CURRENT MISSION

Get involved

ABOUT ME

I am a friendly, intelligent guy currently in Australia, having travelled through Thailand, Laos and Malaysia.

I have a passion for DIY culture and politics, and love helping organise underground events and performing spoken word/poetry internationally. It's great using the skills I've learnt in the UK whilst learning some lovely new ones.

I'm excited by any people and places where independence and originality flourishes in spite of the status quo.

PHILOSOPHY

There is no standard route to success, ever. Because success is entirely personal.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have hosted a number of people, and recommend people I think who'll get on to each other with couchsurfing.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

It has also been friendly, relaxed, open and great fun.

Interests

DIY culture, vegetarianism, music, films, books, history, feminism, anarchism, squatting, writing, performing, history, politics

• culture
• writing
• books
• poetry
• performing arts
• diy
• womens rights
• cooking
• vegan
• politics
• movies
• music
• spoken word
• surfing
• history
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Here goes with the things that've had the biggest impact on me:

Films: Do The Right Thing, The Big Lebowski, Aguirre: Wrath of God, Dark Days, Afropunk, The Idiots, Breaking The Waves, Secrets & Lies, Naked, Oasis, Capturing The Friedmans, M, The Act of Seeing With One's Own Eyes,The War Game, Punk:Attitude

Books: The Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro, Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates, The Drowned World by JG Ballard, From Hell by Alan Moore

Music: Babar Luck, The King Blues, The Ruby Kid, Capdown, Ghost Mice, Arab Strap, Splitters, Dirty Revolution, Subhumans, Citizen Fish, Conflict, Fugazi, Flogging Molly, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Idlewild, The Clash, Tom Waits, Gogol Bordello, Suicide Bid, NOFX, Strike Anywhere, Clayton Blizzard

And tons more. Anything interesting and with a conscious attitude.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hitchhiking through Laos with a friend was terrifying, eye-opening and wonderful all at once. Silently watching the panoramic mountain ranges on the back of pick up trucks was simply incredible.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can cook, and will happily cook for everyone's couch I happen to surf on, all vegan and/or veggie too. I know bits and pieces of history and radical politics I would love to discuss, and would love to learn more.

I'm also a performance poet and writer, so would love to share poems, stories, articles, whatever with whoever I'm surfing with.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Laos, Malaysia, Netherlands, Thailand, Zambia

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom

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