CURRENT MISSION

share good times with good people, learn more about the world, have fun..

ABOUT ME

i like to see and do new things, notice stuff that is pretty, listen to music that makes me happy, ride my bike round town, spend time with my fantastic friends.. i think/hope i am friendly and fun (but i feel like a prat writing these things..

PHILOSOPHY

be good to people, 'try to be someone that other people will feel better for having met'

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

at the moment i am surfing more than hosting but once i am settled my door will be open :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

all good!

Interests

plants, colours, music, stories, photos, books, films, cooking, types of chilli, good cheese, making beer, people, birds, languages, new interesting words, swimming, lakes, islands, cactus, this is a really ridiculous list but its an impossible question to answer

• birds
• writing
• books
• dining
• cooking
• recipes
• cheese
• beer
• movies
• homebrewing
• music
• cycling
• hunting
• surfing
• swimming
• languages
• lakes

Music, Movies, and Books

favourite books.. the confederacy of dunces, everything is illuminated, 100 años de soledad, samarkand, i like murakami, bukowski, houellebecq, dickens, isabel allende, among many others
music.. bit of everything.. ska, rock, soul, blues, country, reggae.. love pulp, prince buster, etta james, o.v.wright, dylan, john lee hooker, devotchka, arcade fire, onda vaga, java, dolly parton, enrique bunbury, joaquin sabina, tom waits, this is another impossible list..
great movies i can think of right now.. the commitments, la ley de herodes, que he hecho yo para merecer esto?, jamon jamon, bedknobs and broomsticks (!)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

another hard question.. but maybe seeing the sun rise over the `mar de nubes` in oaxaca.. or the night of san lorenzo when there are hundreds of shooting stars.. or working with nesting sea turtles in costa rica and watching the babies make it back to the sea

Teach, Learn, Share

i can cook pretty much, and make simple jewellery, and teach english, and i would love to learn to grow my own food, or to cook any new exciting recipes, or to make beautiful things, or build treehouses, or build any kind of shelter, or to produce energy or make new things out of old useless stuff, or to learn new languages.. i love learning new things and there are too many possibilities to list here..!

Countries I’ve Visited

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Croatia, Cuba, El Salvador, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Montenegro, Nicaragua, Panama, Serbia, Slovenia, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Costa Rica, Italy, Mexico, Spain, United Kingdom