CURRENT MISSION

to repay the hospitality that was given to me while I travelled

ABOUT ME

Born in Calgary Canada in 1987, went to the University of Victoria on the West Coast of Canada for 4 years, Travelled extensively for the last few years and am now doing a PhD in Leiden

PHILOSOPHY

I think I live my life by the phrase 'seemed like a good idea at the time'.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

By trying to repay the hospitality that was given to me while I travelled!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have surfed couches in Essaouira, Agadir, and Hassi Labied in Morocco; Sfax in Tunisia; Marsaskala in Malta; Elefsina in Greece; Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Bodrum, Antalya, Kayseri, Diyarbakir in Turkey; Muscat in Oman; Leh in India; Penang and Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia; Gold Coast in Australia; Tokyo, Kyoto, Matsuyama, Shizuoka, and Fukuoka in Japan; Seoul in South Korea; visited the great wall with CSers in Beijing, China; Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia (twice); and Moscow, Russia. Amazing people and places!

Interests

Guitar, hiking, biking, snowboarding, walking, photography, building things, taking things apart, music, movies, stargazing, stormy weather, coincidences, longboarding, cars, planes/flying, random facts, mountains, discussions about cosmology, archaeology, theology and evolution... and not necessarily in that order.

• photography
• walking
• flying
• movies
• cars
• music
• guitar
• cycling
• hiking
• snowboarding
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: almost anything really, used to be mostly classic rock, but now I enjoy everything from blues to hip hop to bluegrass. Although my all time favourite band has probably got to be Queen... I also like Bob Dylan.

Movies: Too many to list! I like Sci-Fi, fantasy/adventure, crime and dark comedies, and the occasional heart-warmer. Though I'll sit through just about anything!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Flown over the southwest coast of England in an open cockpit Tigermoth biplane.

Teach, Learn, Share

keep your knees bent, and just give 'er

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Canada, Netherlands, United Kingdom

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