CURRENT MISSION

Laugh, eat, laugh, eat.

ABOUT ME

Someone who thrives on meeting like-minded people who are happy to chat or happy to chill.

Some random thoughts:
- City metro train system maps fascinate me.
- I like laughing at inappropriate times in movies.
- I like taking photos of people's faces. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomasmperry/sets)
- One day I would like to be a pyrotechnician.

PHILOSOPHY

It's better to die on your feet... than live on your knees.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm keen to get out of the confines of a hostel/hotel and meet real people, genuine people who share my passion for travel, for new cultures and for respect for differences and individuality.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've slept on couches in Australia, Jordan, India, France, the UK, Ireland, Cambodia, Japan and Spain. Am keen to meet many more people who are continuing the trend!

Interests

Food. Big words. Good films. Good music. Photography. Politics.

• writing
• photography
• dining
• cooking
• politics
• movies
• traveling
• music
• cartography
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Favorite Movies:
24 hour party people, Amores Perros, Back to the Future, Barbarella, Breakfast Club, Casino, City of God, The Club, Dawn of the Dead, Dead Man, Deep Blue, The Motorcylce Diaries, Dig!, Don's Party, Etre e Avoir, Gattaca, Ghost Dog, The Godfather, Goldfinger, Goodfellas, Human Traffic, Into The Wild, Kill Bill Vol 1, Layer Cake, Live Forever, Lola Rehnt, Lost in translation, Napoleon Dynamite, Of Mice and Men, O brother where art thou?, Oldboy, The Party, Rabbit-proof fence, Raging Bull, Rebecca, Rollerball, Sexy Beast, Starship Troopers, Sunshine, Thank you for smoking, The Third Man, This is Spinal Tap, The Truman Show, What's eating Gilbert Grape

Some musical faves include;
Sufjan Stevens, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Clint Mansell, Fleet Foxes, Fleetwood Mac, Johnny Cash, Ryan Adams, Air, The Shins, David Bridie, PJ Harvey, The National, Ennio Morricone, Lou Reed, Radiohead.

Favorite Books:
Life of Pi (Yann Martel), The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde), Of Mice & Men (John Steinbeck), The Moon is Down (John Steinbeck), Self (Yann Martel), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- I rode a Honda the length of the legendary Ho Chi Minh trail in Vietnam. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomasmperry/sets/72157613140921861/)

- FujiRock (in Naeba, Japan) - was pretty special. Here´s my pics:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomasmperry/sets/72157613040857451/

- I've lived in the Solomons for over 2 years. It's a pretty special place.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm an OK cook (I do a very mean 'Australian-style' salmon) but I can write pretty well (I'm a travel writer) and can whip people´s resume/CV into pretty impressive shape in no time at all.

I'm keen to soak up new languages, new cultures - and new perspectives on the world. And most of all just keen for a laugh.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, France, Germany, India, Japan, Jordan, Laos, Morocco, Samoa, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United States, Vanuatu, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Solomon Islands, Spain

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