I am a young at heart, wise with antidotes and learn from experiences. I have resigned from my ongoing teaching position after 15 years. I learnt the hard way by mucking up at school, however i took a chance back in the late 80's and travelled and worked the world for 5 years. I worked from jobs including accounting office work to Chef on a private motor Yacht in the states. I returned to Australia and went back to school and spent 6 years learning to learn again. I have taught media studies and humanities to hundreds of kids. I would love to improve my photography and filmmaking skills so that one day I can make quality documentary films. If not teach through filmmakers without borders. I am completing a radio production course atm and learning how to improve my blog writing skills.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Travelling through many countries for a long period of time after resigning my full time teaching job. Rather than always staying at hostels and hotels with people who are visiting, I would like to get to know a country through the people who live there. The idea of doing a country bores me and so does a bucket list, I want to get to understand the world through the people, not just through tourist sites.

Interests

• architecture
• education
• cooking
• sports
• anthropology
• archeology
• filmmaking
• photograhy
• history and culture

Music, Movies, and Books

I love all styles of music however I do love pop culture such as Madonna, Annie Lennox, etc. I do love live bands, and music that is link to local communities.
I am a media/film teacher so films that are well crafted, indie films that focus on production values and great scripts, therefore Stanley Kubrick films. Other films that I love include American Beauty, Donny Darko, Run Lola Run. I also favour Documentary films and was influenced by Alby Mangels back in the day.
Books I love include mystery, but also the classics like to Kill a Mockingbird. I often read Essays rather than novels.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My girlfriend and I travelled from Venezuela overland through the border of Brazil, took a boat up the Rio Negro onto the Amazon River to Manaus then a ferry to Belem. We then travelled to Fortaleza and to a remote place Jerricocia. We did this back in 1992 with no travel guides, no phones, no idea actually. Only some years later when i met a guy from Brazil he couldn't believe that we actually made it out alive.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach photography, english and filmmaking. Learn language's and listening.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Teach english, teach humanities, photography/filmmaking lessons.

Countries I’ve Visited

Algeria, Australia, Bahamas, Benin, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chile, Cook Islands, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, France, Ghana, Guatemala, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Peru, Spain, Togo, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, United Kingdom, United States