CURRENT MISSION

To teach people how to draw camels

ABOUT ME

I am a professional camel drawing consultant. In my spare time, I make and collect music, build websites, travel, learn new languages and new dances, and I run a restaurant and catering business with two Ivorian friends in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. More about me at philintheblank.net and howtodrawcamels.com

PHILOSOPHY

Teach at least one new person how to draw a camel each day

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have been traveling for the past two years, but as soon as I have a couch to offer, you'll be the first to know!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have couchsurfed throughout West Africa. I am incredibly grateful for the people I have met through this site. CS has changed how I travel!!

Interests

Enjoying the company of good people, good food, growing plants, listening to and making music, art, travel,

• arts
• festivals
• dining
• running
• traveling
• drawing
• music
• business
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

rocksteady and early dancehall, saharan/sahel guitar music, a fair bit of hip-hop and rap, some electronic, flying lotus, four tet, fever ray, highlife and hiplife, wassoulou, congolese rumba, afrobeat, juju, ethiopian ala mahmoud ahmed, gigi, girma hadgu, and the ambient music of the world and life in general

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Attended the Festival au Desert outside of Timbuktu in January, 2012

Teach, Learn, Share

I will teach you how to draw a camel.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belize, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Peru, Senegal, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ghana, Mali, United States

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