ABOUT ME

I'm a photographer and I love music!! I'm a guitarist and I enjoy going to gigs and music festivals. I care about this world and people arond me.

Basically having a good time and making the most out of life!!! I'm an optimist and prefer to live in a positive way and try to help others.

Look there's so much more to list... I guess you could read my references if you wanna know more from other people

PHILOSOPHY

"Be the change you want to see in the world"
Gandhi

"Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life."
Burton Hills

Creativity is directly linked to resourcefulness, originality, vision, ingenuity and inspiration. Like all things in life if you don't accept that it is art of who you are, get in touch with your self, then your potential as a creative person will die with you unrealised. Seize the moment, mentally cropping out society's assumptions and get right on down to enjoy your creative self! Make the most out of life!
Steve Parish

"It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about."
Dale Carnegie

"Things can always change and it's never too late"

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've met great people through couchsurfing in Thailand, Europe, Egypt and Australia. I feel so privleged to have seen and experienced so many beautiful things in this world! I'm looking forward to meeting loads of friendly people and sharing amazing experiences! Hosting and telling people about Australia has made me appriciate my country and where I live even more so!

Interests

I love music, play guitar and I enjoy Photography and Filming live music. Here's my website: http://www.martinstringer.com/ or
http://www.facebook.com/MartinStringerPhotography

I enjoy learning and experiencing new things. I like to be active and enjoy being outdoors. Photography, snowboarding, yoga, swimming, kick boxing, mountain biking, camping and I try to surf and when the weather is good :) I enjoy rockclimbing and have my Advanced open water diving certificate.

I'm intersted in learning more about massage and meditation and anything else that makes you feel good!

Oh and Guitars! I have built my own guitar and enjoy working with timber creating furniture.

• fish
• arts
• photography
• music festivals
• festivals
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• yoga
• meditation
• boating
• music
• live music
• guitar
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• fishing
• camping
• scuba diving
• snowboarding
• boxing
• swimming
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

I love music! Appriciate most genres especially most rock, blues, soul, reggae and music with a good feel to it! Love Hendrix, Led Zepplin, Pink Floyd, Ben Harper, Pearl Jam, Faith No More, The Basics and so much more!

I like to read when I get time as for movies too many to list! A few exceptional movies that impressed me are: Into the Wild, Slumdog Millionaire, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, The Power of One, Rabbit Proof Fence, Inconvienient Truth, Children of Men, V for Vendeta, Lord of War, Blood Diamonds, Borat, Bowling for Columbine...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Photographed in the Daintree Rainforest (AUS) for Rainforest Rescue to help protect one of the oldest Rainforests in the world!

Worked for Maton Guitars for 5 years and met some of some of the most inspirational musicians in my life.

Scuba diving along beautiful coral and schools of tropical fish in Koh Tao, Thailand and the Red Sea in Egypt.

Skinny dipping in the middle off the night with phospherestant plankton all around.

Living in Granada and Cadiz in Spain and experiencing the great lifestyle there.

Snowboaring in the French Alps with fresh soft powder, warm sunshine and blue skies.

Experiencing the sheer power of Niagra Falls up close in a boat and getting drenched.

Playing guitar to my Grandmother and seeing her tap her foot to the beat because she was enjoying it so much. What makes this amazing to me is she had no control over it. That half of her body had been paralised for over a year from a stroke. THAT'S the power of music!
visited 19 states (8.44%)

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to play guitar. It's amazing how many people I've met who used to play but gave up because they weren't good straight away! It can be fun, easy and a universal language!

I can share my love of cooking, or more importantly, eating of delicious food!

There's much much more. You NEVER stop learning!

If you have 20 minutes and watch an interesting video about consumption in the world I highly recomend you should check this out http://www.storyofstuff.com/

What I Can Share with Hosts

Good conversation, Stories of what inspires us, a bottle of wine, my love of cooking and music if you have a guitar!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Qatar, San Marino, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, France, Italy, Spain

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