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Overview

  • 11 references 6 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Arabic (Egypt), French
  • 43, Other
  • Member since 2009
  • i like to experience new things, to always be doing somet...
  • i am self educated as a builder, plumber, etc... but my b...
  • From i grew up in newcastle, north england and the border regions ...
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

to travel to over 50 countries in the next five years travelling around our small planet. png and polynesia will be highlights!

ABOUT ME

i like to enjoy life, not too much work, much games and walking in the nature, meeting people and having a good time. i love to cook and everywhere i go i like to look after people and cook for them. i am travelling with my brother who is into many of the same things and also he plays music and is a birdwatcher. he always has time for people and always shows interest in everything around him. i am very proud to be his brother!

PHILOSOPHY

i am in the process of writing my book on my philosophies, you'll have to find out when you meet me! hopefully my interests will give you some sort of idea.... :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

when i return to the uk, i plan to get another farm and host many people including couchsurfers and many other breeds! i enjoy to setup sustainable communities.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

i have Couchsurfing attention four places now and it is one of the most humbling experiences of my life. I have met the most amazing people so far, trusting, honest and loving. I look forward to couching my way round the world. wow!

Interests

as i said i have many interests, here are a few in no particular order: camping, carving, photography, zoology, walking, partying, building, cooking, meeting people and cultures, politics, reading, philosophy, anthropology....etc as i say, many interests!

  • writing
  • books
  • photography
  • dining
  • cooking
  • sauna
  • walking
  • partying
  • politics
  • reading
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • music
  • camping
  • anthropology
  • teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

a paricularly inspiring writer for me was thor heyerdhal, a 'man of action', who, wrote many adventure stories regarding the movement of people over the earth, and all his book are based on his own adventures. check him out. also as i was a boy i liked david attenborough, who in turn looked up to thor heyerdhal when he was a boy.
i like most music, in particular tribal/local acoustic music.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

i spent a year living in, and setting up, a sustainable community in the woods in south england. we collected rainwater, grew our own food and built a sauna by a river to keep clean with. we all built low impact dwellings, a community kitchen and composting toilet. we eventually worked out we had a negative carbon footprint, we were contributing towards the saving of humanity!

Teach, Learn, Share

one day i will be a teacher to pass on the many things i am learning, for now, i claim only to be a student of the world. we will always share our knowledge. :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahrain, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, Spain, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Denmark, Indonesia, Sweden, United Kingdom

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