CURRENT MISSION

Somehow getting to see all of NZ while growing bacteria in a lab. Definitely achievable.

ABOUT ME

So for a long time I've had a plan to someday come to New Zealand and it basically happened to me in the form of a job. So here I am in Taupo from January to August looking to make the most of it and see as much of this amazingly gorgeous country as possible. Of course I'd love to meet people along the way so feel free to give me a shout.

PHILOSOPHY

Take it one day at a time and make it up as you go.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm a definite newbie but up for the challenge!

Interests

I am a music junkie, I love reading, hiking, biking, rock climbing, camping, swimming, relaxing, hitting up a pub, dancing, catching a movie.
Snowboarding. Good books. Scuba diving. Snowball fights in July. My guitar and my banjo and my piano.
Poptarts. Frisbee. Getting and sending letters! Polkas and ballroom, travel, baking tarts.

• books
• dancing
• baking
• pub crawls
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• guitar
• piano
• cycling
• hiking
• camping
• scuba diving
• snowboarding
• rock climbing
• swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Garden State, Amelie, The Boondock Saints, Pulp Fiction, Spirited Away, LOTR, Little Miss Sunshine, Hot Fuzz, Darjeeling Limited, The Life Aquatic (basically any Wes Anderson movie), Finding Nemo, classic Disney.

Music:
amelie, america, arcade fire, battles, band of horses, beirut, booker t and the mg's, otis redding, final fantasy, protest the hero, the beatles, bloc party, coldplay, the dears, gene kelly, glenn miller, gogol bordello, great lake swimmers, youth group, little birdy, louis xiv, manu chao, mstrkrft, of montreal, ratatat, seu jorge, spoon, the wailin' jennys, the who, yeah yeah yeahs, the DECEMBERISTS, Death cab for cutie, Death from above 1979, foo fighters, franz ferdinand, immogen heap/frou frou, Great Big Sea, no doubt, Incubus, modest mouse, MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK, THE POSTAL SERVICE, protest the hero, pulp fiction soundtrack, sam Roberts, the Shins, STARS, SUFJAN STEVENS, the Cribs
The soundtracks to my favourite movies, Rogue WAVE, Elliot Smith. TOKYO POLICE CLUB.

Favourite books:
Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy!, East of Eden, The Importance of Being Earnest, Pride and Prejudice, Roald Dahl short stories, Oryx and Crake. The Perfectly Enormous Ham. Cannery row. The Amber Spyglass. Catch-22. A Short History of Progress.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have hiked through the Canadian Rockies and I have to tell anyone reading this that you have to do this at least once in your life. Go climb an actual mountain. Best feeling ever.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, New Zealand

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