Hello, I'm an ordinary guy who likes to laugh and listen and share stories over a beer or two. I'm born and raised in London, which means I thought I knew it all until I decided to take a step outside my front door and see the world.

In 2015 I lived in ShiJiaZhuang, North China (smog city) for a year. Working in China was incredible and travelling around Inner-Mongolia, the Tibetan Plateau and South China was amazing.

From Spring to Summer (2016) I worked in Saitama Prefecture by Tokyo and volunteered between Osaka/Kyoto during August. The food was amazing, the people (too) polite but the weather incredibly hot! I'm hoping to return to Japan again but this time in Autumn/Winter.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Meet new people, make new friends and learn new things (all the while not getting killed ;) and take part in this wonderful phenomenon which doesn't involve money.

Interests

Running, Movies, Books, Languages, Travelling, Photography

• books
• singing
• photography
• wine
• beer
• marathon
• running
• movies
• traveling
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Pretty much everything.

Movies: I studied film at university so pretty much everything.

Books: Haruki Murakami, Yukio Mishima, Mo Yan, Ernest Hemingway, Tolstoy, D.H. Lawrence.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Ran a marathon on the grasslands of Inner Mongolia, China! (I still have the sun burn line to prove it)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Some travel stories, a few laughs and a beer or two :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Cuba, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Turkey, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, United Kingdom