I work in the not-for-profit sector in a large international NGO (health and nutrition programmes). I am who I am, care to find out?

"€œThe aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware."
- Henry Miller

"A man who never alters his opinion is like standing water and breeds reptiles of the mind"
- William Blake

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I like surfing to get to know people, exchange knowledge, and most importantly feel like I belong in a community. I do not surf to save a quick buck.

i have couchsurfed in Mexico, Panama, Tahiti, New Zealand, Australia, Bali, Singapore and Thailand, Portugal, France and China. I like experiences where we share with others and enjoy good company

Interests

Travelling, isnt it obvious. Cooking and baking. Yoga, meditation, writing, loving. I like swimming, badminton, rock climbing, gym, and ping-pong too. Reading. Talking. Parties. Politics and history. Meeting other people. I like outgoing, confident, kind and sociable people with good stories to tell.

Music, Movies, and Books

Old:
Most most recent finds: COOKED a 4 part documentary, Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari, The Him - Balance, Anthea Hamilton's Rear end sculpture

Recent finds: Melancholia by Lars von Trier, Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia By Chris Stewart, Dragons by Caravan Palace, Blue and Gray by Mark Rothko.
Most recent finds: Baraka (documentary), Nortec Collective, any New Scientist magazine, Island of Bali by Miguel Covarrubias.

Catch 22 and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas are Jimmy's favorite books if he had to choose.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

, arriving at the tiny island of Fatu Hiva after 28 days of open water sailing from the Galapagos Islands. We saw no other person or land for a whole month and then we saw the the breathtaking 'Bay of Cocks' (Baie des Verges) come out of the mist like the Lost World!

Teach, Learn, Share

I am a first aider and can teach you how to stabilise a severed limb or tourniquet a limb due to catastrophic bleeding.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories and fun

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belize, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, England, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Scotland, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Afghanistan, Australia, Belgium, Colombia, Haiti, Indonesia, Iraq, Liberia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Sierra Leone, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

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