CURRENT MISSION

To expand my horizons. Learn as many new skills as possible, eat some nice cheese, to master the chopstick, to explore and understand, and just have a bit of craic

ABOUT ME

I'm a 37 year old carpenter/cabinetmaker.
Quit my job and moved to Colombia for a while.
Trying to become fluent in Spanish and improve on the little salsa I know.
Haven't done much couch surfing yet although I've been on here a while. Met lots of cool people on Couchsurfing and figure it's a better way to travel.
Learned Spanish on a solo trip around South America.
Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Columbia, Brazil.
Laidback, open, like to live life with humour.

PHILOSOPHY

I know I'm in my own little world, but its ok, they know me here

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Just started my profile when I left

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Complete beginner

Interests

Woodworking and furniture making, construction techniques, learning new languages, keeping fit, triathlons, running, hiking and climbing, talking foolishness

• cheese
• marathon
• running
• woodworking
• hiking
• boxing
• rock climbing
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Ricky Gervais podcasts with Karl Pilkington.
Flight of the Conchords, The Mighty boosh, Anything with Jack Black, Will Ferrell.
BBC docos with Richard Attenborough.
Inbetweeners, Father Ted.
Books - Lately been reading alot of factual stuff and autobiographies, mainly sport/adventure.
Love Bill Bryson and his offbeat dry sense of humour.
Music - Very broad, almost anything except crappy pop

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Not really amazing but
Completed 2 full marathons and my first Ironman.
Oh and one time I saw a blimp!

Teach, Learn, Share

I have detailed plans on how to blow up the moon

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Ecuador, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Latvia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Norway, Peru, Romania, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Ireland, United States