CURRENT MISSION

To make the most

ABOUT ME

I'm an easy going guy, who loves to go out and meet people. I'm always up for a laugh pero I also have a serious side. I'm known as eccentric and I like to surprise people. I have a creative side but am also known as a geek.

At this moment in my life my plans consist of getting through my contract at work and then moving to Colombia for a year to teach English and learn Spanish. Unfortunately my contract ends in Sep2012 which is a long way away so there is plenty of time for a change in plans!

PHILOSOPHY

It is better to live one day as a lion rather than a lifetime as a hyena
(my grandad told me this, I'm not sure if it translates well, but I'm sure you get the gist of it!)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I would love to meet up for a drink or coffee to get to know people locally when I travel and also to meet people when they come to my home town of Edinburgh

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

At this moment my experience consists of meeting a few couchsurfers in Bogotá, Colombia and Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was a pleasure!
I hope to add a lot more to this in the future!

Interests

Photography - Street, Travel, Random Stuff
Reading
Music
Dancing - Salsa, Bachata, a little bit of Tango, a little bit of Ballroom, just general dancing
Travelling - Primarily based around South America but the whole world is the dream
Economics and Politics
Sport and Exercise
Driving - but I don't have a car right now as I sold it to fund my first trip to South America!

• photography
• dancing
• tango
• bachata
• coffee
• exercise
• drinking
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• sports
• economics

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies - El Laberinto del Fauno, El Diarios de Motocicleta, Amores Perros, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Riding alone for thousands of miles, Le Mans, Wall-E, Up!, James Bond

also The Wire, simply awesome

Music - Have a wide taste in music; Salsa, Bachata, Merengue, Reggaeton, Electronica, Indie, Alternative, some random pop and urban music, Qawwali, prety much anything with a good beat

Books - Gabriel Garcia Marquez: El amor en los tiempos del colera; cien anos de soledad
Sebastian Faulks: Birdsong
Classics such as The Woman in White, Anna Karenina, Crime & Punishment, Sherlock Holmes etc.
Borges, Isabel Allende, Roberto Bolano

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My travels to South America especially Colombia...pretty much changed my life and my whole perspective on everything

Teach, Learn, Share

I could help improve your english!
I could teach some photography and go on photoshooting trips
I'm sure I could also teach many other things which aren't coming to mind!
Conversely I am always open to learning new things

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Greece, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Pakistan, Peru, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom

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