I've been travelling on and off since I was 15. I used to get around by cycling, but now I'm an avowed hitchhiker! My favourite countries are Turkey, Canada and Morocco, and I also lived in Argentina for a year working as a writer and political analyst. Now I'm in New Zealand for a year or so, hoping to learn as much as a can and say hi to some locals!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Couchsurfing is hitchhiking for beds. You meet people, share stories and learn more about the local culture, history and things to do - I don't know why more people don't couchsurf!

Interests

Travelling to new places
Drawing & Painting
Cricket
Darts (if you haven't played you're missing out)
Chess
Reading

• movies
• chess
• reading
• traveling
• darts
• music
• guitar
• cycling
• hiking
• soccer
• track and field
• swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

Mulan, Aladdin, Lord of the Rings, This is England, Sunshine, Gladiator, Searching for Sugar Man, Office Space, Aliens, Sideways, Requiem for a Dream, Inglourious Basterds, 28 Days Later, Dead Poets' Society, American History X, Groundhog Day

I'll listen to pretty much anything, but especially rock and blues. RHCP, Frank Turner, The Black Keys, The Clash, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Bruce Springsteen, Tame Impala, Kings of Leon, Jeff Buckley etc etc

100 Years of Solitude, The Bonfire of the Vanities, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Lord of the Rings (again), anything by John Steinbeck, Into the Wild

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

About five years ago I visited the Thi Lor Su Waterfalls in Thailand during the rainy season. To get there, I had to ride a motorbike down a dirt track, hike four hours through dense jungle with no map and only an occasionalluy visible path, swim across a river and dodge huge spiders' webs and at one point a very large snake. When I finally arrived, there was no one else there, and I think it was the most spectacular thing I have ever seen.

Teach, Learn, Share

I play the guitar badly, I can tell you all the best reasons to hitchhike, I can teach you French and Spanish, and I spent three years studying nothing but philosophy so if that's your thing then I'm your man!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Conversation about about pretty much anything!

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, El Salvador, France, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, India, Italy, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, United Kingdom

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