I'm outgoing, and I love trying new things. I like to collect people, people are what make the place and there is nothing like getting a group of people together for a good time.

I'm afraid of heights and deep water, but like to confront them as much as possible. Every time I go swimming I jump in the deep end first.

I'm on a bit of a health kick right now, starting yoga and eating healthy etc. if you like healthy eating or yoga, maybe you could show me how all this stuff works?

PHILOSOPHY

Be Nice! If you're good, good things will happen - be positive, be a radiator (someone you can warm to and be inspired by) not a black hole (someone who sucks you in, in a bad negative way).

You have to experience the bad times to know how good the good times are.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Got chatting to a friend one night and she mentioned CouchSurfing. So I came and checked it out.

I can meet people for a drink/ coffee, I am new to Amsterdam so would like to explore the city. I want to know where the best times are!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have met some of my best friends through CouchSurfing in London. I have also been lucky enough to soak up new cities in Bulgaria, Belarus and Warsaw with my hosts. Its great when host become more than a host - a friend.

Interests

Creating something or collaborating - making the unthinkable happen!

Performing, & getting involved in a big way. I've done a bit of acting in the past, performing as Hamlet in Hamlet and in Beauty and the Beast. I have also done standup comedy a couple of times, in Edinburgh and London.

Cycling, I've done a bit of cycling in the past. Cycling from Minsk to Kiev to raise funds for a Chernobyl children's charity. But I want to cycle more. Moving to Amsterdam seems the perfect place!

I love to cook for groups of people, but I rarely cook for just myself. I love to entertain and be entertained.

• acting
• dining
• cooking
• coffee
• vegetarian
• yoga
• drinking
• socializing
• cycling
• swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
Bastille
Dave Grohl (In general!)
Django Django
GoGol Bordello
Johnny Cash
Jurrasic 5
Sea Sick Steve
Tame Empala
Ray Charles
The Tallest Man on Earth

Books:
Ancient Wisdom, Modern World - Dalai Lama
Cycling home from siberia - Rob Lilwall
Malcolm Gladwell's Tipping Point
What is the What - Dave Eggers
Down and Out in Paris and London - George Orwell

Movies:
Cool Runnings
Into the Wild
Long way round
Plains, Trains & Automobiles!
Untouchable

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Literally posting myself 376 miles from Brighton to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2010!

Moving to Amsterdam, I am fresh off the ship but having talked about this city so much, its about time I live here!

Driving across the Western Sahara in January 2015. Scariest thing I have ever done and a reminder that anything is possible if you're insane enough.

Teach, Learn, Share

If you own a Mac you are 80% more likely to be vegetarian.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Good food, good stories, and good memories.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, France, Gambia, Germany, Gibraltar, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Mauritania, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Senegal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, United States, Vatican City State, Wales, Western Sahara

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, United Kingdom

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