CURRENT MISSION

Relocate to Bulgaria and hike through the Balkans.

ABOUT ME

I've been living in Nepal since August 2016, trying to build a career as a freelance writer. In my previous lives, I was a medical student in Australia and a history student in NZ.

PHILOSOPHY

"Wherever your life ends, it is all there. The advantage of living is not measured by length, but by use; some men have lived long, and lived little; attend to it while you are in it. It lies in your will, not in the number of years, for you to have lived enough." - Montaigne

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Unfortunately I can't really offer to host people in Nepal, because I'm renting from a Nepali family who aren't super keen on me having guests. So instead, I've been using it as a way to catch up with travellers and share my time in this amazing country with others.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I signed up for couchsurfing during my first trip to Europe in 2013, and stayed with fantastic hosts in Amsterdam, Utrecht, Munich and Innsbruck. One of my favourite memories from Europe is cycling through old Utrecht in the rain at night, on my way (with my couchsurfing hosts) to a bar, where I met a friend I hadn't seen since we trekked together in Nepal many years ago.

When I got back to Wellington, I had a few great experiences hosting others. Honestly, some of the best times in my life have been with people I met through CS.

Interests

History, languages, culture, politics, books, city parks, scribbling at busy cafes, walking in the mountains, skiing, hitchhiking.

• culture
• books
• walking
• politics
• traveling
• cycling
• skiing
• history
• languages
• hitchhiking
• parks
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: War and Peace, The Brothers Karamazov, A Time of Gifts, Les Miserables, Maugham's short stories.

Movies: Schindler's List, Into the Wild, American Beauty, Persepolis.

Music: Bon Iver, Beirut, Radiohead, The XX, The National, Tame Impala, The Lumineers

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

At the tender age of eighteen, I trekked for 24 days around the Annapurna mountain chain in Nepal, sleeping in villages along the way.

Teach, Learn, Share

Always happy to help with English! And if you'd like to earn money from writing, I can point you in the right direction.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Nepal, Netherlands, Sri Lanka, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Nepal, New Zealand, United Kingdom