Birmingham (UK) born, mostly London life geek / adventurer and vegan.

Always learning and exploring and sharing what I discover.

I love finding out the essential shared truth and knowledge within our world's different cultures and connecting with people who treat life as something more than a game of acquiring things.

And discussing ways to fix all the broken, unsustainable systems we seem to have all around the world.

I'm a real film buff - particularly documentaries, independent and world cinema (but as someone who used to devour Marvel comics as a boy I'm not averse to a good action movie).

I used to work in the film industry as a camera assistant and cinematographer amongst other things and still do a little film work and keep my camera kit list up to date.

CURRENT MISSION: Changing the world 🙄😜 through my startup, working on financial equality and 'tech for good' projects.

PHILOSOPHY: Just do it!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Experiences are better than Things

Why are we all here? Exploring new places, meeting new people, avoiding the 'tourist' life

I was using Couchsurfing back in the '00s before the days of Airbnb... haven't used for a while and it seems I've lost all my history with the new website :(

Interests

Love film (watching and making), yoga and meditation, music, gigs, extreme sports, ultra marathons, travel, travel, meeting inquisitive people, travel...

• triathlon
• yoga
• running
• meditation
• traveling
• coding
• music
• surfing
• sports
• extreme sports
• philosophy
• sustainability
• entrepeneurship
• ultramarathon

Music, Movies, and Books

(Interesting to look at this list created 10+ years ago :)

Smiths, Joy Division, Kings of Leon, Antony & the Johnsons, Bon Iver, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the Cribs, Flight of the Conchords, Coen Brothers films, Donnie Darko, Abre los Ojos, Zeitgeist, 1984, Oscar Wilde, Glasvegas, Killers, Ladytron, Friendly Fires, Massive Attack, Radiohead, Libertines, Bloc Party, Shawshank Redemption, Stanley Kubrick, the Matrix, It's a Wonderful Life, American Beauty, Fellini

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Ran a midnight sun marathon in the arctic ice, surrounded by fighting and fornicating Norwegians

Swam with wild dolphins in the sea near Tanzania

Fell off a yacht in Monaco harbour while filming a British girl band performing at a Swedish porn baron's wake, and ended up being rescued by dwarves

Had hippos join us for dinner in Kenya

Abseiled down four stories of a hotel in Ibiza wearing just a girl's sarong

Jumped off a canyon in New Zealand

Saw the Northern Lights in Iceland

Driven a DB9

(Yeah, couldn't pick one!)

Teach, Learn, Share

Can teach - anything computer/technical, workout/fitness, video

Want to learn - anything!

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share with you my experience of creating and growing tech businesses in multiple countries; living as a digital nomad; homeschooling; coding; filmmaking; the power of mind over matter and running 100 miles non-stop.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States, Viet Nam

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