ABOUT ME

Movement has occupied a growing space in my life as well as the memories made along the way. These experiences have inspired me to seek an alternative way of life.

Previously I spent over three and a half years living in Vancouver, where I enjoyed my time living amongst the great outdoors. This time in my life represented a great sense of freedom, travelling when ever possible around the province of British Columbia or afar. Some of my highlights included snowboarding in the local mountains, the music of Seattle and my time in Montreal. However at present I have returned to the UK where I developing my creative skills as a freelance artist.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have surfed, hosted and met with other couchsurfers over the past few years

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I started couchsurfing when I first moved to Vancouver, it was a great to get acquainted with a new city and home. Travelling to Canada for the first time couchsurfing helped me to make friends, gain local knowledge, to explore the city and the neighbourhood surrounds.

Interests

I have a number of interest’s, particularly involving making things from Fine Art to printmaking, photography and designing. I enjoy putting ideas into production. I guess travelling is more of a passion, I have loved living over seas experiencing different cultures and diversity.

Other interest include - microbreweries and cider making, maps, lists, charts and things like that. Documentaries and information, the mountains and sea, snowboarding and surfing, deserts and jungles. People and communities, their stories and their music. Socialist thinking and ideas, cooperatives, farming and distribution, a more considerate approach, Latin America. Cooking and culture, cooking with wood, (smoking) alternative methods (not cooking with gas), cooking to entertain and bird watching

• birds
• arts
• culture
• photography
• documentaries
• cooking
• traveling
• eating out
• survival
• music
• outdoor activities
• surfing
• snowboarding
• language exchange
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies - Million Dollar Baby, Pans Labyrinth, Into the Wild, Amelie, Dig, Amores Perros, the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (David Fincher), Che part 1&2, Lost in Translation, There will be blood

Music - Nirvana, Pixies, Belle and Sebastian, Smashing Pumpkins, Jack White type projects, Radiohead, The Kills, Ty Segall, Queens of the Stone Age, and the Brian Jonestown massacre

Books – occasionally

Teach, Learn, Share

Teaching, well perhaps something arts related or cooking but don’t feel afraid to teach me too.

I am also TEFL certified and interested in language exchange (Spanish).

Would like to learn more about outdoor survival.

Share your shampoo, it can be an inconvenient item to travel with.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Mi casa es su casa.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belize, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, United Kingdom