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Übersicht
Über mich
CURRENT MISSION
To learn Chinese, to learn about China and to travel widely
ABOUT ME
I graduated from Univeristy in June, and embarked on a year travelling, volunteering and language learning. I spent 6 months working at a microfinance bank in Cambodia, helping the rural poor to develop businesses, and I'm now spending 6 months in Beijing studying Chinese.
I try my best to get involved as much as possible, and love new experiences. I've hitchhiked to Morrocco, taught in Hong Kong and played competitive dodgeball. I've starred in a French TV commercial, spent a year walking around Paris, and tried kick boxing in Cambodia.
I enjoy talking to and learning from people with different experiences and backgrounds to me. I consider myself friendly and down-to-earth
PHILOSOPHY
Experience everything; take time to find and pursue your passions.
Warum ich bei Couchsurfing bin
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
I am keen to use Couchsurfing to discover a place, and happy to provide this service to others.
Interessen
Travel
History
Politics
Architecture
Cricket
- dogs
- architecture
- walking
- flying
- politics
- tv
- traveling
- cars
- boxing
- cricket
- history
- volunteering
- mountains
Musik, Filme und Bücher
Books:
Yann Markel, The Life of Pi
Calvino, If On a Winter's Night a Traveller
Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway
Thomas Mann, Death in Venice
Films:
Lost in Translation
Spirited Away
The Burmese Harp
City of God
American History X
Eine tolle Erfahrung, die ich gemacht habe
'wow' moments that might not be particularly unique, but have left an impact on me.
Vietnam: Watching peasants tilling the fields from the sleeper-train window as sun rose over the Hué mountains during my first trip to Asia.
Morocco: Watching camels plodding through the desert as the sun set and the stars came out, and our train rumbled on to Fez.
Cambodia: Walking down a pot-holed street on a sweaty tropical night, and looking up to see huge nimbus clouds rolling over themselves in the sky - the same serene image you could see anywhere on the globe. This might seem pretty innocuous, but had an effect on me.
Vietnam: Arriving before 5am into Dalat, a sleepy Alpine-style old colonial mountain resort; and watching the sun rise, the mist recede and school children go to school.
China: Living in Harbin. Walking on the frozen river, and watching people living their lives on and across it (walking the dog; flying kites; driving cars).
Länder, die ich besucht habe
China, Norway, Philippines, United States, Viet Nam
Länder, in denen ich gelebt habe
Cambodia, China, United Kingdom