CURRENT MISSION

spread my word of ink, find inspiration at every corner I can.. Make a trail across the earth until I find a place to rest and build my little slice

ABOUT ME

that I am passionate and willing to take the risk

PHILOSOPHY

'But I am poor beside him. Poor? What does that matter? When poverty creeps in at the door, love flies through the window'
Portrait of Dorian Grey

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have been participating in this couch surfing experience since 1999 when I left my hometown on a bus. Soon after I started the drift. when I had a place you had a couch for sure, when i had no roof I did everything I could to find one. Survival of the illest

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Sooooooooooooooooooo many. I aint even wasting the time. A few of these experiences turned into great friendships. But we all know this platform, the whole energy has changed in recent years... Worth mentioning most of my experiences in Asia were fantastic and all of the ones in Africa remain close in mind... So does that say anything about the developed world?

Interests

intricacy, a unique shape, a rustic being. I spend most of my time dreaming.. when I am not dreaming I am generally traveling, if i am not traveling i am saving so that i can continue to travel... in the middle somewhere i write and cook.

• cooking
• walking
• traveling
• survival
• camping
• surfing
• lakes

Music, Movies, and Books

Bukowski, Kerouac, Hemingway, Hesse, Kafka, Tom Robbins, Orwell, recently... Indian authors.. a few great indian authors comin out... and a great couple of books out of Cambodia... At first they killed my father and a priceless piece Off the Rails in Phnom Penh. Crime and punishment! Saul Bellow! As I walked out on a midsummers day by Laurie lee, near perfection

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Gokyo Lakes in Nepal on the way to Everest base Camp.. that was sensational.

Great Sandy Desert In Australia, Kirijini National Park. WOW!

The Desert of Jordan... 2 weeks of pure treking and bedouins. Was fantastic.

Walking from Roma to Istanbul over 4. 5 months

Camino de Santiago

Hitch hiked from Istanbul to Accra, Ghana 25,000 km

Hitch hiked 30,000 km from Singapore to Caspian Sea

Published my first novel

Teach, Learn, Share

English teacher. Chef. Writer. Barman Storyteller.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Some damned fine cooking and if you want I could read a bit of prose 😉

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Denmark, Egypt, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Norway, Oman, Palestine, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Wales, Western Sahara

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, Kazakhstan, New Zealand, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom