I'm a friendly guy from Wales, love to travel and meet new interesting people. I've just graduated in Prehistoric Archaeology from the University of Sheffield and I'm now studying a TEFL course online. I've used Worldpackers to volunteer at a hostel in the Algarve.

I don't drink / smoke, but I do have quite a notable coffee addiction 😇

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet people whilst travelling and visit new places whilst enjoying an authentic style of living.

Interests

I'm interested in anything people can teach me about, I love to read about all topics. I enjoy keeping up to date with politics. I occasionally run half marathons and other long-distance running events. I love to learn languages and experience new cultures. I run a pro-EU campaign group in the Valleys of South Wales, pushing for a People's Vote on the Brexit deal.

Will be travelling China and South Korea to meet friends from Sheffield University whom I haven't seen for years. Would love to meet more people and get to know the ins and outs of the Chinese and South Korean cultures.

• arts
• culture
• books
• literature
• poetry
• architecture
• street art
• coffee
• politics
• music
• live music
• skydiving
• teaching
• history
• languages
• psychology
• sign language
• language exchange
• road trips
• long-term travel
• adventure travel
• travel
• chinese
• learning languages
• people
• theatre
• archaeology
• local food
• meeting new people
• french
• tefl
• castles
• sharing stories
• portuguese
• heritage
• cultural heritage
• coffee shops
• urbanism
• international politics
• european union
• human evolution

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Rock, Everything... Jazz, Classical, Indie, Soul, 90s, Britpop.
Amy Winehouse, Arctic Monkeys, Blur, Biffy Clyro, Dolly Parton, Def Leppard, Diam's, The Black Keys, Royal Blood, Nina Simone, Nothing But Thieves, Milburn, Mamas and Papas, Michael Jackson, Paramore, Panic at the Disco, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Reverend and the Makers, Roxette, Terrence Trent Darby, Whitesnake.
Movies: psychological thrillers, comedies
Inception, The Mummy, Harry Potter, The Hobbit, LOTR, Galaxy Quest.
Books: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Detective.
Agatha Christie, Radical Cities, Cities Are Good For You, Tolkien, His Dark Materials, End of the Century, Polar City Blues... check out my GoodReads page :)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Skydiving 13,000ft, on the Welsh coast to raise money for pancreatic cancer research.
And my dissertation on human evolution (nearly killed me, was awake for about three weeks straight 😜).
Was invited to Parliament - as Cofounder of Valleys For Europe - for a meeting about the launch of the People's Vote campaign, for a vote on the Brexit deal.
Climbed the 'wild' unmaintained part of the Great Wall of China.

Teach, Learn, Share

- Maybe something about my lil' homeland in the UK, the Land of Song
- Something about the pro-EU movement in the UK since the 2016 EU referendum
- About the Student Movement and Students' Unions and Universities in the UK

What I Can Share with Hosts

Discussions about culture, Wales, my travel experiences, or any other topics you want to talk about :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Belgium, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, Wales