CURRENT MISSION

Travelling the world in 2013

ABOUT ME

Country West Australian of Irish heritage interested in travelling, other cultures and social justice.

As a traveller I like to visit sites of natural, cultural and historical significance. Studying International Politics and living for around 2 years in Timor Leste ignited an interest in travelling and experiencing different ways of life.

What I really love though is getting to meet people and have long chats over tea, coffee, beer, wine or shisha!

PHILOSOPHY

"Once you've had a taste of something different, something kind of out there, then it's hard to give it up. Gets its hooks into you. Afterwards nothing else can make you feel the same." BREATH by Western Australian author Tim Winton

Winton was talking about surfing (something I have never even tried) but this quote resonated with me and I think is a motivating factor in why I love travelling.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Love to host couchsurfers and now I'm travelling looking forward to meeting other couchsurfers and crashing on people's couches!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I started hosting when I lived in the far North of Western Australia. I met some really great people through that experience.

As a traveller I have only couchsurfed so far in Iran an Turkey but what an incredible experience that has been. Iranian and Turkish hospitality is like nothing I have experienced before.

Interests

Politics
Travel
History
Culture
Languages

• culture
• writing
• singing
• dancing
• wine
• beer
• coffee
• politics
• traveling
• socializing
• surfing
• history
• languages
• tourism
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Fight Club, I Heart Huckabees, Empire Records, Aladdin, Brokeback Mountain, Weekend

TV: Community, 30 Rock, Parks and Recreation, Damages, Modern Family, The West Wing, Veep, The Thick of It, Teachers, Weeds

Music: The Wombats, Gotye, Hilltop Hoods, Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, Xavier Rudd, The Pigram Brothers, Foster the People

Books: Jasper Jones, Cloudstreet, The Beach, The Alchemist, The God of Small Things, The Old Man and the Sea, Burmese Days, 100 Years of Solitude, The Shadow of the Wind, Shantaram, Recollections of a Bleeding Heart, The Lord of the Rings

Podcasts: Hamish and Andy, BBC Friday Night Comedy from Radio 4

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Picking coffee in the mountains of Timor Leste
Listening to Miriwoong elders sing thousand year old songs on the banks of the Pentecost River in Western Australia's remote Kimberley region
Dancing it up in the Nightclubs of Thailand
Riding trains through the Indian night

visited 20 states (8.88%)Create your own visited map of The World or Amsterdam travel guide for Android

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Myanmar, Spain, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Turkey, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Timor-Leste (East Timor)

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