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Overview

  • 4 references 4 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Afrikaans, English; learning Spanish
  • 47, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • Art Director but Im much happier rock climbing and travel...
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  • From Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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About Me

I'm currently cycling from Stockholm up to somewhere north ... I'm not sure where yet

ABOUT ME

Um well um ... Im an Art Director, a vegetarian ( eat fish and eggs), a traveller, a climber, a south african, an atheist, a seeker. A lover of good films, good books, adventures, beautiful still places, kindness, friendship ... er yup, you know- that kinda thing...

PHILOSOPHY

"If we dont find something good at least we will find something new..." Voltaire said that, not me, but I can really relate.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE

I hosted a few people ages ago and then kind of forgot about couch surfing for a while. Now I'm traveling again and giving it a try as a surfer

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Ive couch surfed unofficially all over the world- once a very poor man in Malawi gave me his bed (i didnt know it was his only bed!) when i was sick and really needed it. Another time in the remote mountains of Ethiopia after a nasty motorcycle accident a stranger helped nurse me back to health and gave me some of his only clothes because the ones I was wearing were bloody and the rest stolen... Id like to throw back these experiences to the universe.

Interests

Rock climbing is my passion, I love to travel and to get lost in wild places

  • arts
  • books
  • vegetarian
  • yoga
  • movies
  • traveling
  • rock climbing
  • mountains
  • bicycle touring

Music, Movies, and Books

Currently reading Sometimes A Great Notion by Ken Kesey and really digging it. Also a Murukami fan, an admirer of Dawkins - in awe of Salman Rushdi.
Partial to European film, not a movie star type of person, but really dig Wes Anderson's films...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Back in '76 i was born- it was awesome, I dont remember the event but Im still dealing with the repercussions

Teach, Learn, Share

Sheez thats a tough one... Someone recently said "we judge people by their actions and ourselves by our intentions... " I thought far out man...
Hope thats enlightened you a bit?

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Botswana, Chile, China, Egypt, England, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Hong Kong, India, Kenya, Laos, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Qatar, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

South Africa

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