CURRENT MISSION

Learning to bake bread good enough for Germany.

ABOUT ME

I'm originally from the UK, but I met and married a Canadian, which goes a long way towards explaining what I'm doing in Grande Prairie.

I studied languages at university then spent a year in China learning Mandarin. I often wish I'd never left, but the Canadian wilderness was just too tempting: so here I am, though I don't get to go camping as often as I'd like.

PHILOSOPHY

This is a topic definitely best discussed over a beer.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Erm... people sleep on my couch? And I, in turn, sleep on other people's?

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I haven't surfed myself yet, but I've hosted a few people.

Interests

Hiking, camping, cooking, history, politics, languages, sustainable living, travelling (shocker, that one), fantasizing about epic canoe trips, tea.

• cooking
• beer
• politics
• traveling
• hiking
• canoeing
• camping
• history
• languages

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I hiked from the Salween to the Mekong river valley in the rainy season, without a map, equipped with a $10 tent, a few eggs, a potato, and a packet of instant noodles.

Also, I cycled into Tibet illegally. But that's not as cool as it sounds.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Italy, Laos, Netherlands, Poland, Russian Federation, Serbia, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, China, Germany, United Kingdom

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