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Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Every good laid back soul will have a home at my place. Happy to have a drink or coffee, and wander around my city with any traveller.

Interests

Conversation, news and politics, travel, film, live music, events, reading, writing.

Music, Movies, and Books

Books from Franz Kafka, Martin Amis, Roberto Bolano, William Faulker, Jack Kerouac, Hunter S Thompson, James Joyce, Paul Theroux, Cormac McCarthy, Jonathan Swift, Mark Twain etc.

films - City of God, OldBoy, Waltz with Bashir, The Third Man, The Professional, Head-On, Let The Right One In, The Edge of Heaven, Breathless, Band a part, In The Loop, The Hurt Locker, Ghost Writer, Fish Tank, Hidden, Funny Games, 35 Shots of Rum, Memories of Murder, The Wild Bunch, Straw Dogs, Wall-E, The Conversation, Taxi Driver, etc, etc, etc.

music - architecture in helsinki, angus and julia stone, chew lips, ebony bones, dylan, black kids, Cocorosie, Danger mouse, joy division, gorillaz, marina and the diamonds, mouse on mars, passion pit, the streets, the smiths, regina spektor, kings of leon, etc, etc

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The most amazing things I've done and seen usually come down to people more than places, I have seen happiness amongst my friends and that's probably the most amazing thing I've seen.

Amazing things I've experienced include hitchhiking from Belgium to Budapest, a week long music festival on an island in Budapest, Valparaiso in Chile from the top of the hill, walking through a prawn farm in Thailand during sunset, riding a motorcycle through Bangkok traffic, reading a book in the bar Kerouac was kicked out off, walking across the Thames in London for work every morning, jammed in a bohemian bar in Paris, eating world's best gelato in Venice, falling in love on an island off the coast of Croatia, made films in Vienna, Hamburg, Manchester, Paris and rural towns in France etc, etc.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can show you the best sandwiches in Sydney, recommend great paths to walk in the city. I want to learn more about countries I am yet to visit.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A couch, conversation, my friends, whisky.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Chile, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Macedonia, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Thailand, United Kingdom

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