CURRENT MISSION

Keen for Portuguese-English Intercambio? Portuguese needs to be sharpened up quick smart.

ABOUT ME

BHM, DDF, DTE, GSOH & HWP, ISO DTE

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Over the years I have had the pleasure of hosting many friends as well as new faces at my family home in Titirangi, Auckland. In addition to this whilst living in Wellington, my flatmates and I hosted a great diversity of people at our humble abode in Newtown. I am currently surfing in South America.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Many a tales from older 'n' wiser minds have I heard articulate the days of buses and trains filled the natter and chatter of strangers. From my POV Couch surfing is another effective mechanism for encouraging trust in public and private spaces and an effective means for resisting the further sterilization of communication.

Only pleasant experiences to report at my end.

Interests

Todo Musica; Guitar y pianoforte (poorly). Football. Environmental politics and philosophy. Restoration ecology and ornithology (observation). GIS and cartography. Paticipating in the generation of heightened levels of hilarity. Tactfully poor yet appropriate language. Film. Reading (when my attention permits). Ecologically sound Architecture and town planning. Getting outside. Slippin into the three piece con lapels and getting on the good foot. Opping it for new threads. the loyal canine. Tangents. Idioma. the general life.

• architecture
• politics
• reading
• restoration
• guitar
• surfing
• soccer
• cartography
• ecology
• ornithology

Music, Movies, and Books

1. The Dark Crystal - Jim Henson.

2. Cruz del Sur - Atahualpa Yupanqui

3. Bomb, book and compass - Simon Winchester (for the tangents). Flatland - Edwin Abbott. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley. Tales of the unexpected - Roald Dahl. Happy Birthday Jack Nicholson - Hunter S. Thompson. Half Men of O & Priests of Ferris - Maurice Gee. Volcano Adventure - Willard Price.

Teach, Learn, Share

I´m very interested in offering my services as a restoration ecologist and spatial analyst (Systema Informacion Geographica - GIS) to all levels of organisation, including local community level projects.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, New Zealand

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