I'm a hopeless optimist, a free-spirited nomad, and a scruffy good-for-nothing layabout!
I have two degrees which I'm not using, I'm an aspiring author whose book does not sell, I don't know where I'm going but I think I might just know how to get there...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm travelling around the West Bank in Palestine and the Kurdish area of East Turkey. I'm on couch surfing to meet the real people in these countries, away from tourist traps and mundane hotels.

Interests

Sport (trekking, skiing, football)
Discussion (politics, history, culture, philosophy)
Music (anything varied, unusual, and slightly funky)
Travel
Arts (reading, theatre, gigs)

• arts
• culture
• writing
• books
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• music
• surfing
• skiing
• sports
• soccer
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Favourite Music: Babylon Circus, Asian Dub Foundation, Tim Buckley, Akron/Family, Seun Kuti, and much much more...

Favourite Movies: Withnail & I, Amelie, Amores Peros and anything by Charles Kaufman.

Favourite Books: Midnight's Children, 1984, Unbearable Lightness of Being, and most books by Paulo Coelho.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've written a rhyming anti-war novel called 'Involution & Evolution'!

You can listen to the audio book on YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJtAtir9njk&list=PL8p5KixocphxiRNKHoKDxoPDeR_CxzAvq&index=1

You can download a copy for free here:
http://joss-sheldon.com/free-download/4587979851

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Cyprus, Czech Republic, El Salvador, France, Gambia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Hungary, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Mali, Malta, Mexico, Nepal, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Serbia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, France, India