Sorry, not accepting guests at the moment as I am travelling.

CURRENT MISSION

to make friends in as many countries as possible before I die.

ABOUT ME

I'm a carpenter in films and television and also a travel photographer. I have been published a few times and sold my photos.

I've been backpacking for over 20 years now. Love the travelling! Always up for meeting new people and doing new things. Life is for living!

I love to explore new places and get off the beaten path as much as possible.

I am easy going, companionable, don't drink much, don't smoke, like to laugh a lot.

PHILOSOPHY

Try and be kind to everyone you meet. I don't always succeed because I can be a sarcastic so-and-so sometimes.

Give more than you get. Live life don't exist.

It can be harder sometimes to be good than bad but always strive to be more than you are today.

Eat cheese.
Fly kites.
Laugh once a day (minimum)
Dance like no one's watching.
Don't worry what anyone else thinks of you.
Grow old but don't grow up.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

If people want to come and stay at mine they are more than welcome. There isn't much to do where I live but it is not so far from London or the seaside.

I travel a lot and have had the pleasure of meeting lots of lovely people through CS

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosted and been hosted several times now and every time is great.

Interests

photography, music, films, chatting, reading, gym, walking, exploring, learning languages (even though I am terrible at them), finding myself in situations that I really shouldn't be in and then managing to survive!
Long journeys to anywhere. Not knowing where I am going and not caring.

Scuba diving. Kites.

• photography
• dancing
• cheese
• walking
• drinking
• flying
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• juggling
• music
• backpacking
• scuba diving
• languages
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Films: A Matter of Life and Death, The Princess Bride, The Emperor's New Groove, Old Boy, Amores Perros, Nine Queens, The Prophet. Inside Man.
Anything by Pedro Almadovar, Tarantino, old Scorcese, Ang Lee, PArk Chan-wook, Kurosawa, Powell and Pressburger. Infernal Affairs. Early Jackie Chan films.

Music: Anything and everything. Eclectic taste in music.

Books: Ian McEwan, Christopher Brookmyre, Ian Banks, Jo Nesbo. I'm a voracious reader, this list would be far too long!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Mountain gorillas in Zaire, climbed the pyramids in Egypt, swum with dolphins in NZ, climbed glaciers in Argentina, been though the Sahara, Machu Piccu, the Nazca lines in Peru, hitchhiking the length of Africa.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach a fair amount of English slang words. Also I am Olympic standard irony and sarcasm (so I have been told)

I can teach you backgammon in five minutes and how to juggle three balls in an hour.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Kosovo, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Senegal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City State, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Iran, United States