Married with 3 children. Worked and studied around the world and travel as much as I can. Love to meet people and learn firsthand from them about their culture, history and future expectations.

I work mostly in architectural design, but have also owned and managed a guest house and dive centre on Pemba island in Zanzibar for 7 years.

Love the water, surfing and diving and have practised both around the globe.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet like minded people and get more involved in the culture of a country.

To share, to learn and to get off the tourist track.

Interests

I'm a Dive Master, have taught many people to dive and have dived a couple of hundred times in countries including; South Africa, Bazaruto island, Malawi lake, Zanzibar, Egypt, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia, Bahamas.

• architecture
• graphic design
• photography
• movies
• reading
• music
• hiking
• surfing
• art history
• history
• travel

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: On The Beach - Chris Rea

Book: Birds without Wings - Lious de Bernieres

Movie: Cloud Atlas, based on novel by David Mitchell

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Base Camp hike of Mt Everest.

Fathered 3 kids!

Teach, Learn, Share

Drawing, Diving, Photography.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Some travel tips from about 100 odd countries.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bhutan, Botswana, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Italy, Jordan, Macao, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mozambique, Namibia, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Uruguay, Zambia

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, India, Japan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom