I am currently a Law student at the University of Pretoria. I am passionate about music and wide open spaces (Namibia). Traveling has always been a big part of my upbringing and continues to be a big part of my life. I play: the guitar, percussion, violin (like a dying cat) and recorder (as all second graders do). I enjoy farms (even the labor that goes with it) and believe that as Timothy Leary describes (minus the drug use), that the sharing of space-time with fellow humans is one of the greatest human things and is the way to shape change and a better world.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

My friend has had great experiences and I prefer sharing my experiences with others and intend on having many such experiences. In honesty cost as well. Being a student, this will allow me to see much more of the world, in youthful wonder, and hopefully with new mates (friends) who can come see my neck of the woods as well (Namibia) after having shared theirs.

Interests

• dogs
• architecture
• music festivals
• baking
• reading
• music
• live music
• classical music
• jazz
• rock music
• guitar
• violin
• blues
• fencing
• anthropology
• psychology
• religion
• squash
• archaeology
• alternative rock
• farming
• philosphy
• alternative lifestyles
• classical guitar
• drumming
• classic rock
• open spaces
• argueing

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Sturgill Simpson, Bon Iver, Billy Joel, Quincy Jones, Fokkofpolisiekar, Noah and the Whale, Black Sabbath, The Moody Blues, System of a Down, Medicine Boy, Nakhane Toure, Volcano Choir, De Wallen, Aking, Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Black Cat Bones, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Gerald Clark, Dan Patlansky, The Beatles.

Movies: The Lord of the Rings, Hail! Caesar, Magic in the Moonlight, The Help, Kingsman, The Man who knew Infinity, As it is in Heaven, Ratatouille.

Books/ Authors: Roald Dahl, Ernest Hemmingway, Fitzgerald, J.k. Rowling, Lardner, Tolkien, Dickenson, Oscar Wilde, H. hompson, Charles Buckowski.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

A friend of ours had a gyrocpter on the farm we were staying at for the weekend. He allowed me to fly with him and even instructed me so I could take over for a few minutes. I was flying a gyrocopter in the desert and hovered over a herd of Oryx. It was done high enough, though, that they remained unaware of us and so we followed them for a while from the vantage point of the copter. After this I went walking (this was sort of on our family friends farm) and came across a Cheetah in the river bed a few hundred meters on. I squatted down (cheetah's are not to be so feared as they are very frightened by humans) and it did not notice me. Eventually it came probably as close as less than a hundred meters and I could see him/her very clearly. These two things (coupled with a good "braai" [barbecue]) made it one of my best and most special weekends.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories, food/items from my home country, travelling assistance in Namibia and South Africa, assistance (paying) for household items, musical lessons (if I can), African Ideology/culture/philosophy, almost anything (upon request beforehand).

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Botswana, England, France, Germany, Greece, Haiti, Italy, Jamaica, Malaysia, Mexico, Namibia, South Africa, Switzerland, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Namibia, South Africa