CURRENT MISSION

World revolution (nothing major)

ABOUT ME

I'm a student and activist on the Left. Just finished a year working with social and labour movements in Cape Town and now traveling South America for 7 months. I'm properly charming and friendly and fun and all that :)

PHILOSOPHY

A luta continua.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I surf and host. How else you supposed to participate?

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Haha. Interesting. Some really wonderful folks, some total loons. But I keep coming back for more :)

Interests

Marxism, political economy, philosophy, travel (you'd think), psycahdelic things and psycadehlic parties, books of all sorts, sarcasm, history, whiskey and staplers.

• books
• partying
• traveling
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Books yes i like books, lots of books.

The Wire, Children of Men; Star Wars; Killing Fields; Apocalypse Now; Reds; Zombie Land; LoTR; Hot Rod; Equilibrium; Blade Runner.

Folk, Jazz, Psytrance, Balkan beats, bit o this, bit o that.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Snuck past a Chinese military checkpoint in the boot of a bus into an area of Western Sichuan that was closed to foriegners due to rioting. Got an experience of authentic Tibet.

Teach, Learn, Share

T: Hopefully something.
L: A people centered view of where ever I'm travelling.
S: Anything I can.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China, France, India, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Mexico, Mozambique, Netherlands, Syrian Arab Republic, Tanzania, Thailand, Uruguay, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, Zimbabwe