CURRENT MISSION

To show Bristol to the world

ABOUT ME

We both graduated from university in 2006 and in September went on a very long jolly around the world untill December 2008 when we returned to Bristol, thinner, wiser, browner, more determined, and with some great stories.

Kat is a teacher and I am a professional sound engineer. We got married during our studies, then sold almost everything we had to go travelling.

We travelled for eight months and stopped in New Zealand for one year to work. Then travlled for another eight months before returning to the UK.

PHILOSOPHY

Treat others as you would expect to be treated, with Respect!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We really want to give back to CS what it gave us while we were on the road.

The people who hosted us gave us a great insight into their community and lives and now we want to give something back to a surfer.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

First experience: Staying with a wonderful family in French Polynesia for a couple of weeks, beach life!

Second: A great guy in Fiji for a week, then a second week and another meet up in KL for some awesome food.

Third: Someone in Laos.

Fourth: A fantastic couple in India who took us to a memorable hippy commune.

Interests

Kat loves socialing, reading, watching TV, swimming, travelling, cake and tea and playing guitar.
I love kite-surfing, running and going to the pub

• dining
• running
• pub crawls
• reading
• tv
• traveling
• blogging
• guitar
• surfing
• swimming
• animation
• teaching
• engineering
• history
• tourism
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Kat likes all those strong solo female artists, this week its all about Kate Tunstall. I love any music made without instruments, that is electronic synthesizers rock!
Books: We have a library at home.
Movies: (cough)Films, are good.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

We wrote a blog about our long journey:
www.travelpod.com/members/coopertrooper

Teach, Learn, Share

We can take you on the most amazing tour of Bristol, a real insiders look at the history of the city, once bigger than London, and its role in shapping the slave trade and then abolishing it.
Famous for some dark secrets then and today now famous for some more eclectic aspects of life including hot air balloons and animation.
If you come to Bristol get in touch and we will be your free tour guide.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, Cook Islands, Ecuador, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Laos, Malawi, Malaysia, Mozambique, Nepal, New Zealand, Peru, Portugal, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Venezuela, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom

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