Currently travelling, so can't take guests right now.

Live in Cape Town, South Africa. Love travelling, but don't do enough of it. Happiest wandering around in nature, am pescetarian ('vegetarian' but eat fish), practise insight meditation. Happy learning about most things (if you're a passionate accountant, now's your chance to tell me all about it!)

You can also read more about me at www.greenman.co.za

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I live alone and work from home (though my son comes to stay quite often), so very happy for some company!

Interests

I have many interests. I worked for many years in the IT/online field, and wrote a book on MySQL (no need to worry if you don't know what that is!) . I love the Wikimedia projects (Wikipedia), and am passionate about seeing them thriving in all South African languages.

I've also practiced tai chi since 1995, and have a piece of paper saying I'm an instructor, although I don't practise enough to be much good.

Green living is another passion. I was a founder of a co-op delivering organic food around Cape Town.

I love anything that makes me think.

But most of all I love wandering around the mountains and forests of Cape Town, so a Couchsurfer's visit is usually a good excuse to arrange one.

• books
• dining
• organic food
• instructor
• languages
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Most kinds of music., especially Trance, unplugged and rock. And many books and movies, leaning towards science fiction.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Spending new year 1999-2000 in a tiny village in Madagascar.

An ayahuasca ceremony in the Amazon was pretty profound.

So was seeing a blue-headed baby peering out for its first glimpse of this life

Amazed by people doing amazing things around me all the time.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach some tai chi, chi kung meditation, database stuff (if you insist!), happy to learn some yoga or just anything you're excited to share

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Namibia, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

South Africa