Have also surfed a few times.

C - new to couchsurfing

Interests

Life, people, language, science, nature, the environment, food, travel, ideas, knowledge.

• environment
• dining
• walking
• traveling
• camping
• business
• teaching
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

D - Favourite book - "The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse" by Robert Rankin. With a title like that, it would have to be really good or really bad. Brilliant satire on religion, politics and on a society that idolises nonentity celebrities. Just reading "Thinking Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman. Very thought-provoking.
Favorite Movies: In My Father's Den (NZ); Richard III (The version with Ian McKellen, brilliantly set in the 1930s).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Only one!?
D - sat at dawn by a waterfall in a forest, enjoying the tranquility, but appalled at the detritus left behind by previous tourists. The experience inspired me to start a business selling environmentally-friendlier goods.

Teach, Learn, Share

D - Having been an English language teacher and a long term host to overseas students who were learning English, I'm used to giving assistance with the language.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Canada, China, Cook Islands, France, Italy, New Zealand, Portugal, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

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