ABOUT ME

I think travel needs to be about more than sightseeing. As much as seeing the world's wonders is a a worthwhile pursuit, my favourite part of travel (and of life) is conversation. Let's talk about anything, have fun, be foolish, become great friends. I think I'm open, interested and knowledgeable, and can be a great surfer or host.

I'm also a native English speaker, - so can certainly help you with your English!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I began couchsurfing after being approached on the street in Tehran, outside Tehran University. A guy came up to me to talk (as happens all the time in Iran), and after only a few minutes he passed his friend's cellphone number on to me, suggesting I should stay at this friends place in Isfahan.

Looking to meet more interesting people, I texted the number, and in a few days found myself staying with my new friend, who happened to be on couch surfing. He suggested I get onto couchsurfing to look for hosts in other cities, which I did - subsequently couchsurfing throughout the middle-east in the 2013-14 winter.

Now we are also hosting couchsurfers at our house in Wellington!

Interests

I love talking, learning, walking, seeing, experiencing, reading and engaging with the world in any way possible.

Perhaps more specifically, if I had to chose just a few things, my greatest interests are arguably literature, politics and education.

• literature
• education
• walking
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• surfing
• teaching
• sightseeing

Music, Movies, and Books

Unavoidably a fan of the classics.

In music: Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Johnny Cash, Bruce Springsteen etc.

In terms I books, I read quite a bit, but particularly have always enjoyed Melville's Moby Dick, Conrad's Heart of Darkness, the first two books of Proust (yet to read the others), Shakespeare, Salinger and Marvell among others.

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, France, Georgia, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Malaysia, Netherlands, Oman, Poland, Singapore, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

New Zealand