ABOUT ME

I am a Comparative Literature graduate from the UK currently working as an English teacher in Astana, Kazakhstan.

I spend most of my free-time travelling and learning languages. At the moment I am concentrating on Russian and Japanese whilst preparing a PhD project for a tentative start date of Spring/Autumn 2017.

I have previously lived and worked in China, Japan, Russia and Germany and have travelled throughout Asia, Europe and the former Soviet Union.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

I travel a lot, but have so far only made use of hostels, etc. A lot of my friends frequently use couch surfing and I have met a lot of cool couch surfers through them, without really getting involved myself. I have my own place again after two years and want to start hosting and meeting new people in Astana.

兴趣

Reading, writing, global history, Russia, Japan, music, football

音乐、电影和书籍

Music - Brian Jonestown Massacre
Movies - Werner Herzog
Books - Paul Bowles

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

I spent one summer sleeping in a hut and working on a farm on the edge of a lake near the coast of the Okhotsk Sea in Northern Hokkaido. It was perfect and peaceful and beautiful every single day.

教，学，和分享

I'm an English teacher by profession and am always willing to help people out with their ESL skills. I am also a language student myself and am always looking for someone to listen to my stumbling Russian and Japanese. I like playing guitar with people and love talking literature and culture.

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

My enthusiasm for wherever I happen to be. I will ask lots of questions - without being intrusive I hope! -and, if the host is willing, will make an excellent walking/ talking/cooking/eating companion for the time that I am there.

我游览过的国家

Belgium, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, South Korea, Spain, Ukraine, United States

我居住过的国家

China, Germany, Japan, Russian Federation, United Kingdom