Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm travelling the world for as long as I can manage and I'd like to meet some locals along the way, make some friends and learn a bit more about the places I visit than I could by just using hostels and camping.

Hoping to return the favour once I'm back in Edinburgh.

Interests

• movies
• cycling
• hiking
• kayaking
• entomology
• history
• ornithology
• mountains
• mountain biking
• nature
• plants
• botany

Music, Movies, and Books

I listen to all kinds of music from classical to folk to metal to indie rock to random bits of electronica. Lately it's been a lot of Wardruna (Norwegian folk-metal people behind the Vikings TV series soundtrack).

I'm a bit of a movie buff so I have a ton of faves: Children of Men, Casablanca, The Great Dictator, Thin Red Line, The Act of Killing, What We Do in the Shadows, A Separation, The Hunt, Dogtooth, In Bruges, The Grey, Black Dynamite, A Single Man, Life is Beautiful, Synecdoche New York, Under the Skin, Battle of Algiers... the list goes on!

And I'm an incorrigible Sci-Fi/Fantasy nerd when it comes to reading. I try to break up the junk food reads with history and science books; and nature writing. Faves include: Blindsight, A Sand County Almanac, The Lost Song of the Dodo and pretty much anything by Iain M. Banks and China Mieville.

Teach, Learn, Share

I manage IT for a small tech company; I can share quite a bit about general IT - fix computer problems, build PCs, teach basic

I also do a lot of wildlife recording in the UK. If you're ever visiting I can show you some of the wildlife we have (no lions and tigers here though, sorry!).

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Nepal, New Zealand, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, Scotland