CURRENT MISSION

to learn sign language and scottish gaelic, plus climb a mountain. or a hill.

ABOUT ME

I'm a freckly creature who enjoys adventuring and photography. I am a freelance photographer originally from Finland, currently living in Edinburgh but tasting the wind to see where it might take me next.

Some examples of my photo work can be found at https://www.tiumakkonen.com
Or alternatively a more informal travel diary style instragram at https://www.instagram.com/tiumakko/

I'm very easy-going and adaptable and will fall asleep anywhere I lay my head. If I wasn't a person I'd be a bear, a gorse shrub, the number 6 or dusk on a late August evening.

PHILOSOPHY

Improvise, adapt, overcome.

"The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm up for meeting for coffee or drinks and showing anyone around Edinburgh, or alternatively Helsinki if I happen to be there. In certain cases my couch in Edinburgh might be available.

Interests

Photography and film cameras, vegan cooking and baking, walking, forests, tattoos, drums and percussions, fleamarkets, geeky fantasy and sci-fi stuff, rpg games, historical european martial arts, big cups of coffee, good dark ale and sleeping.

• arts
• photography
• tattoos
• cooking
• coffee
• baking
• vegetarian
• vegan
• walking
• drinking
• drums
• martial arts
• freelancing
• sign language
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Ones with swords and dragons and magic and all the good stuff! Or alternatively spaceships and androids and cylons and laserbeams.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiking in the jungles and hills of rural Myanmar was an experience I won't easily forget.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach people about photography and film cameras. Oh and I can also teach you some Finnish.

What I Can Share with Hosts

If you have a small indie business or other interesting venture, I can take some photos of it for you! I'll also cook up a vegan feast.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Myanmar, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland, United Kingdom, United States