CURRENT MISSION

To grow from everybody I meet and everywhere I go

ABOUT ME

I am a 35 year old Kiwi engineer called Harry, back in Wellington after a very long stint overseas. I enjoy a few quiet beverages, and chatting about pretty much anything to pretty much anyone.

PHILOSOPHY

"Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one." - Marcus Aurelius

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Meet people from around the world

Interests

Travelling and trying to understand my heritage, learning Spanish, politics, art.

I enjoy talking for hours about either nothing, current public policy debates, global economics or the finest beverages from NZ.

• arts
• politics
• traveling
• guitar
• economics
• engineering
• public policy

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: 80's pop (I used to host a radio show on the subject), deep house

Movies: Alfred Hitchcock, pretensious art films.

Books: American political history books (yea... fun), Dickens, classical stuff

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Exploring the Bolaven Plateau in Lao and managing to find several secluded waterfalls with no-one around. Seeing a Jackson Pollock for the first time in the National Gallery of Australia. When I found out some information about my heritage that changed my life.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belize, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Scotland, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom