CURRENT MISSION

To meet folk

ABOUT ME

I set up a couchsurfing account when I was travelling round Latin America last year. I think its a great tool to meet people and enter into local cultures. Before travelling I got a degree from Glasgow University in philosophy and politics; I am currently a posty saving up to eventually continue with postgraduate studies. At the moment, with the very few holidays I currently get I plan to travel mainly round the UK, doing some hillwalking and getting to know the West of Scotland which I shamefully have never visited before.

PHILOSOPHY

Hmm four years of a philosophy degree and this still remains the dreaded question... i dont like greed, selfishness, arrogance or rangers football club. Although I'd be happy to stay with or host a Rangers fan, as long as its not Diouf

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I like to meet folk, and have a diverse range of interests...one day you could find me in uber-geek mode playing chess or reading Das Capital by Marx (currently battling through chapter 3), on another day you'll see me downing some scotch or lager down the pub.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

As I said I couchsurfed quite a lot in Latin America, but always as a surfer... would like to try out couchsurfing in the UK too

Interests

football, chess, history, philosophy, politics, poetry, economics, literature, ales, golf, scottish folk music, indie music, trash television, sunday newspapers, hillwalking, historical materialism and irn bru

• literature
• poetry
• dancing
• clubbing
• pub crawls
• politics
• chess
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• folk music
• hiking
• soccer
• golf
• economics
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

dostoyevsky, john steinbeck, george orwell, eduardo galeano, pablo neruda, martin amis, jean jacques rousseau, graham greene, johaan hari, robert fisk, hobsbawm, isaac deutscher

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hitch hiking through south america

Teach, Learn, Share

I speak fairly decent Spanish, am always up for a game of chess, and can show you how not to dance