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Overview

  • 12 references 4 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning German, Russian, Spanish
  • 40, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Dive instructor
  • Marine mechanical engineering (MIT) Diving (Royal Austral...
  • From Sydney, Australia
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Travel south America, Work in Mexico

ABOUT ME

==IF YOUR CLOSE BY ME AND WANT TO GO FOR A RUN OR PRACTICE YOGA, SEND ME A MESSAGE!== Im a pretty laid back guy. I love to dive, work out, Run and practice yoga in my spare time. Really excited to meet new people and discover new cultures, and now for the first time in my life, I don't have a job waiting back home and I have all the time in the world to really immerse myself in the places Im travelling to.. I can't wait to be able to visit a place and If I fall in love with the place or the people, I can just stay a while longer, Its really nice to have that flexibility.. Im a diving instructor, I teach some yoga, I love to cook and Im a marine mechanical engineer..

PHILOSOPHY

Put your energy into the people who matter to you and return your love, don't waste time with unrequited acquaintances, put that energy into making your friendships stronger.. Make sure the people close to you know you love them..

That was a bit deep... haha.. Im generally a believe there are no coincidences, If I fail to notice something the first time and chance sees fit to show me again, Id better notice and make sure I do something about it..

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Keen to meet cool people from all round the world and decide what my purpose is in life! Looking for inspiration and to inspire in kind..

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have hosted some great people and have been out with people staying with my friends who host.. Met so many amazing people when I couch surfed in Germany, have been fortunate enough to be able to host them in turn and show them a good time in Sydney

Interests

Diving, running, reading, flying, movies and going out...Getting better from a recent shoulder reconstruction so some of my have activities have taken a backseat and Im playing tennis again now but with my other arm.. I REALLY want to learn to dance salsa and/or Tango but Im not good at it and a bit shy to try out my meagre skills in a club.. need to take the plunge though so I guess South america is the place for it!

  • dancing
  • tango
  • cooking
  • yoga
  • marathon
  • running
  • instructor
  • working out
  • clubbing
  • flying
  • movies
  • reading
  • traveling
  • scuba diving
  • tennis
  • engineering

Music, Movies, and Books

Shantaram.... best book I ever read, The life of Pi, The White tiger, shawshank redemption, power of one, 1984, The celestine prophesy, Pans labyrinth, The elite troupe, Navy diving documentary (2008)!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Some great wreck dives, submarine dives, half marathon, held my breath for 2 minutes in the bath when I was a kid, ;) Just run my 9th Sydney City to surf- 14km in 5 finger shoes..

Teach, Learn, Share

did you know that a stitch is caused by a full stomach rubbing on your diaphragm and causing heat friction..? yep amazing

The earth has experienced global warming many times, but always in the past has taken 4-6 million years previously to release enough carbon dioxide to raise the earth temp that much... Humans have managed to reach a tipping point in less than 100 YEARS... Thats hardly a heartbeat

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Germany, Kuwait, Russian Federation, Thailand, Uzbekistan

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia

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