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Overview

  • 11 references 7 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French, Spanish
  • 36, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • film producer
  • Biology degree
  • From Brighton, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

*Its been several years since Ive been on this site and I thought Id lost the login! Although Ive been gone, my respect for the couchsurfing community is still as strong as strong as ever.

What‘s great is that I now find myself living in an apartment, with enough space to finally offer room for surfers to stay with me again! I have been living in Salzburg, Austria for the last year, up in the mountains.

CURRENT MISSION

Create.Discover.Live

ABOUT ME

I grew up in Brighton which is a vibrant layed back city on the south coast just an hour from London. The city has everything you could wish for with the beach and pier, the bussling shopping lanes to hectic nightlife catering for all styles. I promise you a visit to my home city will be well worth it.

For the past three years I have been living in Bristol in the south west of england. I have just graduated with Bsc Biology. Bristol is a city with strong character from the suspension bridge and grandeur of Clifton to the street art and hectic nightclubs of St. Pauls and Gloucester Road.

If you are passing through, Id be happy to host you for a few nights or just -chill- with a coffee.

PHILOSOPHY

knowledge and understanding are the key to growth

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

(now)I have been a member of CouchSurfing for nearly 4 years now and have enjoyed every related experience. It has been a great way to meet interesting people from new cities and stay with or host a fellow traveller. In the past my CS experiences we sporadic; dependant on my travels or lack of them. I have decided to now get involved more fully with CouchSurfing as I think it is a fantastic place to meet people who are generally on your wave length and it's a unique hub for freedom.

(then)In early 08 I took a five month trip travelling across land from Greece to thailand. Along the way I stayed with cs members from russia, china and laos and I think it is an excellent way to meet some very interesting people who are able to show you the hidden gems of their city. Anyone who wants to jam at my HQ is welcome.

visited 22 states (9.77%)Create your own visited map of The World

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

couchsurfed:
3x Russia(novosibirks, yeketerinburg and irkutsk)
2x China (shanghai and hongkong)
1x Laos (vienetiene)
1x Morocco
1x Spain
1x Turkey

surfed my couch:
3x bristol

Many of my friend in my house and the house across the road are couchsurfing members so between us we have hosts a fair amount of surfers.

met other CS people along the way.

some were from other similar sites such as globalfreelaoders and another, i forget the name

Interests

jamming with friends, hiphop, travel, animals, sunrises, cycling, camping, wildlife doc, smoking trees,making film, watching films, drum&bass, family, hiking, cultivation, axolotl, rock climbing, burlesque, zoos, biology, dancehall, darkness, markets, reading bits and pieces and other such stuffff

  • animals
  • pets
  • wildlife
  • arts
  • street art
  • photography
  • coffee
  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • movies
  • reading
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • camping
  • boxing
  • rock climbing
  • biology
  • beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

urban music: D&B, hiphop, dancehall, oldskool garage, breaks, electro, grime, dubstep
I can also be tempted by the likes of huskey rescue and the flaming lips.

anything that stands out for me

I dont have a particular preference for film or books. I like something that catches me or that is emotion/ thought provoking.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My friends and I drove a car from the UK to Mongolia.

Teach, Learn, Share

The natural world is where my knowledge comes alive. I love photography and am always trying to learn new skills. I can take you rock climbing basically up for anything interesting...

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bulgaria, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Laos, Lithuania, Malta, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Panama, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, United Kingdom

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