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Overview

  • 10 references 10 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French
  • 48, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • Making dreams (kinda ... I work in advertising)
  • BSc: Applied Zoology
  • From Salisbury, Rhodesia
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To visit every country in Asia

ABOUT ME

I've been a traveller since I was 3.

In that time I have been fortunate to live in many beautiful countries.

Life is what you make of it. View it with a smile and it will be a wonderful experience.

I like to keep fit and (partly due to my Irish genes) am never shy of a good time!

PHILOSOPHY

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Sunshine arms?

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Incredible. I have met such wonderful people through couchsurfing and had many experiences that I would never have had before. In fact ... I met my boyfriend when I stayed on his couch in Paris.

Interests

Yoga, Music, Theatre, Reading, Cooking, Clothes, Food, France, Beaches, Records, Singing in the shower, Advertising, Insects, Concerts, Cultures, Propaganda post-cards etc.

  • insects
  • arts
  • books
  • singing
  • concerts
  • dining
  • cooking
  • yoga
  • clothing
  • reading
  • music
  • swimming
  • beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: The Phillip Pulman Trilogy, Also The millenium trilogy. My favourite book of all time is "The Secret History' by Donna Tartt. Anything by Brett Easton-Ellis, Harry Potter (how could you not love it,) Half of a yellow sun - Chimananda Ngozi Adiche, The Famished Road by Ben Okri, The Orchid House - Phyllis Shand Alfrey, The wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys, Anything by Zadie Smith, The Line of Beauty, Pride and Prejudice, The Moonstone - Wilkie Collins, The Beano (RIP) The Household Guide to Dieing.

Music: MGMT, Empire of the sun, Kylie, Madonna, Gin Wigmore, Adele, Avalanches, Gorillaz, Beyonce, Keane, Pet Shop Boys, Jimmy Somerville, Amy Macdonald, Antony and the Johnsons, Bananarama, Cut Copy etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Swimming with Turtles in the Perenthian islands.

Dim Sum in Hong Kong.

Weekend in a Chateau in The Loire Valley.

Teach, Learn, Share

I want to learn more yoga, I can share my basic yoga understanding. I want to learn to cook better, and again can share some of my cooking skills. Love talking about books and music is a serious passion. I am also interested in Art and am indulging this little hobby more and more.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Botswana, Cambodia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Lesotho, Malaysia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Spain, Swaziland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, United Kingdom, Zimbabwe

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