CURRENT MISSION

To see one new country, every year, for the rest of my life.

ABOUT ME

I...love karaoke/play guitar/write songs/teach English/live in Tokyo/dwell in coffee shops/drink ale/watch the Premier League/live for travel

PHILOSOPHY

Strangers are friends we have yet to meet...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I meet, I surf, I host.

Well, at the moment I can't host, but I can certainly meet.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosted in Bangkok:

Nanna (Indonesia)
Aigiun (Russia)
Vanessa (Italy)
Alexis (Malaysia)
Marija (Lithuania)
Ika (Indonesia)
Min Seon (South Korea)
Laura (Spain)

Surfed:

Aigiun (Russia)@ Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Min Seon (South Korea) @ Busan, South Korea
Midia (Brazil) @ Sao Paulo, Brazil

Met:

Seung Yeon (South Korea) @ Bangkok, Thailand
Yelin (South Korea) @ Siam Reap, Cambodia
Stephen (Rep of Ireland) @ Busan, South Korea
Sunny (South Korea)@ Busan, South Korea
Mi Kyoung (South Korea)@ Busan, South Korea
Sue Yi (South Korea)@ Busan, South Korea
Yuri (Japan) @ Sapporo, Japan
Fumi (Japan) @ Tokyo, Japan
Sam (India) @ Mumbai, India

Interests

TRAVEL, of course, and... guitars, coffee, real ale, languages, culture, philosophy, football, exercise etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I was lucky enough to see the Arirang mass games in the centre of Pyongyang, North Korea. The most surreal show on earth.

I've also done the famed Trans-Mongolian train journey from Beijing to Moscow.

Sorry, that's two, isn't it?

Teach, Learn, Share

I've been to 43 countries so far, so if you're going somewhere I've already been then I can share with you what I know.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Chile, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Netherlands, North Korea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, United Kingdom

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