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Overview

  • 26 references 17 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Afrikaans, Spanish
  • 35, Male
  • Member since 2007
  • all round nice guy and ESL teacher
  • High School, TESOL
  • From Cape Town
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Sailed on a yacht from Cape Town to the Caribbean, now after some travelling of Venezuela, I am teaching English in Colombia, Next stop BRASIL

ABOUT ME

So I am a person who is travelling, and the will to travel and experience new places, people and cultures has sorta taken over my life! I really enjoy going to a new place, making friends from all over the world and of course drinking beer:) In my current mission which is to head to Brazil for the FIFA World Cup, I left South Africa on a yacht with a mate without much of a plan besides needing to stick around until after July 2014. When I arrived in the Caribbean I decided to check out Venezuela as I had never been there! After couchsurfing and travelling for a few months I made some incredible friends and had a great time, then I made my way to Medellin in Colombia, where I have settled and started teaching English. Absolutely loving life! So ja, as a proud South African, I am keen to experience new places and share a bit about my own culture too! Right now a friend and I are relocating from Colombia to Brazil, so its the F#%king World Cup and then gotta find a job hey :P

PHILOSOPHY

most important thing is to have fun!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

i have stayed at peoples houses, met people and recently hosted quite a lot

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Met a few people in Cape Town, and stayed at some people's houses in Venezuela, hosted some rad people in Medellin!

Interests

Partying, Networking, Football-Religiously, Beaching, Travelling, Experiencing new experiences, Watching live music, Meeting new people. FOOTBALL, FOOTBALL! greenery too!

  • animals
  • culture
  • beer
  • partying
  • drinking
  • yachting
  • traveling
  • music
  • live music
  • soccer
  • world cup

Music, Movies, and Books

Pretty much anything and everything when it comes to music and movies. If its good or entertaining i'll give it a go

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have lived in the UK, done a bit a europe, been around the states, lived and travelled south america, done a bit of africa, been to a couple countries in the middle east, at the moment in south america for the second time. the one thing that stands out the most was doing a trek through peru to get to machu pichu, it was mindblowing! as well as the put foot rally me and a couple mates did last year around southern africa (a social rally for charity, over 22 days we saw 9 countries, countless animals and a whole lot of beer)

Teach, Learn, Share

If you want to have fun, you will!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bolivia, Botswana, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Ghana, Greece, Israel, Japan, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Peru, Saint Lucia, Swaziland, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Colombia, South Africa, United Kingdom

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