I'm a pretty eco-friendly person: child-free, vegan, non-drinker, non-smoker, recycler, eco-conscious, avid second-hand buyer.

PHILOSOPHY

Take only photographs, leave only footprints

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Offer a sofa for someone to sleep on.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couchsurfed across Colorado/Utah/Arizona/Nevada in October 2014, which was pretty rad. Had a couple of people let me down last minute though, which was a bit of a bummer.
Had two lovely couch surfers stay at our old place in Canterbury and it was a great experience, so I'd like to host more people!

Interests

Photography (particularly wildlife), cooking and baking (vegan, of course!), hanging out in nature, travelling (probably like everyone else on here!), learning, meeting new people.

• animals
• cats
• wildlife
• photography
• animal welfare
• cooking
• breakfast
• baking
• vegan
• traveling
• blogging
• violin
• camping

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: anything slightly obscure and not adhering to the normal Hollywood formula. Things that spring to mind are the Science of Sleep, The Wrestler, Amores Perros, Earthlings, Zeitgeist. Also can't beat Terminator 2, Tank Girl and The Lion King!
Music: HUGE variety ranging from good ol' country and western right to hardcore and metal.
Books: any biographies, but especially Life on Air by David Attenborough.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Ahhhh so many! Can't pick just one!
I'll tell you a few kind of crazy things that have happened to me:

1. got bitten by a violin/brown recluse spider (cytotoxic) which caused a horrible hole in my leg (now healed, thankfully!)
2. nearly accidentally cut my left index finger off with a machete whilst in Texas when cutting up some meat to feed to captive tigers (got finger sewn back on, phew)
3. spent the night camping under the stars in one of the least light-polluted places in the world: the desert of Namibia. Honestly amazing, I really recommend anyone doing it
4. had various awesome experiences with big cats, such as living in a house with 9 baby cheetah cubs, getting to become friends with a captive cougar, hanging out with some tiger cubs, getting a death stare from a wild lion who I really think wanted to eat me

Teach, Learn, Share

Please feel free to visit my travelling blog, which depicts info about my life and time in Africa helping to save big cats:
http://veganslovecarnivores.blogspot.co.uk/

What I Can Share with Hosts

A very small sofa in the lounge but I can take the sofa cushions off and put them on the floor for you!
Breakfast, towels, bedding, shower/bath
Cat cuddles

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Botswana, China, Denmark, Egypt, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Malta, Namibia, Netherlands, Russian Federation, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Malta, Namibia, South Africa, United States, Zimbabwe