I am willing to try pretty much anything once, and my goal in life is to always be learning and experiencing new things.

I have just finished travelling through Asia (Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and India) for the last 5 months and I have just moved to New York.

I would love to learn more about your city, life and culture from a local and I am sure we will have a great time together.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Just interested in meeting up with awesome local people so that I can learn more about the places I am visiting, and not just do the usual touristy things.

Interests

• cooking
• clubbing
• politics
• reading
• philosophy
• physics
• science
• food
• cinema
• reading books
• learning new things
• internet
• exploring new places
• new experiences
• meeting new people
• comic books
• 420
• computer programming
• music,
• political philosophy

Music, Movies, and Books

I love indie cinema, horror movies, But movies, but I will watch pretty much anything, especially if it is strange or obscure. I am a huge Star Wars fan as well! Some of my favorite directors include Quentin Tarantino, Paul Thomas Anderson, Christopher Nolan, Park Chan Wook, Zhang Yimou, Wes Anderson, Martin Scorsese, Stanley Kubrick, Steven Spielberg, Kevin Smith, Spike Jonze, Werner Herzog, Richard Linklater, Darren Aronofsky, Danny Boyle and Erroll Morris.

I love reading and will generally have a non fiction book and a fiction book on the go at the same time. Some of my favorite authors include Bill Bryson, Irvine Welsh, Louis de Bernies, Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, William Dalrymple, Brett Easton-Ellis and Dave Eggars.

Music is probably my favourite thing and I will listen to pretty much anything, except heavy metal, hardcore punk and very commercial pop music.

I am particularly a fan of indie, folk, jazz, blues, hip hop, rock, funk, house, bass music, electronica and "world music" (a vague catch all for any non-western music). But like I said I am open to hearing pretty much anything new 😁I am a huge fan of Tom Waits as well.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Trekked 120km to Annapurna Base Camp in the Himalayas in Nepal.

I have been to AfrikaBurn (South Africa's Burning Man festival) four times and I have seen some pretty crazy things there, just ask.

I traveled through India and Nepal for 6 months in 2010, and through Asia for the last 5 months in 2017/2018.

Otherwise I have traveled extensively through my home country of South Africa, which is awesome! Highly recommended.

Teach, Learn, Share

Happy to teach you as much as I can about my beautiful home country South Africa. I could also teach you some basic programming, if that's something that interests you.

I can also cook a really good Melanzane Parmagianno and some other Italian food recipes.

Other than that I love discussing experiences, big ideas and talking shit over a few drinks.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I am a easy going person who is quick to laugh and I love making people around me laugh and have a good time. I am also a fan of seeing live music and partying. I also love cooking, so I am happy to make a meal for you. I am also very clean and respectful.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, England, India, Lesotho, Mozambique, Nepal, Netherlands, South Africa, Swaziland, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

South Africa, United States