CURRENT MISSION

To ensure that when I'm on my death bed I can smile and say with confidence: "Yep... I did well there"

ABOUT ME

Very easy going, open minded, enjoy learning about new customs and cultures, sharing ideas and experiences, love food and all sorts of world music. Feel at home in a mud hut or 5 star hotel. I don't plan ahead very much.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couchsurfed in Moshi-Tanzania, Penang-Malaysia and Ban Wawee-Thailand. Hosted in ChiangRai - Thailand.

Interests

Travelling, immersing myself in different cultures, all sorts of music with a strong preference for both Jazz and Reggae and (fusions thereof), reading, cooking, meditation, playing guitar.

• dining
• cooking
• meditation
• reading
• traveling
• music
• jazz
• guitar
• world music

Music, Movies, and Books

Books:
'Half of a Yellow Sun' by Chimanda Ngozi Adichie. 'A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier' by Ishmael Beah. 'Shantaram' by Gregory David Roberts. 'Life of Pi' by Yann Martel. 'Unbowed' by Wangari Maathai. 'Los Renglones Torcidos de Dios' by Torcuato Luca de Tena. 'Crossing The Stream' by Sangharakshita.

Movies: Forrest Gump, Once, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Ratatouille, Pulp Fiction and so many others I can't remember

Music: Morcheeba, Muse, Thievery Coorporation, Matisyahu, Elliot Smith, Elbow, ATB, Joshua Redman, Fat Freddy's Drop, Skunk Anansie, RH Factor, 2Pac, Damian Marley, Musiq, Staff Benda Bilili, Jeff Buckley, Florence and The Machine, Isssa Bagayogo, David Kitt and a thousand other artists.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Lived like a monk in a meditation retreat near Wales for 10 days.
Oh and I ran a humanitarian emergency response operation in Iraq.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Liberia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Portugal, South Sudan, Spain, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Liberia, Netherlands, Pakistan, Peru, South Sudan, Tanzania, United Kingdom

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