CURRENT MISSION

To etch out a living doing something I enjoy in a beautiful, beautiful part of the world.

ABOUT ME

I find it fascinating to speak with people from different backgrounds and I like the idea of being a part of an international community. In a world, so driven by making big money, a progressive idea such as couchsurfing comes as a breath of fresh air!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Have hosted a few people in Italy....looking forward to surfing a bit, too.

Interests

Languages, Photography, Travelling, The Mountains, Rugby, Food, Cinema, etc., the usual.

• photography
• dining
• movies
• traveling
• surfing
• rugby
• languages
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: lots of stuff...these are some of the bands/groups/artist/DJs that I've made the effort to see or happened to stumble across...

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Manic Street Preachers, Donovan Frankenreiter, Noah and the Whale, Laura Marling, James Brown, Razorlight, Arctic Monkeys, The Coral, Art Brut, Show of Hands, LCD Soundsystem, Jim Noir, Manu Chao, James (cough, cough, said under my breath) Blunt, Lou Reed, Daft Punk, Mad Caddies, Lee Scratch Perry, Justice, CSS, Stanton Warriors, Scratch Perverts, DJ Hype, Pinker Tones, Chemical Brothers.

Directors: Tarantino (of course), Coen Brothers, De Sica, Michael Mann, Ridely Scott, Spielberg, Stephen Daldry

Misc. films: City of God, Blow Up, Touching the Void, l'Auberge Espagnole, The Usual Suspects, Catch me if you can, Gladiator, LA Confidential, Bladerunner, The Bone Collector, Amores Perros, Science of Sleep, Pan's Labrynth, The Godfather and...Cool Runnings! (childhood favourite)

Writers: not a massive reader, but open to anything. I enjoy stories based on a writer's personal experiences...so anything from Hemmingway to Orwell. It's a bit dull, I know, but I quite like reading non-fiction. Recently read some travel writing by Mark Twain, which I really enjoyed. Mountains Beyond Mountains is a fantastic book (by Tracey Kidder).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The Amazon, The Alps, North Devon coastline, food markets in Jerusalem...

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Austria, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, San Marino, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ecuador, Italy, United Kingdom

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