I'm in Russia early January!

I have lost my login details but I used to have references. I love to travel, listen to music, play sport, eat well and play boardgames

https://www.travellerspoint.com/users/boulderman/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonlavender/

https://boardgamegeek.com/user/boulderman

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet other characters

Interests

Travelling the globe
Films
Board games

Stats!

In brackets, times visited (for personal reasons, not for work)

Off to Azores for more Whales, Israel and Jordan at present in 2019

USA (9 times) 6 months in total (23 states)
Canada (3 times)
Mexico (twice)
France (8)
Germany (7)
Croatia (4)
Slovenia (1)
Italy (2)
Luxembourg (2)
Belgium (2)
Spain (8) - Whole summer in Tenerife as Whale Researcher, Gran Canaria, La Gomera
Autonomous regions:
Majorca
Ibiza
Tenerife
Gran Canaria
La Gomera
Fuereventura
Lanzarote
La Palma

Australia (3) 6 months
New Zealand (2) 3 months
Fiji (1)
Hong Kong (3)
Singapore (5)
Macau (1)
Thailand (3) (4 months)
Laos (1)
Myanmar (1) offshore
Malaysia (1)
Viet Nam (1) 1 month
Cambodia
Egypt - Red Sea
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
England
Vatican
Portugal
Serbia
Bosnia and Herzegovena
Indonesia
Latvia
Lithuania
Finland
Poland
Ukraine
UAE
Estonia
In detail:

England (Barnsley, Leeds, Worksop, Rugby, Sheffield, Doncaster, Rotherham, Bolsover, Maltby, Dinnington, Wakefield, Guildford, Reading, London, Bath, Bristol, Birmingham, Coventry, Loughborough, Nottingham, Northampton, Southampton, Leicester, Swansea, Tenby, Peterborough, Farnham, Basingstoke, Bournemouth, Lymington, Milton Keynes, Fort William, Manchester, Brighton, Hove, Cambridge, Oxford, Derby, Gloucester, Cirencester, Cheltenham, Lincoln, Plymouth, Portsmouth, St. Albans, York, Wakefield, Fleet, Weymouth, Bognar Regis, Lyme Regis, Stroud, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Tewkesbury, Tetbury, Malmesbury)
# Ireland (Dublin)
Scotland (Fort William)
Wales (Swansea, Tenby, Pembroke)
France (Le Beach, Paris, St Malo, Calais, La Rochelle, Nantes, Chamonix, Les Praz, Passy, Les Bois, Argentière)
Holland (Amsterdam, Zwolle)
Germany (Cologne, Aachen, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Bremen, Hannover (3 times), Minden (10 times), Loh hof, Bockeburg, Osten, Nendorf, Dortmund, Essen, Berlin, Potsdam, Dresden, Saxon Switzerland National Park [Bastei, Konigstein])
Spain (5 Canary Islands - Tenerife, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, Fuereventura, Lanzarote, 2 Balarics - Ibiza, Majorca, Madrid, Barcelona, Girona, Andulucia (Marbella, Puerto Banos, Ronda, Malaga, Granada [Alhambra], Almeria, Tabernas [Mini Hollywood], Murcia, Alicante, Benidorm, Valencia)
Portugal (Lisbon, Caracas)
# Turkey (Istanbul)
Croatia (Pula, Porac, Dubrovnik [Rector's Palace, Pile Gate, Ploce Gate, City Walls, St John's Fort, Maritime Museum, Dominican Monastery Stradun {alley}], Ploce, Kolocep, Lopud, Sipan, KOrluca, Lok Rum, Zagreb, Plitvice Lakes, Zadar, Sibernik, Trogir, Split, Brac (Supertar, Bol), Hvar (Hvar Town, Stari Grad, Jelsa), Vis (Vis, Komiza))
# Slovenia (Lake Bled, Ljubjana)
Austria (Vienna, Linz)
Italy (Venice, Rome, Milan, Pisa, Sardinia - Alghero, Sassaria)
Belgium (Brussels (4 times), Waterloo, Bruges, Macenenken, Ghent, Antwerp)
Denmark (Skagen, Freidschafen, Allborg, Arhus, Copenhagen)
Sweden (Stockholm, Gothenberg)
# Slovakia (Bratislava)
The Vatican (Vatican City)
China (Hong Kong, Macau)
Egypt (Marsa Alam, Sharm El Sheikh, Cairo, Giza)
United States of America (23 States: Cites: Orlando, Key West, Bush, Tampa, Seattle, Washington D.C., L.A., Las Vegas, San Diego, Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, Chicago, New Orleans, Jacksonville, Savannah, Boston, New York, Memphis, Buffalo, Hawaii, San Fran, Colorado - Denver, Boulder, Colorado Springs, Salt Lake City, Archers National Park - Utah, Cheyenne - Wyoming, Idaho, South Dakota, Deadwood, Mouth Rushmore, Crazy Horse - Custer, Red Rock, Morrison)
Canada (Vancouver, Niagara Falls)
Mexico (Tijuana)
Fiji (4 islands)
Australia (Darwin, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Cairns, Port Douglas, Canberra, Alice Springs)
New Zealand (Milford Sound, Auckland, Wellington, River Valley, Christchurch, Queenstown, Pahia, Abel Tasman, Dunedin, Kaikoura, Wanaka, Lake Taupo, Waitomo, Whitianga, Rotorua, Picton, Arrowtown, Whangarei, Franz Josef, Seacliff)
Singapore
Malaysia (Butterworth, Melaka, KL, Penang, Lumpar, Paulo Pankur)
Thailand (Bangkok, Chang Mai, Chang Rai, Phuket, Pattaya, Krabi, Koh Lanta, Koh Phi Phi, Koh Tao, Poh Pha Ngan, Koh Samui)
Cambodia (Pheom Phen, Angkor Wat, Siem Reap)
Laos (Puc Beng, Luang Prabang, Vientiene)
Vietnam (Hanoi, Saigon, Nra Trang, Hue, Hoi An, Da Long, Mue Ne, Ha Long Bay, Mekong Delta)
# India (Andaman Islands)
# Finland (Helsinki)
Estonia (Tallinn, Parnu)
# Latvia (Riga)
Lithuania (Kaunas, Vilnius, Klaipeda, Nida, Trakei)
Poland (Warsaw, Krakow, Bialystok, Berkenau, Auschwitz)
# Switzerland (Geneva)
Bosnia and Hercegovina (Mostar [Stari Most, Crooked Bridge, Muslibegovic House, Kujundziluk {alley}, Koski Mehmed Pasa Mosque], Blagaj, Pocitelj, Kravice Waterfalls, Capljina, Neum, Sarajevo [Tunel Museum, Olympics Museum, and Bobsled track, 1914-1918 Museum/Assassination sight/Latin Bridge, Post Office, Catholic Church, Fortress Wall, National Museum])
Serbia (Belgrade [Kalemegdan Citadel, Tesla Museum, Titos Grave, Parliament, Pornirski Park, Trg Republike, Zemun, Zoo, Alexander Nevski Church, Oskars Restaurant], Novi Sad)

Hungary (Budapest [Botantical Gardens, State Opera House, National Museum, Royal Palace, Citdadel, Cave Church, Gellert Htel and Baths, Hungarian Parliment, Chain BridgeSt, St Stephen's Basilica, Matyas Church)
Czech Republic (Prague, Brno)
Ukraine (Kiev) (2)
United Arab Emirates (Dubai [Hatta], Abu Dhabi, Sharjah)
Oman
Indonesia (Bali - Despansar, Kuta, Pandang Bai, Ubud;Lombok - Kuta, Senuru, Lembar; Java - Jakarta; Komodo, 4 islands)
To come:

Southern Balkans: Tirane, Obsiz lake, Nis, Sofia
More Egypt: Hurgarda, Eilat, Petra, Taba
Rhodes, Falaraki, Kos, Aiya Napa, Athens, Santorini, Myokonos, Crete, Corfu, Ios [Milopita Beach])
Romania: Bucharest
More Germany: Munich, Frankfurt (again)
More Switzerland: Interlocken, Zurich, Bonn
More France: Nice, Lyon, Paris (more)
Faro, Huelva
Seville, Andulucia (Cadiz, Cordoba, Donana National Park), Bilbao
Morocco, Tunisia
S.A Itinerary
Luxembourg
Silicy: Palermo - Naples
Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia
More of England: Norwich, Newcastle, Farne Islands, Snowdon, Kent, Isle of Man, Canterbury, Hereford, Cardiff

2012 June Eastern Balkans (Montenegro, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania).
2012 September Morocco
2012 Greece (Island hopping)

2013 Tunisia (Libya/Egypt – Alexanderia)
2013 Madeira/Azores/Malta

2014 South America
2014 Tonga/South Pacific/Cook Islands

2015 South Africa

India
More of Arabia
Plus see more of Poland.

• photography
• board games
• traveling
• backpacking
• statistics
• films
• couchsurfing
• whales
• scubadiving
• board game

Music, Movies, and Books

I like all types, highly eclectic

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Travelled to 101 countries, 2 more booked for next year

Teach, Learn, Share

Happy to see what is needed

What I Can Share with Hosts

Knowledge

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Martinique, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Saint Lucia, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, Spain