Hey, pete here. Im an extroverted, energetic guy with a zest for life. I am from wellington but have basically travelled the world. My major passions are basketball, science, travel, friends, laughing, dancing.

At the moment I just finished my PhD in neuroscience and I am now traveling north, central, and, south america!

I am very interested in meeting people along the way!

PHILOSOPHY

Whatever the future might hold, there is nothing anyone can do about it now. What will happen cannot be altered. The mere fact that it is going to happen guarantees this --- This is Not a religious view.

The meaning of life is from within us, it is not bestowed from without. It is the journey we take in achieving our goals that gives our lives meaning. I do not think we need some higher God to provide us with that.

"you will never bring it about that i am nothing so long as i think that i am something" - Descartes

'I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.'

"if we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities"

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.

When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before. -- Jacob August Riis

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Ive been involved for a while now. I think the idea is great and enjoy getting amongst it. I love to meet new travellers so do not hesitate to take me up on my offer of going out for a drink or showing you around the place :)
Currently i am not hosting but if you are new to wellington and want to go out partying then message me and we will sort it out.

If you have a reply rating of less than 70% I will not host you so please do not ask. Couchsurfing is not for freeriders.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Look at my references.

Interests

Friends
Basketball
Gym
Philosophising
Travelling
Engaging in deep and meaningfuls
Partying / dancing

• festivals
• dancing
• partying
• drinking
• traveling
• socializing
• basketball
• neuroscience
• science
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Anything I can dance to (EDM, house, hip-hop, etc). I love to go out and party/dance.

Movies: Huge movie fan, my favourites are...Nightcrawler, Ex Machina, Fight Club, Contagion, American History X, Heat, The Fan, Cape fear, American Gangster, Super bad, City of God, the beach, catch me if you can,the departed, Slumdog millionaire, shutter island...

Authors: Dawkins, Harris, Hitchens, Gladwell.

"Free will" by Sam Harris. Read it.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Floated in the dead sea. Parasailed in koh samui. Snorkelled in thailand, fiji, the red sea and the great barrier reef. Been to Petra. Seen a total solar eclipse in ceduna, austrailia. Snowboarded in the swiss alps. Sailed in Lagos, Portugal. Went to La Tomatina festival in Spain. Seen the iguassu falls in brazil.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: I'll gladly show willing people around the beautiful city of wellington and give them a slice of what NZ has to offer through my local insight.

Learn:my ears are open to words of wisdom.

Share: Good times :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Luxembourg, New Zealand