CURRENT MISSION

travel the world (slowly) wwoofing (working on organic farms voluntarily through wwoof or helpx websites) - make music, write, draw, develop my trumpet playing, type up my diary/notes/stories from South America and Trinidad where I was living, travelling and working on organic farms from April 2016 to January 2019

ABOUT ME

musician - wwoofer (willing worker on organic farms) - quiet - hard-worker
i have been mostly wwoofing for the last 11 years - in Ireland initially (2007 -2008), then Spain from November 2008 till October 2012 - after 5 months of voluntary work renovating and living on an old steel sailing boat in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria i did some more wwooofing for four months on El Hierro - after this i had the opportunity to develop my own vegetable gardens and look after around 80 young fruit trees in a secluded part of El Hierro over a period of around 2 years. i also busked on the tin-whistle and trumpet there, helped with some dry-stone construction projects and sold some of the fruit and veg from my garden at the local market and supermarket. In March/April 2016 i decided to leave Europe, hitching a lift on a sailing boat from Gran Canaria to Trinidad (via Capo Verde) where i helped with two different organic agricultural projects ( see http://www.wwoof-caribbean.org/host-list/24069-one-family-farms/ and http://www.helpx.net/host.asp?hostID=36683&network=9 ). From July 23rd 2016 to April 2018 i was living and volunteering on farms in South America - 3 months in las Amazonas de Venezuela), 3 months in Colombia ( en la zona de Cahipay, Anolaima, Florida, west of Bogota), 6 months in Ecuador, 6 months in Peru, 2 months in Brasil, another 7 months at the One Family Farm, Trinidad ( after sailing up from Joao Pessoa, Brasil)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

i hosted some couchsurfers during my stay on El Hierro - it was good to meet different people and also give them the chance to experience the beautiful place in which had the privilege and the pleasure to live and cultivate.

- i have couchsurfed a few times - in Vigo, Spain (2009), Bayonne, France (2010 - two different hosts),in Alicante (2010), in Arima, Trinidad ( 2016 and 2018 ), in Caracas, Venezuela (2016), in Tulcan, Ecuador (2017), in Brazil (2018) ...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

summer 2009 i couchsurfed once for three nights in Vigo - with very hospitable couple who even gave me a key for the flat! - was visiting a friend in Vigo i hadn´t seen for over 10 years but still managed to spend some good time with my couchsurfing hosts - patricia and i saw an amazing jazz concert - en la plaza - Omar Sosa - very impressive - very musical... autumn 2010 couchsurfed one night with a guy in Bayonne - a church organist who let me play the organ in the church he plays in - great powerful sound! - 2 weeks later i surfed with a student nurse who was very trusting leaving me a key and letting me stay overnight while she was working a nightshift caring for an old lady! These and all my other couchsurfing experiences have all been fun and I am grateful and happy to have met many generous and interesting people through this website.

Interests

loves: music, film, all things artistic and beautiful!, working outside, helping grow food organically. Sun, sea, mountains, yoga, playing piano, trumpet, didgeridoo, tin whistle, philosophy(buddhist, eastern), meditation, walking, swimming , cycling...

• yoga
• meditation
• walking
• gardening
• boating
• traveling
• music
• piano
• trumpet
• cycling
• sailing
• swimming
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

music: reggae(ska - especialmente The Skatalites, dub, rock-steady) , world, folk, Miles Davis, jazz, blues, rock, folk, gypsy, klezmer, trip-hop, hip-hop, dance, techno, mozart ...

movies: Cowboy Bebop, Princess Mononoki, The Lost Boys, Leon, La Ley de Herodes, Havana Blues, Terminator II, Howl´s Moving Castle (el Castillo Moviendo), ... Star Trek (2009), Star Trek: First Contact, ..., Blade Runner, The Beast Master, Pi, Run Lola Run, The Fountain, Requiem for a Dream, Dogma, Back to the Future, Black Cat White Cat, The Red Violin, Amadeus, The Name of the Rose, Advocate for the Devil, The Godfather, Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, Very Bad Things, There´s Something About Mary, Charlies Angels: Full Throttle, Around the World in 80 Days, The Forbidden Kingdom, Unleashed (Danny the Dog) ..., Angel-A, Angel Heart, Mo´ Better Blues, Kung Fu Hustle, Shaolin Soccer, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, City of God, Slumdog Millionaire, Tsotsi, Akira, Ghost In The Shell, Apocalypto, Babylon A.D., Pitch Black, The Chronicles of Riddick, Dune, Barbarella, Lord of War, True Romance, Apocalypse Now, Miles Davis: Live At The Isle Of Wight, Children of Men, The Guru (2002), The Love Guru (2008), Van Helsing, Hell Boy I and II, Blood and Chocolate, Leon, City of Lost Children, Les Visiteurs, Sunshine, Solaris (both versions muy bien), RocknRolla, The Science of Sleep, Pan's Labyrinth(El laberinto del fauno), District 9, Chappie, Ex Machina, Predestination, Oblivion, Lucy...

books: Harry Potter (J. K. Rowling), todos los libros de Robert Silverberg, Mutant Message Down Under (Marlo Morgan), The Tao of Health, Sex and Longevity (el Tao de la Salud, el Sexo y la Longevidad)(Daniel Reid), The Way of the Wizard(Deepak Chopra), Light on Yoga(B K S Iyengar), Zen Yoga Therapy & Yoga Meditation (Masahiro Oki), The Fabric of Reality (David Deutch), The Physics of Star Trek (Laurence M Krauss), The Man Who Loved Only Numbers (by Paul Hoffman - biography of the great mathematician Paul Erdos), Miles Davis' Autobiography, The Tao of Physics (Fritjof Capra), The Book of Nothing & The Book of Wisdom (Osho), Vagabonding (Rolf Potts), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy & all the sequels!(Douglas Adams), all the Asterix comic books! (Albert Uderzo & Rene Goscinny)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

sailing through a crazy storm (for two nights and a day) off the coast of Portugal during a sail from south of Ireland to south of spain october 2008 - muy grandes olas y fuertes vientos - very large waves and strong winds - 6 knots with the sails down! - muy hermosa pero - very beautiful but - blue skies and sun all day! - cielos azules con sol todo el dia - peligroso y dificil pero verdaderemente hermoso...

Teach, Learn, Share

i have around 10 years experience of working voluntarily on organic farms and smallholdings so i could maybe help you grow some food in your garden or nearest available piece of earth - i also play the piano trumpet, didge, treble recorder and tin-whistle - have gypsy, reggae, jazz, classical, folk influences - can also play some ragtime on piano - so could share some music...

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories, music, two attentive ears!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, France, Germany, Netherlands, Peru, Portugal, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ecuador, Ireland, Peru, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom