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.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

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

兴趣

Swimming in the sea
The stars
Cycling in the countryside

音乐、电影和书籍

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...

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

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

教，学，和分享

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.

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

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

我游览过的国家

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

我居住过的国家

France, Thailand, United Kingdom

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