Why I’m on Couchsurfing

From my recent travels I kept hearing positive things from people who'd been using couch surfing while they'd been on the road, and from other people who'd hosted folk themselves. I'd say a genuine interest in getting to know people from different places/backgrounds, the chance to help somebody enjoy the time they spend in my hometown as much as possible, and the chance to experience other people's towns with the added insight a local can bring to the table are the reasons I signed up.

Plus I'm cheap and don't want to pay for a hostel.

Interests

I go to a lot of gigs. I take a lot of photos. I skate occasionally (my joints hate me for it a lot more now than they did 16 years ago). I'm pretty hot for bouldering right now. I'm trying to learn to play the banjo. I feel bad for my neighbours in that regard.

Pretty keen on the printed press these days - National Geographic, Huck, Aesthetica, Smith Journal. Basically anything filled with culture, art and adventure.

A fair bit of time gets spent with my friends coming up with dubious comedy ideas that'll never see the light of day. Kind of like a clandestine Mighty Boosh but without any of the charm or humour.

And meeting and talking with new people. That's gotta be a given on here though, right?

• arts
• culture
• dining
• cooking
• drawing
• bouldering
• jazz
• hunting
• surfing
• boxing
• rock climbing

Music, Movies, and Books

Music - Jon Hopkins, Bonobo, Four Tet, Japandroids, The Get Up Kids, The Hotelier, Grown Ups, Modest Mouse, Owen, American Football, At the Drive In, Explosions in the Sky, TTNG, Hot Water Music, Aesop Rock, Atmosphere, Run the Jewels, and on and on...

Films - The Life Aquatic, True Romance, Rollerball (the original, of course), Requiem for a Dream, Old Boy, The Shining, Amélie, The Endless Summer II, The Science of Sleep, The Salt of the Earth, The Thing

Book - A Scanner Darkly by Philip K Dick (that's not the only book I've ever read, honestly).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Survived a biker gun fight at a thai boxing show on the Gold Coast of Australia (ran and hid in a bush).

What I Can Share with Hosts

I know my way around a kitchen and I know my way around a camera. So if you fancy cooking up together, I'm down. And if you need a quick portrait shooting to jazz up your profile page, I'm down. There's no crossover between the two though; I draw the line at photographing food. I already look like enough of a bad hipster as it is.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Australia, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United States, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, England