CURRENT MISSION

I am collecting info to write a book about my life travels.

ABOUT ME

independent, fascinating... world traveler.. clever.. stubborn and many more
i have been working in northwest Cameroon since 2009. i spend about 7 weeks a year in a rural village working with women, students and
raising money for water projects. We have brought water to 6000 people since 2009.

PHILOSOPHY

I live my life to learn ,to teach, to create, to cook..to travel.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

i am new at this game... open to hosting... usually when i travel its
the third or fourth world

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have been traveling since I was 19 and have met thousands of amazing people.. Many are still my friends.. the last family I stayed with was this year in Cape Coast,Ghana. I was volunteering as a photographer for Women in Progress and spent 5 weeks living with Wallace,Abba,and their extended family.

Interests

i am a very good cook,..I want to find out what is going in the places I am visiting. I love film,languages, discussions,photography and on and on

• arts
• books
• photography
• cooking
• traveling
• history
• languages
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

one of my recent favorite books is When a Crocodile eats the sun..cutting for stone..
movies..... the edge of heaven........funny bones... these are old but amazing.. a real sleeper ...but i recommend The secret life of words.. with sarah polley.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I Backpacked through East AFrica for 7 months from Sudan,sailed across the Red SEa in a wooden dhow to El Mocha Yemen,hitichhiked through the Ethopian desert to Kenya,sailed to Madagascar..one of many trips.. this was in the 70's

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to share my cooking skills, my photography knowledge, my love of film and art, my interest in current events and political history.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, Comoros, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Saint Lucia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, Yemen

Countries I’ve Lived In

Cameroon, Greece, Italy, United States

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