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Overview

  • 3 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French, Spanish
  • 40, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • Freelance skipper, sailing/windsurfing instructor
  • Geography BSc
  • From Chester
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Exploring South America

ABOUT ME

Worked on-board Super Yachts till November 2010, now having a career break, currently travelling South America.

PHILOSOPHY

Live life to the full and be positive

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

When at home I am happy for anyone to stay with me, but at present I'm travelling.
Always happy to meet for a coffee.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Last experience was in Portugal with locals I met at a music festival in Lisbon, ended up staying for three weeks and making great friends. Reason for signing up to this website.

Interests

In general having fun with friends, travelling and meeting interesting people.
All sports, favourites windsurfing and snowboarding.

  • festivals
  • dancing
  • coffee
  • traveling
  • music
  • windsurfing
  • sailing
  • skiing
  • snowboarding
  • sports
  • swimming
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Favourites are always hard to choose but heres a few.
Movies; Shawshank Redemption, Thankyou for Smoking, the Usual Suspects, Green Mile, Memento, Into the Wild, Blow, Trainspotting.........

Music; Like everything from rock to reggae to drum and bass to indie to scar to trance and more..

Books; Best recent read was Water for Elephants, and Richard Bransons Losing my Virginity.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Seeing Dolphins swim through bioluminescence in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

Teach, Learn, Share

Things I can teach are sailing, windsurfing, skiing, snowboarding and van building...

Things I need to learn are; languages mainly interested in spanish and french.
Also how to kitesurf, para-glide, climb and dance.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bermuda, Canada, Costa Rica, Croatia, Egypt, Germany, Gibraltar, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, Virgin Islands, British

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Greece, Saint Lucia, United Kingdom

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