Hello, I'm Dom. Currently wandering round the Far East / on a creative sabbatical in Taiwan.

I first came across couchsurfing in 2011 when I hitchhiked across Spain, Portugal and Morocco with my friend. We were hosted by some of the most wonderful people. Since then, I've surfed various couches in other parts of the world, and I hosted a bunch of people when I was living in Montpellier a few years ago.

I'm a former EFL teacher. Since the pandemic, I've taught less and less and now do odds and sods. I spend my time writing and making films. I love travelling and exploring new landscapes - I love the sea most of all.
I grew up in Totnes, near the coast in Southwest England.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet and connect with others. To exchange stories and cultures. To hang out with some jesters and irreverent folks. To wonder together...

Interests

Swimming in the sea
The stars
Cycling in the countryside

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Cocteau Twins, The Beatles, Gang Starr, Kate Bush, Beethoven

Books: Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse
Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary
D.H. Lawrence - The Rainbow
J.M. Coetzee - Life and Times of Michael K; Boyhood
Samuel Beckett - Molloy
Raymond Carver - What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
Tales from the Thousand and One Nights
Anthony Burgess - A Clockwork Orange
Herman Hesse - Siddhartha
Poetry: W.S. Graham, William Blake, Ted Hughes, Mary Oliver
loads of stuff.

Films: Blue Velvet; Singin' in the Rain; The White Ribbon; La Dolce Vita; Winter Sleep; Vertigo; Eraserhead; Apocalypse Now; Taxi Driver; Heat; Withnail and I; Manhattan; In the Mood for Love; Paris, Texas; I Vitelloni; North by Northwest; La Règle du jeu; Pather Panchali...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I went to Crater Lake in Oregon and it blew my socks off.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you the art of telling a long winded joke/shaggy dog story.

I want to pick up a bunch of new recipes from around the world.
And also improve my French.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Food, stories, jokes, my language, songs, whatever we want to create!

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Australia, Austria, Cambodia, Egypt, France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Morocco, New Zealand, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Thailand, United Kingdom

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