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Overview

  • 3 references 3 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning German
  • 37, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • Charity Sector Management
  • PGDip Environment, Development & Policy
  • From Cardiff, Wales
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To boldy go where all interesting people with travel stories have been before...and to come back with wackier stories!

ABOUT ME

Born in Cardiff Wales
Of Arab and Welsh heritage

Adapted by an English couple - father performance artist (professional clown, storyteller, teacher), mother an archaeological conservator = great mix!

I am an extrovert.

This profile is by no means complete or refined!

PHILOSOPHY

Social democrat with green environmentalist interests

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosting:

-Hosted in Brighton a lot (but not through this website)

-Hosted many times in Berlin (both through this website and not)

Hosted:

-Been hosted in Schwerin for 11 days by host mother, teacher and co-ordinator of my summer language camps training week at her school

-Hosted in Hamburg for one night for a lovely PhD pair who cooked for me and in the morning I cooked breakfast!

-Hosted by my university programme coordinator in Brighton and by my family/friends a lot in London and elsewhere (not through the Couchsurfing website)

Interests

Travel, music and arts festivals (violin playing)
International development work - maintain and co-lead charities.

  • arts
  • performing arts
  • festivals
  • environment
  • cooking
  • technology
  • traveling
  • juggling
  • music
  • violin
  • business
  • teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

I like many genres of music, depending on my mood. I often love to dance - electro-swing/gypsy folk is one genre I like dancing to.

Magical realism - books by the likes of Gabriel Garcia Marquez or Salmon Rushdie for instance

Travel books (especially environment ones)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Knocked over the Queen of England body guard on my unicycle (by accident!)

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: violin, English, juggling, stories (folk and legends), Welsh cuisine, etc.

Learn: German language, cooking, and folk stories

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kenya, Malawi, Netherlands, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, Tanzania, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Germany, Kenya, United Kingdom

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