Travelling is still my number one passion...I love meeting new people and exploring new cultures.

I'm working as a 3D Computer Graphics Artist (specializing in Character Art) in the Film/Television and Video Games Industry in London.

I grew up in South-Africa and later on I immigrated to the United Kingdom (dual citizenship) and I also lived in The United States, Canada, Australia and Bulgaria.

For Hosting Purposes:

I usually live in London and I spend a few months a year in my house in Bulgaria ( a renovated 150 year old stone house )
Both the place in London and the house in Bulgaria will be available to host to my fellow Couch Surfing friends when I come back from my travels in September 2016.

At the moment I am finishing up my work contract and will leave London in July 2015 to start my epic "year-around-the-world" trip in which I will visit 33 countries :)...can't wait!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I have always believed that one of the things I enjoy the most about travelling is meeting the interesting & fun people along the way and share laughs and adventures with them.
In the past I have always stayed at hotels/hostels but recently I became increasingly interested in trying couch surfing as I know I will love it :)
I'm a very friendly, easy to get along with, open minded , chilled out person

...one day when I am an old man, I want to rest assured that I have lived as much as I possibly could and that I saw the world! Had many life experiences and not just sit in an office working my life away :)

Interests

Travel, Adventure, Art, Digital Art, Painting, Sculpture, Drawing, Sketching, Design,(I'm an Artist), Cultures & History, Skiing, Free Diving, Hiking, Archery, (Targets only...I don't hurt animals :), Lucid Dreaming, Meditation, Going out & Socialising, Nature, Animals, Movies, Music, The Mind, Science, Technology, Gadgets, Creativity, Humour, Friendship, Nightlife and good Food

• animals
• arts
• design
• sketching
• dining
• modeling
• meditation
• nightlife
• flying
• technology
• movies
• video games
• traveling
• painting
• drawing
• bouldering
• music
• hiking
• canoeing
• surfing
• scuba diving
• skiing
• archery
• animation
• history
• science
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

China Miéville's The City & the City, other authors like Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, George RR Martin.
Then I read a lot of non-fiction books too....

Music wise I like most music

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-Spent a week flying across the United States in a tiny 2 man aircraft with a German world explorer, stopping in different towns along the way

-Meeting a Bushmen tribe in the Kalahari Desert was really amazing!

-Seeing (and being bitten by) a Penguin in Boulder's Beach, South Africa

-Playing with five lion cubs at once at Rhino & Lion Nature Reserve

-Canoeing on a lake at sunset at Parc National de Mauricie in Quebec and having a family of Otters play around the canoe

-Exploring the overgrown Ruins of Ta Prohm, Preah Khan and Bayon Temples in Cambodia

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach Digital 3D Graphics (3D Modeling, Animation, Sculpture, Texturing)
and I can teach Traditional Art (I studied Art at College/University)
If anyone wants to learn Afrikaans I can teach that too :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Many adventurous stories, humour and laughter and hopefully make a new connection with someone.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Croatia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Lesotho, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Swaziland, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States