I’ve been living almost 5 years in Costa Rica, working in sustainable agriculture, which as far as accidental career paths go seems to have worked out pretty well - it has let me spend extended periods in the middle east, the Philippines, and now brought me back here to Central America. Always happy to meet people for a chat, food, a drink, or an impulsive, foolhardy adventure...

I do still travel a lot, so not always available (and too lazy to update my CS calendar) but if I’m home I’m usually very happy to host!

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Y si hablo español también :P

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

While I was living in Iloilo City (Philippines) I hosted quite a few people, and enjoyed hanging out with the local CSers.

Also stayed with a CS host in Canada, hung out with a bunch in Germany, and worked in a permaculture project in Palestine that received many, many CSers (most of them great people!) and am member of a similar group aimed at touring cyclists, and so have both hosted and visited many interesting long-distance cyclists!

Interests

• cooking
• cheese
• beer
• reading
• traveling
• cycling
• hiking
• cave diving
• scuba diving
• swimming
• sustainability
• meeting people
• exploring
• getting lost
• equality
• aquaponics
• brewing beer
• baking bread

Music, Movies, and Books

Pretty diverse tastes, impossible to name favourites. However, here's some that I feel every should have in their lives:
Books:
The Feast of the Goat (Mario Vargas Llosa)
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy series (Douglas Adams)

Movies:
Trainspotting
Black Cat, White Cat
The entire David Attenborough catalogue

Music:
Really too much... Loving a Reggae and Dub podcast at the moment, but every so often need to let off steam to some dirty techno!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Cycled from the UK to Palestine

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Macedonia, Malta, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Palestine, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Slovenia, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belize, Costa Rica, Mexico, Palestine, Philippines, United Kingdom