*** About requests :
Please please have some info about you in your profile - or send social media links or something just so I know who you are :)! Happy travels!

Not sure what's up with my reply rate but I do reply - I promise haha!

ABOUT ME

British from London - living in California for years now!
For short version of what I am up to: I work in psychology, I am interested in mysticism, I write and I paint!

Into friend dates and any activities... I promise to try to be a witty English-accented companion on any expeditions!

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PHILOSOPHY

"One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star." - Friedrich Nietzsche

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Travelling, meeting new people in random places. I love to meet people more than anything else, staying with people is also great, I am lucky to have lots of friends abroad but I am often in new places.

I promise you if I stay my number one concern is for the well being of my host, and I try my hardest to be respectful and understanding...I also hope by my presence I can bring random ideas, creativity and good discussions into your life.

If you want to stay please:-
Be fun, easygoing and don't use this merely as a free hotel ... it rarely works out well. CS is like any other human relationship and is about give and take, think about contributing at least good vibes and friendship.

Also if you have no real references its going to take more than a couple of lines of text, this is a community we need to base our decisions on something. Engage me, I might not say yes right away, but I am friendly helpful chap and if nothing else I like to think I make a good friend.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have hosted a wonderful variety of people and I have stayed with many wonderful people as a surfer myself. Long may it continue!

Interests

Art, Painting, Mysticism, History, Politics, Philosophy, Psychology, Travel (duh!), Trains (taking them not watching them! Im not that much of a geek....), Photography (who isnt...)

• arts
• writing
• photography
• dancing
• human rights
• meditation
• walking
• gardening
• politics
• traveling
• socializing
• painting
• wrestling
• history
• international relations
• law
• psychology
• religion
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

Films : art house or foreign generally - directors like David Lynch, Kenneth Anger, Terry Gilliam, Alejandro Jodorowsy - I try to get to festivals to see more.

Music - Classical (Shostakovich, Mahler, Brahms, Dvorak, Tavner, Bartok, Strauss, Sibelius, Liszt, Bach etc), Heavy Metal (Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Emperor, Slayer, Ozzy, GnR etc), Other rock (Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age, Cardiacs, Pink Floyd, Audioslave, Radiohead, BLS, Hawkwind, Gong). I am also a new convert to jazz and I am loving it!

Books - never enough fiction, too much psychology and philosophy... I own far too many. Fiction - Philip K Dick, Huxley, Camus, Kafka, Huxley, Fowles, Orwell. I also read a lot of mysticism, esoteric and Jungian works.

For those visiting my home city....
---LONDON THINGS TO SEE (read these links dammit!)

http://www.buzzfeed.com/chelseypippin/london-beyond-zone-3#.mxMj6yG4l
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http://www.timeout.com/london/things-to-do/londons-hidden-gardens-and-green-spaces
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http://www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/openspace/large-parks

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I need to show the photos.... crossing from Iran to Turkmenistan or North Korea into China or Ethiopia into Somalia was interesting

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Egypt, England, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Korea, Norway, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Denmark, Morocco, Russian Federation, United Kingdom, United States