CURRENT MISSION

Australia woo...

ABOUT ME

Terrible at filling in profiles.

Perma-student (started a PhD in Computational Linguistics in Oct 08), attempting to avoid the real world for as long as possible through the fine arts of travelling and procrastination.

Very disorganised, except when absolutely necessary. Then extremely organised.

I like movies, long walks on the beach, and clichés.

And I don't smoke.

PHILOSOPHY

Live and let live.

and

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Unfortunately thus far my only participation has been surfing other people's couches. But as soon as I obtain a couch big enough to fit a whole person onto I will proffer it to all and sundry.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

My most recent foray into Couchsurfing was in the USA:
13 Sep 2008 - William in NY/NJ.
11-13 Sep 2008 - Bee in NY/NJ.
7-11 Sep 2008 - Tamra (and Ranajoy and Megan) in DC.

I travelled around Switzerland in Nov 07 with my good friend Craig, couch surfing as much as possible. It was really good fun:
10 Nov 2007 - Marco in Geneva
9 Nov 2007 - Patrick in Lausanne
8 Nov 2007 - Rahel in Thun
7 Nov 2007 - Christoph in Zurich
6 Nov 2007 - Eleonor in Bern
4 Nov 2007 - Martina and Anna in Chur

Our profile is here: http://www.couchsurfing.com/people/craigabr (He has now cheekily taken over the profile, but if you scroll down to the references from 2007-2008, they're for us travelling together.)

Interests

Swimming, trekking jungle trails (although a city boy at heart), reading (John Grisham oh yeah), meeting new/old people...

I am very excited to have just completed my open water diving course.

And I love to dance.

• arts
• humanities
• dancing
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• juggling
• surfing
• scuba diving
• rock climbing
• swimming
• mathematics
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

24, Skins, The Wire, Lost, Prison Break, The West Wing, That 70s Show

Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain, American Beauty, The Shawshank Redemption, Into the Wild

Nineteen Eighty-Four, Catch 22, The Catcher in the Rye

Manu Chao, Patrick Park, Ben Harper, U2, Air, Damien Rice, Gotan Project, John Legend, Tracy Chapman

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climbing to the top of Monte Bre in Lugano was pretty cool (see photos)...

Tayrona National Park (Colombia) has some amazing beaches. Visit it!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can do maths and computery type stuff... that's about it though.

I've travelled pretty extensively through South America (for over 5 months) so if you're planning a trip and you want a traveller's perspective just let me know.

I want to learn to juggle!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Ireland, Switzerland, United Kingdom

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