CURRENT MISSION

To see Jordan

ABOUT ME

As you ask:

Graham \g-ra-ham\ as a boy's name is pronounced GRAY-em. It is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Graham is "gravel area; gray homestead".

Exciting stuff eh??

PHILOSOPHY

"Life is not a race, but a journey to be savoured, each step of the way.

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift."

Not sure who wrote that but I like it!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Mostly Surfing so far, although I have hosted a few people whilst living in Tbilisi, surfing has been ace, people are mint!! When I get a suitable place I will host alot more.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Quite alot of surfing in lots of countries and hosting a few people, the vast majority of meetings through CS have been fun and interesting, and have made some good friends around the world, thats what its all about!

Interests

I love maps, billiards, getting out into the countryside for a walk, the pub, music, festivals, camping, Indian food, all other food, permaculture, different methods of natural building, dreaming of one day buying some land and trying to live off it and building a strawbale house.
Throwing a frisbee, going really fast on my bike, cooking a big meal whilst dancing along to some music, eating it with good people.

• festivals
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• indian food
• walking
• pub crawls
• flying
• traveling
• billiards
• homesteading
• music
• cycling
• camping
• surfing
• cartography
• history
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Love all different music, Shpongle and all Simon Posford's aliases. Aes Dana, Carbon Based Lifeforms, the ceilidh bandits, hilght tribe, Mungos Hi Fi, Baka Beyond, Peatbog Faeries, Misty in Roots. lots of dub and reggae, lots of everything except the usual rubbish.

Movies: Groundhog Day, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Drive, The Labyrinth, no country for old men, Kingpin, Platoon, The Big Lebowski, any Shane Meadows or Wes Anderson films and anything with Bill Murray in it.

Also love watching interesting documentaries, usually about current affairs, the world, nature. Long Live Sir David Attenborough, what a gentleman!

Books: Not much of a reader but at the minute I am reading Wild Swans, it has totally gripped me and would recommend it to everyone who wants to understand China's recent history more. The Power of Now, The Naked Ape, A Short History of Progess, and CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HITMAN

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

travelling from Thailand to England without flying, mainly hitchhiking. It was a dream since I flew to South Korea when I was 21, sitting by the window and looking down at the huge landmass between my home in the UK and East Asia, and getting slightly depressed that I was missing out. An amazing journey.

Looking down into various volcano craters with the clouds beneath me.

Walking in Bardia National Park in Nepal.

AND experiencing the kindness of people who have very little. The richer the nation, the more inhospitable the people, everyone's got more to lose. Friendliest people by far, Iranians and Kurdish, big up!

Teach, Learn, Share

A good time, hopefully

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Croatia, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Montenegro, Nepal, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Georgia, Portugal, Thailand, United Kingdom

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