CURRENT MISSION

Hitchhiking Germany to Kenya!

To be tattooed by a CS host!

ABOUT ME

I have a keen interest in the natural world. I was never one for school and instead of taking A levels left at 16 and worked for 5 years as a gardener for the National Trust. Whilst there I arranged a concert evening and gained the funding i needed to volunteer on a conservation project in Botswana after which I travelled a little of South Africa.
This gave me the bug and since then alongside studying a Bsc in Animal Behaviour, Ecology and Conservation I have travelled Western Europe, East Africa and even visited the Galapagos. I studied for an MA in African Studies at SOAS in London followed by another MA in Wildlife Documentary Production at Salford.
I live and work in London as a PR officer at the Natural History.

Perché sono iscritto su Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am currently traveling the world hoping to meet as many new people as possible and see their version of their country.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have couch surfed around Europe although this was all arranged through a friends account more recently i have surfed in Norway and am now inviting people to stay with me.

Interessi

The Natural World, Travel, Photography, Broadcasting, Literature, socialising and swimming.

• animals
• wildlife
• books
• literature
• photography
• documentaries
• concerts
• cooking
• shopping
• movies
• traveling
• music
• surfing
• swimming
• ecology
• history
• hitchhiking
• volunteering

Musica, film e libri

First things first I love Doctor Who

Films: Indianna Jones, Into the Wild, The Lion King, Up, The Motorcycle Diaries.

Music: Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeroes, The Beatles,Joy Division, Nick Cave, Patti Smith, Pulp, The Smiths, Badfinger, Queen, Blur, Robyn Hitchcock, Jackie Leven.

Books: Tarzan, The Bafut Beagles, King Soloman's Ring, Casanova

Una cosa incredibile che ho fatto

Trekking with gorillas in Rwanda hands down most amazing thing I have ever done.

A close second is visiting the Galapagos Islands and standing in the places that Charles Darwin did.

Third is hitchhiking from Dover to Paris, the first part of a larger trip.

Insegna, impara, condividi

As a student of Animal Behaviour I love looking at parallels between people and animals. I am fascinated by altruism the act of doing something to benefit another, a selfless act. There are many examples of this in the animal kingdom and supposedly in the human world but in my opinion not enough. This is something i think the couch-surfing project can improve. People helping each other and teaching each other new things.

I can cook reasonably well and feel I have some pretty good stories to share as well as some useless facts.

Cosa posso offrire ai padroni di casa

Hopefully i can share what i like to receive which is a unique outlook on life and some tales from the road. I like to cook with my hosts and also spend time with them and see the places they enjoy in their cities. Hopefully i can convince them to appear on camera for a documentary i am making about my trip.

Paesi che ho visitato

Antarctica, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bhutan, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cambodia, China, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, England, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kenya, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Wales, Zimbabwe

Paesi in cui ho vissuto

United Kingdom