CURRENT MISSION

To eat breakfast.

ABOUT ME

I grew up in Australia and did what a lot of people do - went to school, then university and then got a full-time job in the city.

My best friend and I had always talked about travelling together and after two years of full-time work we decided it was time. I left Australia in April 2008 and returned three and a half years later.

Since then, I've done a number of extended trips, including to Myanmar, Nepal, India and Sri Lanka.

PHILOSOPHY

To experience as much as possible in the short-time that we all have. Just to live as full a life as possible I suppose.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Prior to returning home I participated largely in a surfing role but I did manage to host a few people in Edinburgh. Now that I've returned to Oz I look forward to being able to host more people and showing them around where I live, the best places for cheap beer, as well as helping them acquire the taste of vegemite. Beautiful. Mmmmm!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have had some of the most random and unbelievably fun times through CS - can't speak highly enough of it other than to say it was the best thing to happen to my travels since the Australian dollar reached an all-time high one week into the trip.

Interests

Varying cultures, current affairs, sport, politics, walking, observing; generally just whatever feels right at the time.

• writing
• breakfast
• beer
• walking
• politics
• traveling
• sports

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Marching Powder, 1984, Off the Rails in Phnom Penh, Death of a Dissident, A Thousand Splendid Suns, Blind Faith

TV/Movies: Underbelly, Pulp Fiction, Mystic River, Green Mile, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Good Will Hunting, Snatch, Resevoir Dogs, Jackie Brown, Blackadder

Music: Tool, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, Silverchair, Powderfinger, Wolfmother, Machine Gun Fellatio, John Butler Trio

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I'm almost at the end of a 14 hour bus ride from Cairo to the Red Sea - tired, hungry, dirty - when the engine of this antiquity starts to catch fire. After ignoring the smells for quite a while the driver eventually stops only when the flames are visible from the windows.

So it's 5am in the middle of the desert, the sun is rising over the dunes and there's all these Egyptians throwing sand onto this bus that by now is almost fully engulfed in flames. Those who wanted a more passive role - of which I was one - just stood there, smoked hash and took pictures. Surreal.

Teach, Learn, Share

Any of these sounds good. Learning always good. I'll share what I have materially, but be warned that's it not much. And if I can teach someone something - no matter how small - then I'll be a very happy man.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Laos, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, England, France, Scotland

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