I am a South African who likes to travel, I have been to 33 different countries. I joined couch surfing because I love meeting people and learning different cultures and foods.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

It is easy being a tourist, seeing a country through a camera lens snapping away memories, but to truly experience a country you have to live it through the lives of its in habitants, people.

I don't visit a country, I live a country, its; sights, sounds, smells, food, culture and people.

I truly love meeting new people and sharing travel stories, I am planning to cycle round the world, and thought I would share my adventures with everyone, in return I might need to crash on your couch for a night, as I pass through your town.

Interests

Travel, Golf, scuba diving and bikes my passion is photography.

• culture
• photography
• dining
• cooking
• instructor
• boating
• flowers
• traveling
• billiards
• socializing
• blues
• cycling
• surfing
• scuba diving
• golf
• business
• freelancing
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Anything really Rock, Reggae, Classic, Pop and folk music.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I spent a year diving all over the Red Sea on some of the most awesome dive sites in the world. I have done more than 500 dives with Sharks and more than 3000 dives in total all over the world.

Teach, Learn, Share

1993 September went to Israel worked on a Kibbutz (Ein Gev) picked Bananas for 6 hours a day, and Moshav (Rishpon) working on a combine harvester sorting potatoes, worked at bar and restaurant in Tel Aviv. Worked on a boat called the Eilat in Eilat as a crew member.

1994 January went to Egypt, did a PADI O/W diver course in Dahab. Then traveled all over Egypt for a further 2 months.

1994 March went bank to Israel worked on a another Moshav Ein Jahav, I picked Gypsophilla flowers from 4.30 in the morning until 7pm. Saved money to buy a ticket to England.

1995 Flew to England ( Worked for Republic National bank of New York in London), counting and packaging millions of dollars in all different currencies. Worked for Thames Water as a debt collector. Worked on a construction site as a labourer. Worked at Salstream Marks and Spencers distribution warehouse night shift from 10pm until 6 am loading trucks and picking orders. I was also a barman and cook at Whetherspoons Moon under water Leicester square.

I did various 3 month trips to countries around Europe while living in London.

While in the UK I traveled around, I did my advanced PADI Advancedb O/W diving course in Weymouth.

I left London in 1996 and went to Italy for 6 weeks on my way back to South Africa.

I then worked in Pretoria at Green Trees restaurant as a manager. I also worked at the Blues bar in the Tramshed as a manager.

All this time I was studying for a Commercial Refridgeration diploma. Before even graduating In got a job with Enviroware as a service and maintenance technician. This was 1997 October.

I sub contracted for them until August 2005.

While there I continued up the PADI ranks Dive master, Instructor and then I started my own dive center called Blumoon Divers in Blue hills, Kyalami where I had bought a house with a giant indoor heated pool. To compliment the dive center I started a backpackers lodge from scratch (Kyalami Backpackers).

In the mean time I also did my Commercial skippers license and European Golf Teachers federation teaching diploma and so became a Golf pro.

By early 2005 I was bored with the same old same old so I sold all I had for the second time in my life and left to Philadelphia in the USA to join Julian Krinsky School of golf to be a golf pro.

When I got back I did my CELTA course at IH in Johanneaburg, so I could teach English abroad.

I then went back to USA in May 2007 and spent 4 months there At end of August I flew back to South Africa changed my Golf bag for a scuba bag and with my newly purchased under water video camera was heading off to Egypt as a videographer.

But one month after being sent all over Egypt for little money, I took a job as a scuba instructor and Venta diving.

Did this for 6 months and then started freelancing for various dive centers the credit crunch then caused a drop in business so I left Egypt (and my third visa had expired)

I returned to South Africa in August of 2008.

Taught business English to various embassy staff and regular English to their children.

In January 2010I got a job with Retief Goosen golf academy in Polokwane as a teaching Golf pro where I taught from 7 year old girls and boys up until adults.

I did this until 2013, after which I started a new aircon business.

In March December 2012 I started a free range egg and chicken farm from scratch ran this until Jan 2015. Sold it.

Then in Jan 2015 moved to Pretoria to work for a company in Johannesburg as a supervisor. This contract just ended, so now I am selling everything I own again for the 3rd time in my life to go and explore the big wide world.

That is me in a nutshell cursed with a need to travel, blessed with the means to do it.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A friendly face who likes talking about traveling and my next adventure.

Countries I’ve Visited

Angola, Botswana, Denmark, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Lesotho, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, United States, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Egypt, Israel, Russian Federation, United Kingdom, United States