CURRENT MISSION

'finding himself' - ex girlfriend

ABOUT ME

My name is Campbell and I'm from New Zealand. I've travelled quite a bit and have enjoyed the csing for much of it.

I studied for quite a while, now I work as a journalist of sorts.

I grow beards sometimes for fun and when that gets boring I shave them into moustaches. Unfortunately guys seem to be more impressed with my creations than girls. One time though in a chinese restaurant we played a game that was like a cross between jenga and pick up sticks using chopsticks and my beard...

My favourite things to talk about (here's a heads up: mention these in a couch request for bonus points) are journalism, photography, politics, tramping/hiking/trekking/mountaineering/outdoorshit, good books and cheap beer. Oh and weird food, charcuterie and meat in general. I generally try and limit my pissing contests regarding ultimate traveller bullshit but sometimes that comes up in conversation too.

PHILOSOPHY

More cowbell.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I love to meet new people so why not send me a message and maybe we can meet up?

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

2009 was a great introduction to couchsurfing for me. Whether surfing or running into csers, csing has had a big impact on my travels.

Now trying to organise more experiences! So far they have been all good!

Interests

Photography: I love my Pentax k7, wish that the money I spent investing in glass was reflected in some nice pictures.
Reading: non-fiction; (auto)biography; travel writing; fiction.
Writing: short story, travel writing, journals, journalism.
Food: cooking, working in kitchens, trying new food.
Travel: ideal to combine with these interests plus hiking, snowboarding, socializing/partying/drinking.

• writing
• books
• photography
• dining
• cooking
• beer
• running
• partying
• drinking
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• investing
• hiking
• mountaineering
• surfing
• snowboarding
• journalism

Music, Movies, and Books

Langhorne Slim, Tom Rush, Against Me, Mountain Goats, Off With Their Heads, Leftover Crack, F Scott Fitzgerald, Peter Hopkirk, V S Naipul, Suicide Bid, Rancid, Operation Ivy, Common Rider, Vikram Seth, The Life aquatic, Algiers, Cage the Elephant, Ernest Hemingway, Charles Dickens, Wilfred Thesiger, Robert Byron, Peter Levi, Postal Service, Stepbrothers, Anchorman, Apocalypse Now, Jack London, Joseph Conrad, Jack Kerouac, Hunter S Thompson, Jack Lasenby, Barry Crump, Boy, Ida Maria, Tiger Army, Misfits, Joni Mitchell, The Who, The Clash, Dropkick Murphys, Gaslight Anthem, Flogging Molly, S E Hinton, Woody Guthrie, Notorious BIG, Minor Majority, NOFX, Bad Religion, Distillers, Trampled By Turtles, Great Big Sea, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, New York Dolls, None More Black, No Trigger, MIA, Lou Reed, the Kills, John Lee Hooker, Bombshell Rocks, Bouncing Souls, Arlo Guthrie, Old Crow Medicine Show, Paint it Black, Raised Fist, Robert Fisk, John Pilger, Sebastian Junger, Tim Hetherington, Brian Whitaker, Bruce Chatwin, George Orwell, Tim O'Brien, Karl Marlantes, Chris Hedges, Michael Herr, Tim Page, Horst Faas, Full Metal Jacket, Platoon, In the Valley of Elah, Gran Torino, Aggrolites, Wutang Clan, CSS, Vampire Weekend, The King Blues, Withnail & I, Poison the Well, Barry Crump, Guana Bats, Stray Cats, The Bronx, The Phenomenauts, Redgum, Warren Zevon, The .357 String Band, Mad Sin, The Baseball Furies, The Warriors, The Outsiders, The Black Market, Eric Newby, Jason Elliot, Rory Stewart, Tom Petty, Michael Ondaatje, Fat Freddys Drop, Velvet Underground, Home Brew,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I ran an ultramarathon once, you know, for a laugh.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burundi, Cambodia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, French Polynesia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kosovo, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Rwanda, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Egypt, France, New Zealand

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