CURRENT MISSION

Currently my mission is to eat and not get too fat

ABOUT ME

I'm inmy early fifties and live with my partner, Jeff. We have four adult children scattered around the planet .
I'm active and love hiking, biking , swimming in the rivers and the hot pools which are only two hours inland from here...a secret spot..

PHILOSOPHY

My personal philosophy is to treat other people like I would like to have my adult children treated from others. All that be nice stuff...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couch surfers are fun.I just surfed in Laos. A fantastic way to experience the locals..
I've enjoyed all the surfers we have had here...

Interests

I enjoy caving, skiing, sailing, mountain bike riding, tramping, cooking, reading and being with other peoples.

• cooking
• reading
• cycling
• hiking
• spelunking
• sailing
• skiing
• swimming
• rivers

Music, Movies, and Books

I just finished reading The Seige of Mecca. What a great book, it would rate up there. it has given me a better understanding of the difference between the tribes.. I also am reading a bookon NZ Geology, and Edith Wharton's books.
I like trashy magazines from time to time and the newspaper of course.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I am one of the last to see smallpox and was a vaccinator when I was a teenager for WHO in Bangladesh.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, France, Greece, India, Italy, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Netherlands, Norway, Samoa, Singapore, Sweden, Thailand, Tunisia, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bangladesh, Finland, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States

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