CURRENT MISSION

The ocean calls........

ABOUT ME

In 2003 I sold my house, gave away my possessions, tucked my surf board under my arm and set out in search of 'something else'. Nine years on I am still adventuring, still surfing the seas and oceans of the world, still meeting incredible people, still being shown more kindness than I should have in one lifetime and discovering how enormous the world is.
I write for a living so can do that anywhere in the world whenever the money runs out.
People fascinate me....but not where they have been and where they are going. That doesn't tell me anything. The questions I want to know the answers to are - what makes you laugh? What makes you cry? If you were an animal what would you be? And which stars do you wish upon?
No day is a proper day without sunshine, the ocean and ice-cream. A perfect day also has strawberries, at least one hug and a surf session.

PHILOSOPHY

One lifetime - it's not enough. Make every day count. Find adventures and be ever alert for when adventures come to find you.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

One surf so far and CS party in Florence

Interests

Living, dancing, music, writing, surfing, skateboarding, wilderness

• animals
• writing
• dancing
• partying
• music
• surfing
• scuba diving
• skateboarding
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Music - Pearl Jam, The Clash, The Jam, Nirvana, Radiohead, Pulp, Jack Johnson, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and my guilty pleasure - Cyndi Lauper (I know!!! Embarassing)
Books - couldn't live in a world without surfing or books. Love the classics - Dickens, Hardy, Kipling, Twain, Hugo, Zola, Dosteyevsky, Tolstoy and a zillion others. Modern authors - John Irving, Steinbeck, Sarah Waters, Louis de Berniere, Margaret Atwood, Kate Atkinson and again many more.
Movies - I usually end up saying 'liked the book more' but my favourite movies are usually Kids movies - Labyrinth, Drop Dead Fred, Finding Nemo, The Jungle Book - I know hardly ANYTHING about movies.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Surfed the same wave as dolphins, jumped out of an aeroplane, awoke with a scorpion in my dredlocks, watched a volcano erupt, scuba dived, worked on a volunteer project in Thailand......aahhhhh too many!!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Croatia, Egypt, France, Gibraltar, Greece, Guatemala, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Spain, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Gibraltar, Italy, Nicaragua, Thailand

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