After working at a microbrewery in California, I left for a lengthy mountain bike ride around Madagascar and then a new life in Cape Town teaching economics and working at a trade law NGO. Eventually I abandoned my jobs to set up a guest house for a few years, then sold that and ended up traveling for about 10 years while telling myself I was on the verge of setting up a new business.
I look forward to meeting new people more than getting stamps in my passport, so I tend to hang around when I find a place I like.
The last few years have been unpredictable apart from change. I've lived in Ukraine, Russia, Poland, and Portugal. I picked up a car last year and drove it 50K back and forth across Europe, visiting as many friends and new places as I could in search of the next possible home.
And now, somehow that process has led me to Ecuador for November and possibly Peru and Bolivia for December, with a fresh start in Argentina for 2025.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

For the third time I've run into a friendly group of couchsurfers after randomly ending up in a backpackers where they organized a meet, so here I am the morning after finally signing up. I made a few friends each of the previous times, seems too much fun to leave to chance!

Interests

Besides the traveling I enjoy learning new languages, hiking, long drunken discussions about how to save the world, shorter ones about most anything else, while planning for the ultimate lifestyle where my work is all of my hobbies.

• running
• traveling
• cycling
• hiking
• economics
• languages
• law
• tourism

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Survived the 2004 tsunami on the beach at Khao Lak, Thailand.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, England, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Northern Ireland, Norway, Oman, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Réunion, San Marino, Scotland, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Wales, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Åland Islands

Countries I’ve Lived In

Denmark, France, Hong Kong, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, South Africa, Ukraine, United States