Hi! We are James and Will, a couple originally from Australia, who have settled in the UK after several years travelling.

We're both engineers, into outdoors, food, motorbikes, wine, music, geeky stuff, mtb, burning man, intelligent conversation, skiing, silliness, dogs, and relaxed open-minded people.
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Dont care where your from, your skin colour, who you screw, who/what you worship, what music you like - diversity is always one of the most challenging and rewarding aspects of other humans (however if you happen to have blue skin, thats just awesome!)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Its fun!

I could put some bullshit about changing the world, but ive been on here since 2008, and the only reason i do it is because i enjoy hosting and occaisonally surfing :)

CSers ive hosted since joining: (this is not a boast list - its for my terrible memory!)
- Melissa (USA)
- Tina + Kim (Belgium)
- Millicent (Uganda)
- Remik (Poland)
- Evan + Juan (Spain)
- Warren (USA)
- Arjun (Netherlands)
- Umer +Manuel (Switzerland)
- Vitor (Brazil)
- Pascal +Franziska (Switzerland +Germany)
- Christina (USA)
- Jules (Germany)
- Agnes (France)
- Jimmy +Lena (Sweden)
- Julie (USA)
- Daniel + Delfina (Argentina)
- Nick (Australia)
- Charlotte (Australia)
- Berryl + Brian (USA)
- Josh (NZ)
- Rachel (UK)
- Sara (Australia)
- Mikaela (Norway)
- Margo +Lise (USA)
- John +Heiki (Germany)
- Ward (Netherlands)
- Wil (USA)
- Ammon (Canada)
- Marie (France)
- Isabelle (Germany)
- Will (UK)
- Matt + Bel (Australia)
- Steph, Caroline, Theresa (Germany/Belgium)
- Annamaria (Italy)
- Miriam (Germany)
- Heather (Canada)
- Bobby +Krystal (USA)
- Nik (Germany)
- Emile (Quebec)
- Sabrina +Nicolas (France)
- Caroline (UK)+Annie (France)
- Hanna (Germany)
- Adil (USA)
- Max+ Delia (France/Romania)
- Nicolas + Benedicte (France)
- Julian (France)
- Marc (France)
- Thomas + Helene (France)
- Marloes (Netherlands)
- Lily (Australia)
- Melina (Canada)
- Ben + Cecile (France)
- Marcus (UK)
- Yoann +Cedric (France)
- Yoav + Tristian (Israel/France)
- Amelie +David (France)
- Tom (Switzerland)
- Matteo (Germany)
- Camille + friends (GER/FR)
- Anne, Charly, Franka (GER)
- Charly (Germany) +Kevin (Canada)
- Lise-Anne and Matthieu (FR)
- Aline (FR)
- Vasha + Dar (USA)
- Julien (FR)
- Selma (FR)
- Flavien+ JB (FR)
- Matthieu, Fabien, Rueben, Lucie (FR, CZ)
- Camille + friends (FR)
- Manuel, Jan, Sally (EU)
- Maria (IR)
- Donovan (FR)
- Greg (FR)
- Elena (SP)
- Skye + the Band (USA/Ukraine?)
- Tatjana + Friends (Latvia/UK)
- Miles (UK)
- Judit (H)
- Aysha + Jose (India)

Couches ive surfed
- Cindy (Durban, South Africa)
- Umer (Zurich, Switzerland)
- Jeroen (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- Vivian (Australia)
- Collin + Dave (Brisbane, Australia)
- Amy + Roland (Johannesburg, South Africa)
- Jodie (Singapore)
- Liam + Monica (Bathurst, Australia)
- Ann + Alban (Strasbourg, Fr)
- Julian (Beaufort, Fr)
- Maxime (Lyon, Fr)
- Ben +Cecile (Bordeaux)
- Marlene + Charles (Le Havre)
- Kumar +Vlad (Paris)
- Gino (Paris)
- Amy +Toby (London)
- Sylvain (Normandy)
- Gregs Mum (Tours, FR)
- Matthieu + Parents (Le Mans, FR)
- Carmelo+ Eva (BC, Spain)
- Kevin (Van, CA)
- Mackenzie (Van, CA)
- Shaz (Misson, CA)
- Bill (Ireland)

Ive met, travelled and camped with far too many others socially to mention.

Interests

food, wine, sun, surf, art, history, theatre, music, life, hugs, french, people, cooking, massage, love, cheese, stars, more hugs, random spontanaeity, sharing, butoh, motorbikes, food, laughing, firespinning, nerdy books, meeting strangers, more wine, fleeting moments, and even more hugs. preferably multiples of the above simultaneously.

Music, Movies, and Books

Music - just about everything - sigur ros, radiohead, shpongle, muse, infected mushroom, perfect circle, queen, phillip glass, david bowie, michael franti, robbie williams, dj shadow, nusrat fateh ali khan, faithless, rufus wainwright, afro moses, wild marmelaide, dresden dolls, kaya project, lemonjelly, and assorted house, trance, psytrance, and other genres i dance to but have no idea what they are.
*Edit in 2024. Yes im definitely old.

books - biographies, scientific history, fantasy, religion, tolkein, anything by stephen fry, douglas adams, steven erikson, dan simmmons, irving stone bah! too many to list.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Personal highlights of my life:
- Burning Man, USA, 2009, 10, 14, 15
- Working for several years in africa
- Getting married!

Teach, Learn, Share

Im a big foodie. I love cooking and eating about everything! i adore having shared cookups in the kitchen space, trying new foods, textures, tastes, spices.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Food! Food! nomnomnomnomnom!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Canada, Cook Islands, Croatia, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, France, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Portugal, Romania, South Africa, Spain, Swaziland, Switzerland, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Burkina Faso, Canada, Côte d'Ivoire, Namibia, New Zealand, Romania, South Africa, United Kingdom

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