CURRENT MISSION

"travel is more than just the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on deep and permanent in the ideas of living"

ABOUT ME

kia ora, well where to start...?

ok, so i'm from New Zealand, Aotearoa, yep; spent the first 20 years of my life in that glorious nation, but just is the epitome of my national conditioning to escape from that little set of islands floating in the far corner of the world, here i am, many adventures, conversations and birthdays later, still exploring this amazing world.

i now exercise my time between working as a chef, wwoofing, a little freelance photography, couch-surfing, hiking, sailing, experiencing savasana, rock-climbing, hitch-hiking, reiki healing, shimmying, meditating, scouting out crazy adventures, vegetarianism, veganism and raw foodism, volunteering, listening to and making music, generally being creative, respectin' and having a right 'ole laugh with anyone that wants to participate.

love. it.

currently me and my girlfriend are off traveling the world together... free, creative and sun-spirited...

PHILOSOPHY

i have many; heres a few quotes -

Tell me and I'll listen. Show me and I'll understand. Involve me and I'll learn.
- Teton Lakota Indian saying

"Journey's, like artists are born and not made. A thousand different circumstances contribute to them, few of them willed or determined by the will - whatever we may think"
- Lawrence Durrell

"I have wandered all my life and I have travelled; the difference between the two is this: we wander for distraction and we travel for fulfillment"
- Hillaire Belloc

"Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing"
- Helen Keller

"Do what is right, rather than what is acceptable" - Franz Kafta

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

i host whenever i can... when i'm not travelling and have a couch anywhere it is yours! i am also quite partial to sleeping on others said couches.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

awesome.

Interests

truth. words. art. beauty. discourse. music. food. photography, film, exploration. innovation. and evolution, baby.

• arts
• photography
• beauty
• dining
• raw food
• exercise
• running
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• surfing
• sailing
• rock climbing
• freelancing
• hitchhiking
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

so much music...total music junkie...funk. soul. jazz. acid jazz. lounge. dub. dubstep. reggae. blues. rockabilly. rock n roll. rock. grunge. punk. hip-hop. trip-hop. breaks. electronica. drum n bass. trance.

Favourites at the moment : Fat Freddy's Drop All the way! MC Yogi, Pitch Black and anything from loop recordings in New Zealand (search 'loopcrew' on soundcloud... its all good stuff)

Currently reading Paulo Coelho's entire collection...

film; i guess mostly cult classic stuff, foreign films, travel films, obscure stuff, documentaries: michel gondry, tarantino, ron fricke, jean-pierre jeunet, wes anderson...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

wearing a quarantined white jumpsuit while wading through the alligator infested waters in new orleans while volunteering after katrina... sobering...

sailed from nz to fiji on a pirate ship and it took 45 days!!!

Teach, Learn, Share

yep, all the above.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Cambodia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guatemala, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Fiji, Laos, Malaysia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, United States, Viet Nam

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