CURRENT MISSION

Meeting people is great. Listening to their stories is greater.

ABOUT ME

I am a writer. Currently working on a novel. I also edit/publish a satire/humour which you can view for free here:
http://www.stalkingelk.co.uk
I also host a regular radio show on http://www.ntslive.co.uk/ every other Sunday.
I love music (I play cello, piano, guitar, drums and double bass).
I love film (I studied film directing).

I am pretty laid back and love nothing more than a beer and a chat - or coffee if it's before 6pm of course. Hah.
I have travelled extensively, living in South America for some time and also visiting southern African and India. I have lots of friends from all over the world and love to meet new people.

I know London intimately. Ask me a question, I'll answer it.

I love to cycle and can err on the side of environmentalist - though I only get passionately argumentative about environmental issues if I'm really drunk. hehehe.
Everyone loves food, and I'm no exception. I can cook pretty good.

I play a lot of sport - mainly basketball and football, but I used to play cricket at a high level and rugby for my local team.

I make knowledge my bitch. But if I party too much, I get forgetful. My wish is to find a way to remember all the great ideas I have at 4 in the morning.

Basically, if you want to chill or you want to have fun or you want to go play or you want to learn or you want to see, discover and experience London. I might be able to help.

I used to be really good at speaking Spanish (well, Castellano - I learned it in Argentina) - but I'm a little rusty now. I would like to get back on it: so if you speak Spanish you are more than welcome in my life!

PHILOSOPHY

Share stuff.
It's what makes you happy.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I can host.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

A few with hospitality club, but I dropped that.
My first CouchSurf experience in France was lovely. Looking to put some couch surf karma back in the pot.

Interests

Film.
Books.
Music (anything from Punk to hiphop to drum and bass to grime, electro, dubstep, indie etc)
Food.
Cycling.
Sport.
Drinking.
Fun.

• writing
• books
• dining
• cooking
• beer
• coffee
• partying
• drinking
• clubbing
• socializing
• music
• guitar
• piano
• drums
• cycling
• sports
• basketball
• cricket
• soccer
• rugby
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
La Haine. Apocalypse Now. Hunger. In the Loop. Four Lions. Dr Strangelove. Breathless. Fight Club. Old Boy. Any War Kong Wai. Any Nolan. Annie Hall. Mostly love European and British Films and Hollywood circa 1970-80.

Music:
Recently = The National. Jamie T. Sage Francis. Local Natives. The Skints. The King Blues. Joanna Newsome. Fang Island. Pulled Apart By Horses. Gonjasufi
In general = Company Flow. Public Enemy. Asian Dub Foundation. The Ruts. Roots Manuva. Beck. Benga and Skream. Bacilos. Dylan. Billy Bragg. Deltron 3030. Prince Paul. Handsome boy Modelling School. TCQ. RATM. DJ Shadow. The Duckworth Lewis Method. Gangstarr. Tom Waits. MIA. Manu Chau. Mogwai. Radiohead. The list is endless really.

Books/Authors:

JG Ballard. Chuck Palahniuk. Will Self. Jonathon Coe. Angela Carter. Orwell. Hanif Kureishi. Kurt Vonnegut. William Dalrymple. Amy Hempel. Charles Bukowski. Alex Garland. Ian Sinclair. Joe Dunthorne. Bret Easton Ellis. Hemmingway. Margret Atwood. Julian Barnes. Camus. Martin Amis. Conrad. Graham Greene.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Worked in the Bolivian jungle as an interpreter.
Had a film screened at the National Film Theatre in London.

Teach, Learn, Share

London is expensive.
Find the markets to help reduce your costs.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cyprus, Ecuador, France, Germany, India, Namibia, Norway, Peru, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Tunisia, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Cyprus, United Kingdom, United States