CURRENT MISSION

To meet other warm, friendly and open people. To enjoy their company, learn about their culture & traditions and share my own.

ABOUT ME

Hello all... My names Rory. I grew up in Ireland, Dublin to be precise but I have been lucky enough to have lived/worked in a few places around the country.

I like to think I'm an outgoing guy with a warm, sociable personality. I consider myself respectful, polite and down to earth. I can be quiet at times but I definitely enjoy spending time in the company of people with good energy.

I appreciate nature and the world around me. Love being out and seeing wildlife and spending time in beautiful landscapes with good people. For example, I love being woken up by the twitter of the birds, when out camping. Not so much by the screeching of those white parrots in Australia ;-) I like being close to water whether it be the sea or a river/lake. Although I love being out in the mountains just as much. Standing on top of a mountain after climbing it is quite a feeling.

I saw some amazing storms while travelling in the southern hemisphere and love the moments after one has passed .... the smell of the rain & the feeling in the air. Almost like you can feel the energy.

I like to think I am interested in nutrition & healthy living although I haven't made a complete lifestyle change yet & I can deviate from this path often. I am interested in being self sufficient & ways we can be kinder to the environment that we all share.

I like keeping up with whats going on in the world and am a little anti-establishment.

I love to travel and have recently returned from 8 years overseas. I was working & travelling...often slowly, for 3 of those years and then decided I liked Vietnam a lot and lived there.

I like going for a surf/windsurf & the last few years diving ( my new fave hobby), getting away on road trips, watching/playing sport, going to gigs/shows/events.

Love just as much, drinkng copiuos amount of tea whilst catching up with friends, settling down to immerse myself in a good book or learning new recipes. I really like picking up new ways to cook from people I meet of different nationalities & love shared dinners.

PHILOSOPHY

Take nothing but photographs, leave nothing but footprints, kill nothing but time.

Treat others as you would like to be treated.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've come across the couchsurfing community for the first time in Auckland. Through going on the camping trips and the weekly drinks in the city, I have met a bunch of really good people which has been awesome. I look forward to my first actual couchsurfing experiences, fingers crossed, in my upcoming travels to the Philippines and S.E Asia.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

No actual couchsurfing experiences yet. Hopefully I shall be updating this section soon.

Interests

Music, travel, photography, nature, food (both cooking & eating)
,learning recipes, dancing, being in the water, diving, trying to surf. Taking time to enjoy the sunset/sunrise.

• animals
• wildlife
• birds
• fish
• culture
• books
• photography
• dancing
• environment
• dining
• cooking
• recipes
• instructor
• drinking
• gardening
• traveling
• music
• fishing
• kayaking
• camping
• scuba diving
• sailing
• sports
• rock climbing
• road trips
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

I watched many good films and also sat through a few rubbish ones too. Some that spring to mind; Safety Not Guaranteed, Jeff who lived at Home, Amelie, Little Miss Sunshine, Catch me if you can, Blood Diamond, Once were Wariors, Boy.

Books-wise; last great book I read was Marching Powder, I would recommend it to everyone. Or Alone in Berlin. I do like to get lost in a book but I go through phases of not reading anything to spending all day reading.

Music; Lots & lots to suit my different moods. Love watching live music especially if there is a saxophone playing or if its Trad music. Love a bit of classic rock. I listen to groups like CCR, Pink Floyd, The Doors, Salmonella Dub, Dire Straits right through to house music & minimal techno like Booka Shade & Marek Hemmann. That kind will get my foot tapping and I'll be itching to go for a dance. Also love to listen to psytrance. Great motivational music for a bout of spring cleaning in the home.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I remember diving off the West Coast of Australia on the Ningaloo reef. Our instructor brought us to a cleaning station where the little fish live in the coral. A shark will position itself above the coral and the fish will eat/clean the parasites off the shark. This was awesome to see. My second time seeing sharks up close, my first being when I dived in Nusa Lembongan in Indonesia. At one point I hung back from the group, and while floating weightless in the water, just above the seabed, just took in the sight. I had 5 black tip reef sharks within a 20m radius of me. Incredible to see. Such beautiful creatures. I hope I will always remember it.

Teach, Learn, Share

I could help improve your English. Teach you a bit of Irish If you would like to learn. Also French.

I could teach you how to sail/windsurf/roll in a kayak.

I like gardening & would like to learn more about growing.

I'd like to learn more recipes & share some of mine.

I like learning anything.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Philippines, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, France, Ireland, New Zealand, Spain, Viet Nam