CURRENT MISSION

To live life to the the fullest and be a great Dad!

ABOUT ME

I love travel but I can't get away anymore as much as I would like. I love talking to and meeting travellers as a way of compensating!

I love accents so if you love to talk I am a great listener :)

I am heading back to dear Europe in August 2015 for six weeks. This has became a bit of an annual pilgrimage now. This year I am planning to visit the beautiful city of Gdansk. Of course I will be basing myself in one of my favourite cities - Tallinn. Will be also spending some time in Lithuania and Finland.

In October 2015 I am heading to the states! Really pumped about that this! Planning for a couple of days in Baton Rouge, a couple of days in New Orleans and a week in Vegas and San Francisco.

I have a beautiful young son who lives with my ex-wife not far from me. I see him as much as I can and hence why I still reside in Brisbane and am not out on the road.

PHILOSOPHY

Facta non verba (deeds not words).

Karma - you will get what you sow.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have hosted, I have surfed, attended CS functions, offered advice to CSers online and tell all that will listen, that once you CS on your travels, you will never want to stay in hostels/hotels again!

Interests

Travel, reading, meeting new people, sport, mountain biking, cycling, hiking, cozy cafes, the beach.

• cooking
• reading
• traveling
• cycling
• hiking
• sports
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies - Captain Corelli's Mandolin, The Shawshank Redemption, Grease, Sound of Music, The Unforgiven, Topgun, Dirty Dancing, Ghost, Lion King, Seabiscuit, Ferris Bueller's Day Off...

Music - A bit of nearly everything.

Books:
In Harms Way
The Pure Land
Big Red
Riders to the Midnight Sun
McCarthey's Bar
Genghis Khan trilogy - Conn Iggulden
Trans Siberia - Inside the Grey Area
The Life of Pi
Jeffrey Archer

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have been very fortunate in my travels having met some amazing people and having had some amazing experiences.

On of my personal fav travel experiences was having time alone early one morning on the flat topped Mayan temple at Tikal in Guatemala. Watching and listening to the whole jungle coming alive whilst perched on this amazing ancient monument. Just me and my thoughts.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can help you with things from as useful as cooking to things as useless, but cool, as solving the Rubik's cube...

I would love to learn some more Finnish, Estonian and French! Actually I am keen to learn some words in any language! I am so jealous of my multi lingual European friends.

Countries I’ve Visited

Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Austria, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Guatemala, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Caledonia, Norway, Peru, Poland, Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia

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