CURRENT MISSION

survive without travel

ABOUT ME

I don't remember when I knew I would travel, but I know that when I was 12, and old enough to take a 7-day paper round, I began to save up for it. I knew this before I had any idea what I wanted to do with my life, and still it is one of the only sure things I know about myself. I don't feel entirely comfortable in England, I don't want to live here for my life. In so many ways I am one of the luckiest people and I want to share that. I think life is the most important thing.

Less abstractly, I love people, cultures, languages (I love learning new languages!), I love to learn, plus the normal stuff; music, being outside, being with good friends etc etc.

PHILOSOPHY

I think I also covered this a bit, and that's something difficult to sum up, but I guess...

There is so much to learn. I want to absorb as much as possible, especially things which will help me to understand some things in the world. I realise I can't have much impact but I don't like the lifestyle I was born into in many ways. I'm not so sure we should accept things as we do, I think we should question. I think we should act. There is very little that doesn't interest me. Apart from the inner workings of computers - that's for my brother.

Pourquoi je suis sur Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

When we're not too busy, my housemates and I can offer a bed/mattress in our living room/kitchen, if you give us a bit of notice we'll try and help you out... We're all travelers and love to meet new people!

Centres d'intérêt

Travel sort of represents many things I most enjoy: letting your mind explore everything in a different way, getting away from the everyday little problems that life throws up, forgetting yourself a bit and looking outward. Best of all, it involves meeting people who think in different ways and trying to understand that. It also means trying new things, taking life a bit more slowly and appreciating simplicity. Perhaps it gives me the opportunity to remember what's most important.

• traveling
• socializing
• music
• languages

Morceaux de musique, films et livres

generally many foreign films! I enjoyed Totsi, The prophet, Amelie, trainspotting, american beauty, pan's labyrinth. Music-wise I am so open minded, I find it hard to give a genre. Don't judge me unless you know them as they have a stupid name but I love Infected Mushroom, also Java, Tiken Jah Fakoly/Alpha Blondie, a bit of Damien Rice if I'm feeling a bit sad or even classical.

Une aventure extraordinaire que j'ai vécue

Watched the stars from the roof of a Dogon house in the Dogon Country, Mali, woken up to a thousand cockerels

Enseignez, apprenez, partagez

Having spent so much time learning other languages I think I'd be quite good at teaching some English or even a bit of French or Spanish. I want to perfect these languages and learn others.

Pays que j'ai visités

Benin, Burkina Faso, Colombia, France, Gambia, Greece, Guatemala, India, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mexico, Morocco, Niger, Romania, Senegal, Spain, Togo, Venezuela

Pays dans lesquels j'ai vécu

Ghana, United Kingdom