I'm a wanderer; I spend half the year (summer!) in Melbourne, Australia and the other half traveling.

A long time ago I joined the CS community as a host and guest and enjoyed both sides of the equation greatly. Over time though, the community seemed to lose its spirit and before long 100% of my couch requests were merely from backpackers trying to avoid paying for accommodation. So I stopped hosting and stopped surfing. In general these days, I'm happy to pay for a room somewhere - and just use CS to have a community of like-minded people wherever I found myself in the world.

In short, it works. So CS is still very valuable to me. Let's hope it can survive in the long term, because it has given us all so much.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Love to meet new, interesting people. Travel is generally the easiest way to satisfy that - people with an international world view, and particularly those prepared to pack up their lives and try living somewhere completely different, seem to be the most interesting.

Interests

A sense of wonder
Not knowing what happens next
Coffee. Mmmm medium roast.
Spa / Jacuzzi. Anything with warm water and bathing.
Bikes of all sorts. Pedal powered and moto.
Arbitrary geo-political constructs & border towns
Good Music. Only Good Music.
Getting connected (in every sense of the word)

• coffee
• traveling
• music
• surfing

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hosted complete strangers in my house after arranging the meeting on a certain web site ;-)

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Oman, Palestine, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Australia, Spain, Thailand

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