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Overview

  • 2 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Chinese
  • 50, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • Learning from yesterdays, I hope.
  • The school of hard knocks has not hit me too hard thankfu...
  • From Melbourne, Australia
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To get some films funded.

ABOUT ME

13 years ago I left Australia to travel to Europe overland. I got as far as China and then settled in Taiwan to study Chinese and earn some money. Suddenly, a decade slipped by in one of the friendliest countries on Earth. But during that time I rode a bicycle 6000 kms from Beijing to Bangkok. It was the best thing I've ever done in my life.
I traveled to India in 2001 for the Kumbhamela - the world's largest religious festival that only occurs once every 144 years.
I performed and toured with Cloudgate Dance Theatre for one spring season and endured a fortunately brief spell of fame as an actor on a very bad Taiwanese tv show.
I walked the Camino de Santiago Compostela in Spain. I started walking it on April 15, 2010. Along the way I met dozens of beautiful people, journeyed through wonderful landscapes, saw a LOT of churches, learned the value of being patient and kind (to my feet specifically, others more generally) and drank more than a few glasses of wine.
Every day was a grand adventure. It was brilliant. I miss it and the people who made it such a pleasure.
Recently, I was in Europe again for six weeks, now I'm thinking about a move!

PHILOSOPHY

Trust in Allah, but tie your camel - Bedouin proverb

Adventure is just bad planning - Roald Amundsen

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

At the moment I'm into meeting up for a coffee or a drink.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've stayed with friends in many different places. Most recently I stayed with friends in Perth where I was woken each morning by a nine month old baby girl crawling on to my slice of floor and pulling on my beard. What better way to greet the day?

Interests

Books, art, music, film, writing, stories, people.

  • arts
  • writing
  • books
  • acting
  • festivals
  • dancing
  • wine
  • coffee
  • walking
  • drinking
  • pub crawls
  • trivia
  • movies
  • tv
  • traveling
  • music

Music, Movies, and Books

Too many to mention. I embrace subtitles in movies, poetry in books and all sound delivered with duende or juicy pop goodness.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I rode a bicycle 6000 kms from Beijing to Bangkok. It was the best thing I've ever done in my life

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm a writer, a wannabe filmmaker, and an endless repository of trivia - good on a pub quiz team.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, China, India, Italy, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Taiwan

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