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Overview

  • 9 references 5 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French
  • 37, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • Student
  • The wonderful world of economics!
  • From Christchurch, New Zealand
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

hiding in europe

ABOUT ME

exposed to the world at an early age by the parentals, only to hide in my little country of joy while only the occassional excursion elsewhere until recently.

hit the road in late 2009 and having a great time, the hope of continuing into the indefinate future.

basics: studied economics: will continue this in future, like music: played in a band, recorded, videoed, toured, etc, like books, like history, like present, like future, love coffee, likes new zealand.

PHILOSOPHY

books = good

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Surfing through Europe! Hope to host once I get home.

Give a little, get a little, then hope for exponential growth of this formula.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed in Zurich, Munich, Lyon and Gothenburg City so far.

Interests

  • books
  • coffee
  • boating
  • traveling
  • music
  • surfing
  • economics
  • history

Music, Movies, and Books

NZ pride - liam finn, the mutton birds, the mint chicks, the checks, split enz, the datsuns, the d4, fat freddy's drop, shapeshifter

books I've acquired while travelling - oxford history of the french revolution, the bottom billion, the red queen, the conscious of a liberal, return of depression economics, american pyscho, geek myths, the odyssey of homer, genghis khan, moscow rules, pablo escobar, the first family, and a couple of things by bukowski

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

travelled in house boat in zimbabwe in the wild

Teach, Learn, Share

The more I travel and the more people I meet, the more I am able to grasp my place in life. Enjoying meeting other like minded people and learning to appreciate cultures that I never understood before.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Fiji, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

New Zealand, United Kingdom

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