I've been a teacher for over 10 years but even though I love my job, I needed a break. So I took a year off work to travel in Asia. It was meant to be an overland trip from Singapore to the Himalayas and back again, but there have been a few hiccups along the way so the route has changed. I really enjoyed how the year has panned out and hope to do this again, maybe in 5 years or so. In the meantime, it'll give me time to save, read up about the places, and maybe learn a bit of the languages.

Ig: ed_fled

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I want to meet locals and have a better idea of what life is like in the place.

Interests

• reading
• hiking
• scuba diving
• history
• languages
• football
• climbing

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Stranger than fiction, Stardust, The Mummy, Let the bullets fly, Portrait of a lady on fire
Books: Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis series, Ramez Naam's Nexus trilogy, Jasper Fforde's Eyre Affair, Adrian Tchaikovsy's Children of Time, Tamsyn Muir's Gideon the Ninth
Music: 90s, 00s, folk, pop

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

This year I climbed the Annapurna circuit in Nepal and it was the hardest hiking I've ever done but the views were amazing and it's made me want to try some proper camping

What I Can Share with Hosts

A great conversation!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Canada, China, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Singapore, United States