CURRENT MISSION

Planting an orchard in Karamea

ABOUT ME

you can not put me in a box. i kick a lot and eventually get out. ;-)

PHILOSOPHY

life is too short for boring food, music or sex. life is too short to be taken seriously. live fast, love hard, die young and leave a messy lookin corpse......ummm, maybe not on the last 2

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

i have couch surfed the world before this wonderfull site came to be. i hope to use it now to see what i have missed.

Interests

paragliding, hiking, camping, cooking, canoeing, sea kayak, rock climb, latin dance, rollerblade, horse riding, TRAVEL, languages, brasilian dance, music, culture, FOOD

• culture
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• canoeing
• kayaking
• camping
• boxing
• paragliding
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Tom Jobim, Elis Regina, Elomar Figuera de Melo, Olodum, Trio Forrozao, Moxuara, Bob Dylan, Nina Simone, Edith Piaf, Silvio Rodriguez, Inti Illiyamani, Los Panchos, Ravi Shankar, Dean Martin, Skank, Bob Marley, blues, folk, world, jazz, heaps more.......
Love world and art cinema, things that make me think or laugh especially.
Prefer history and philosophy in reading.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

hitch hiking in ethiopia during a war, the hospitality was fantastic and the place is amazing. too much more to talk about...not type about.

Teach, Learn, Share

everything i have is to share, except for my special hot sauces. I love to learn new things and get bored easy if I am not learning. I like to teach and share from my experiences.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belize, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Namibia, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Brazil, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, United States