CURRENT MISSION

explore and imagine :)

ABOUT ME

I love to explore the world and connect with people, discover different cultures and communities. I love to surf (waves and couches) when I can, plus go into the wild when i get the chance. Recently, I try to travel as much as I can without flying - so I'm seeing lots of Europe :) slow travel is great

Home is a narrow boat (canal boat) that is constantly on the move. It's small so there's not really enough room to fit anyone else in, plus, maybe at a push.

PHILOSOPHY

Another World is possible!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Started a long time on CS, but it did not work too well in Vietnam - due to you need police permission to have foreign visitors. So I forgot about it for ages, until hitching Finland to UK 2013, which was really cool.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

2013 hitch from Finland to UK. Two fantastic couch-hosters (Germany/ Belgium)

After that meet a few people in London and showed them around :)

More recently, visited Catalonia and the annual climate conference in Bonn, on part-journalism trips that were also about finding out about the places, and staying with amazing locals.

More recently again, meet some great cs-ers going through Baltic states and Poland

I live on a small boat moving around London at the moment - so unfortunately there is very little space to host. But a few couch surfers have visited the boat to find out how it all works.

Interests

surfing (waves), different cultures, writing, alternative sustainable and democratic ways of living, the outdoors, good pubs, paddleboarding, music, dancing, gigs, most bits of history, a little modern art, Rojava, cooking, direct democracy, environmentalism, getting into yoga

• writing
• modern art
• environment
• wine
• yoga
• boating
• politics
• music
• outdoor activities
• surfing
• snowboarding
• history
• journalism
• nature
• sea
• water

Music, Movies, and Books

Eclectic stuff, (whoever says their tastes are narrow)

music:
Portishead, Bob Marley, Massive Attack, Jeff Buckley, Leftfield, Stone Roses, Akala, Stereo MCs

films:
Monty Python's Life of Brian, Internal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Children of Men, Pulp Fiction...

fiction:
Death of a penguin, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, 1984, Brave New World, The Beach, Island...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Surfed the same wave as a dolphin

Teach, Learn, Share

Taught lots of mates to surf (waves),
Really interested in bottom-up democracy, intersectional politics, autonomous struggles, democratic confederation, radical municipalism
Would love to learn to handglide, make a fire from scratch, nearly did this once although only made smoke,
Share: anything and everything

What I Can Share with Hosts

Really interested in how another world is happening, and have been researching direct democracy and ecological alternatives - so can share ideas and really keen to listen and learn more.
I can cook a good Spanish omelette

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom