I've spent most of the last 10 years working for a film and television archive in the UK. Having spent long enough editing and watching other people's lives unfold on television screens, I have decided to take control of my own instead. Therefore I will soon travel and document the world, its people, cultures and experiences, until I find out what I want to do next. What could possibly go wrong?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm on couchsurfing because I may need a hand with that occasionally. I will often be challenged by language and cultural barriers and occasionally need to lay my head somewhere too. Sometimes I need other people to show me the way, often showing me the side of a city that I'd never otherwise see.

Interests

Writing, reading, filming, sleeping. linguistics, cats, the ocean, dreams, politics, media, climbing, diving, walking, photography, blogging, music, drums, painting, cooking, travelling. Eyes, Clouds, Raindrops, Impenetrable Crystals and Quartz, time, The Ocean, The Origin of species, Selfless Passion and Orion. Flying Carpets, Ugly Flowers, Reflections, Winding Roads, Invisible lines, Emotions, Radiant girls with small ears, Cats after Midnight, Secrets, Soft lips, Adrenaline, Tranquility, Phase, Hue and Saturation, Sounds that can't be heard, Enchantment, Panoramic views, Fearlessness, Leaf Cutting Ants, Arachnophobics, Natural wonders, Subterranean worlds, Animal Psychology and communication, Empty Spaces, Sensationalism, Melancholy, Purity and Passion and Sorrow. Antagonism, Paradoxicalness, abundance, Tectonic Plates and seismic waves, Love and Hate In Children's games, Abjection, Imperfection, Adorableness, and Magnetism, Poisons, Ice Ages, Absolute Silence, Necromancy, and you...

• animals
• writing
• books
• photography
• cooking
• wine
• japanese food
• walking
• partying
• flying
• boating
• flowers
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• blogging
• painting
• music
• drums
• fishing
• scuba diving
• swimming
• business
• communications
• psychology
• solo travel
• budget travel
• sleeping
• couchsurfing
• ocean
• france
• italy
• turkey
• japan
• caves
• korean food
• russian
• turkish food
• russia
• green tea
• greece
• georgia
• korea
• photoshop
• armenia
• kazakhstan

Music, Movies, and Books

Grimm, Tolkien, Murakami, Ballard, Rushdie, Barker, Voltaire, Bronte, Hearn, Wilde, Tolstoy, Grisham, Burroughs, Pratchett, Saramago, Calvino, Fray, Harden, Jaques, Diamond, King, Nix, Bukowski, Dawkins, Theroux, Cox, Lewis, Verne, Wells, Davidson, Foden, Doyle, Dante, Orwell, Bradbury, Larsson, Herbert, Dahl, Sleator, Howard, Pullman, Charriere, Neruda etc..

The Road goes ever on and on
Out from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
Let others follow it who can!
Let them a journey new begin,
But I at last with weary feet
Will turn towards the lighted inn,
My evening-rest and sleep to meet.'

"Certainly it reminds me very much of Bilbo
in the last years, before he went away. He used often to say there was only
one Road; that it was like a great river: its springs were at every
doorstep, and every path was its tributary. "It's a dangerous business,
Frodo, going out of your door," he used to say. "You step into the Road, and
if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept
off to"

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Travelled.

Teach, Learn, Share

My English is pretty good, so I can teach that to anyone who wants to learn.
I like to learn (albeit slowly) other people's languages, some I'm better at than others. I can share wine and cookies.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Homes, dinners, drinks, conversations, experiences, ideas, techniques, photos, stories.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Costa Rica, Cyprus, France, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Laos, Macao, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Philippines, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Cambodia, Japan, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom