CURRENT MISSION

Travelling in between stints of working.

ABOUT ME

Dotes and Lauren here. Dotes' real name is Brendan, but everyone calls him Dotes (the origin of his nickname is really not an interesting one).

WE LOVE to travel, and it has been the main motivation in our lives for many years - we have been working and travelling intermittently for the past 9.
We love all things food and drink (BEER, WINE, COFFEE)!
We are very easy going, don't like to make too many decisions but just go with the flow. We really like music, listening to music and seeing live bands/going to music festivals.

Dotes is from Iqaluit, Nunavut in the Canadian Arctic. We lived there for many years until embarking on this trip about 5 weeks ago. We left just as the sun starts disappearing for the winter.
Dotes also plays bass in the most famous band from Nunavut(!), an Inuktitut folk-rock band called The Jerry Cans [www.thejerrycans.com]- you should really check them out (spoiler alert: there's Inuit throat singing involved!).

Over the last 9 years we've grown pretty tight.. we'd probably be married by now if we weren't hassled to get married every day by our friends and families.

Together, we have been to over 50 countries and counting!

PHILOSOPHY

If you're going to jump, might as well be with both feet!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Couch-rookies

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

A few times in Belgium and a couple elsewhere.

Interests

Food, overlanding, drink, music, travel, DIY.

• singing
• diy
• music festivals
• festivals
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• beer
• coffee
• running
• drinking
• traveling
• music
• camping

Music, Movies, and Books

Documentaries, Music Festivals, Biographies.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Converted and drove a Land Rover Discovery from London, UK to Cape Town, South Africa!

Teach, Learn, Share

I could teach you how to assign a biological identity to a skeleton or give you a quick run down of the criminal justice system as it relates to Nunavut (ha ha) and Dotes could give you a music lesson.

We both love to cook and are interested in sharing what we know and to learn more.

I would like to brush up on my French and Dotes is desperately wanting to learn arabic.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I could teach you how to assign a biological identity to a skeleton or give you a quick run down of the criminal justice system as it relates to Nunavut (ha ha) and Dotes could give you a music lesson.

We both love to cook and are interested in sharing what we know and to learn more.

I would like to brush up on my French and Dotes is desperately wanting to learn arabic.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Belize, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Jamaica, Laos, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, United Kingdom