CURRENT MISSION

listen to, absorb and create music

ABOUT ME

My greatest passion in life is music. And to be passionate about music, I believe passion for travel is imperative because music travels.

PHILOSOPHY

music is the language of us all

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I first joined couchsurfing in 2008 and it has let to some of the best exchanges and travels of my life. It's all about sharing, meeting and really immersing oneself into a culture. It's certainly not just a free bed.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

The Netherlands, Morocco, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Togo... And receiving lovely people from all over the world in our London home.

Interests

Music, Yoga, food, travel, animals, ethical living, sharing, kindness, friends, making and fixing things, understanding the world.

• animals
• culture
• dining
• cooking
• yoga
• traveling
• music
• guitar

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: The Beach, Cloud Atlas, Half of a Yellow Sun, The Time Traveller's Wife, The Rum Diary, The Kite Runner, To Kill A Mockingbird, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance...

Films: Koyaanisqatsi, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Amélie, Her, A Matter of Life and Death, La Haine, The Sound Of My Voice, Todo Sobre Mi Madre, Hable Con Ella, Withnail & I, La Vita è Bella, Birdman...

Music: Lau, Iron & Wine, the Beatles, Fela Kuti, Django Reinhardt, Ella Fitzgerald, Lake Street Dive, Nickel Creek, Crooked Still, Nick Drake, Snarky Puppy, Fat Freddy's Drop, Bob Marley, Spiro, Regina Spektor, Roberto Fonseca, Louis Armstrong, Béla Fleck, Nina Simone, Tommy Emmanuel, Zero 7, José Gonzalez, Georges Brassens, Ozomatli, Laura Veirs, Los Van Van, Robert Johnson, Pink Floyd, Jeff Buckley, Bach, Bob Dylan, Show of Hands, the Doors, Bon Iver, Penguin Café Orchestra, GoGo Penguin, the Bad Plus, Philip Glass...

Don't watch many shows but: Arrested Development, House of Cards, Black Mirror, Black Books, The Thick Of It, Peep Show, Brass Eye, Mr Robot

Radio/Podcasts: This American Life, Radiolab, Serial, 99% Invisible, Savage Lovecast, Answer Me This, Invisibilia, Radio Ambulante...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Cycled from the UK to just 5km shy of Nigeria

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach English (I have a TEFL qualification), acoustic guitar styles and maybe bits and pieces about music theory.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I hope to be able to cook a few meals for you and serenade you too!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Belize, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Iceland, India, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Senegal, Spain, Switzerland, Tanzania, Togo, Turkey, United States, Western Sahara

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, Laos, Malaysia, Mali, Thailand, United Kingdom