ABOUT ME

Quick facts for hosts: Vegetarian, Non Smoker, Can sleep on anything, overly talkative, bad cook (but I do try!), good at cleaning and fixing random items around the house. I love to walk around cities in the middle of night and take photos (which means getting back late/early sometimes).

I first started travelling when I was 19, and have been backpacking on and off ever since. Having visited multiple countries in every continent except Antarctica... damn you Antarctica... one day I will find you and I will conquer you!

I'm a science/tech/computer nerd, I love outdoors and adventure and give *almost* anything a try, always on the outlook for new adventures.

I am out to meet people, have fun, have an adventure and learn and try new things at the same time.

To make life hard for everyone (especially me!), I am a strict vegetarian :)

I joined up as I thought this sounded like a great idea to meet new people, and get into the every day life and culture of different places. And it has been perfect!

PHILOSOPHY

Live and let live

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Attending CS events, surfing, organising events and once I have actually settled somewhere hosting.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have had many great CS experiences through surfing, meet ups, and organising events. And have made some life-long friends.

Interests

Outdoor activities
Adventure activities
IT
Science
Motorcycles/Dirtbikes
Ancient history

• arts
• culture
• cooking
• vegetarian
• flying
• technology
• news
• traveling
• billiards
• socializing
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• hiking
• kayaking
• camping
• surfing
• scuba diving
• rock climbing
• paragliding
• swimming
• communications
• emergency services
• history
• science
• hitchhiking
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Bit of everything.
I watch Movies more than read. I thought travelling would give me plenty of time to actually do some reading but instead I am always busy travelling and chatting with CS'ers!
I listen to music constantly but have no idea of bands/genres/names of songs or any useful information.
TV Shows: Top Gear!!! Firefly, Coupling, Entourage, How I met your mother, Clerks Animated Series, Old Futurama.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

* Pulling off an epic prank where I had my photograph displayed in the Tate Modern, London, along side Picasso, Andy Worhol and Monet.
* Organised Istanbul No-Pants Subway ride which received police attention and plenty of media attention. * Solo Dirt biking through remote Thailand and Cambodia.
* Volunteering and working with pumas and jaguars in Bolivia.
* Paragliding mini-cross country in South Africa
*Being arrested and held in various prisons and cells for 7 days in Egypt during the revolution
* Hiking and encountering wild lions in Zimbabwe
* Convincing police in Rome not to arrest me after going 'swimming' in one of their famous public fountains.
* Flying a stunt plane and performing loops, stalls, rolls, etc over the Illawarra in Australia
* 7 days Kayaking and Camping down the Murray River in Victoria, Australia* Leading a team of 4 on a 147m rock climb at Arapiles, Australia
* Swimming 1 on 1 with a whale shark off the coast of Mozambique for a solid hour.
* Not dying when discovering a pool that makes up part Victoria Falls, Zambia
* I have been detained/held/questions by police in 9 countries. Normally for trespassing/being somewhere I shouldn't.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Mexico, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Philippines, Serbia, South Africa, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, United States

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