CURRENT MISSION

. "The more you have traveled, the more you realise how little you have seen" - Gunther Holtorf.

ABOUT ME

My name is Jamie, 25 and I am from the UK.

I am a keen traveller and currently living in St Petersburg, Russia - Teaching English. Before I arrived here, I spent a year hitch-hiking from London to Shanghai, which was an awesome experience.

I have had many couch surfing experiences before and love meeting new people and seeing new places.

I have previously worked as a technician for Mitsubishi-Vestas, a Japanese/Danish company who research & develop wind turbines. Before that, I lived in Brighton (UK), where I was in a punk-rock band, allowing me to spend a lot of time on tour in the UK & Europe, releasing a couple of albums and having some unforgettable times!

In 2012, graduated from Bath Spa University with a BA Commercial Music, where I spent 3 years.

PHILOSOPHY

Do what makes you happy. And if it makes you happy then do it again.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I couch surf and have host people here in Piter.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have had the pleasure of staying with some lovely people throughout the world, and I am very happy to host too.

Interests

Music, football, travelling, reading, learning,being out in the open, experiencing new people and cultures. Education is a great tool, as long as I'm constantly learning and having fun then that is what drives me on.

• festivals
• education
• reading
• traveling
• music
• commercial music
• hiking
• surfing
• soccer
• teaching
• hitchhiking
• tours

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Mainly into punk-rock but love over stuff like dancehall, post-punk, post-rock, hip-hop...I take everything on its own merits and don't like to pigeon hole things.

Books: Mainly non-fiction - I like historical, sports, musical and geographical books as well as socio-economics and dystopian fiction

(Simon Reeve, Malcolm Gladwell, Ted Simon, Auldous Huxley, George Orwell etc)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Played some major UK festivals and been on numerous tours. Hitch-Hiked from London to Shanghai as well as other numerous experiences.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bulgaria, Poland, Russian Federation, United Kingdom