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ABOUT ME To keep discovering....that used to be the corporate slogan of Emirates airline & it about sums up my life. My comfort zone is any spot I've not yet visited. Paradoxical I know but something that makes a lot of sense to me and others who have been raised nomadically. Being constantly on the move has given me an unquenchable thirst for people, their culture, their environment & of course their food! My job is an incredible privilege, taking me to every corner of this glorious planet every week. And I don't waste a single second . Over the past 16yrs , over 200 CSrs in 104 cities in 36 countries around the world have helped me enjoy their home city in a way I could not have done without them. To all of you - a huge THANK YOU! To those I've yet to meet? I just can't wait to connect! PHILOSOPHY Reflections, thoughts, musings ; ponderings often get kicked into the back seat by my 'doing' - I'm rarely sat down or without a map in my hand...the day I stop may be the day that a hint of regret seeps through the tiniest crack that is the day, week or month I never did what could have been tried or done.
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Warum ich auf Couchsurfing bin
To date, CS has utterly and completely enriched every travel experience I've had since joining. With an average of just 30 hours but up to 72 in each of the dozens of cities I am paid to fly to, you can bet your bottom dollar that I am gonna squeeze every last drop of opportunity to immerse myself totally and utterly in the local scene. COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE To date, I've met wonderful Couchsurfers in: 1.Dhaka, BANGLADESH, DEC 08 (1) 2.Oslo, NORWAY, FEB 09 (2) 3.Kampala, UGANDA, FEB 09 (3) 4.Los Angeles, USA, MAR 09 (4) 5.Lagos, NIGERIA, APR 09 (5) 6.Boston, USA, MAY 09 (6) 7.New York, USA, MAY 09 (7) 8.Tel Aviv ISRAEL, MAY 09 (8) 9.Sao Paulo, BRAZIL, JUN 09 (10) 10.New York (Catskills), USA, JUN 09 11.San Francisco, USA, JUL09 (11) 12.Johannesburg, S. AFRICA, JUL 09 (12) 13.Mumbai, INDIA, JUL 09 (13) 14.Boston, USA, AUG 09 15.Cairo, EGYPT, AUG 09 (14) 16.Hong Kong, CHINA, AUG 09 (15) 17.Jeddah, SAUDI ARABIA, AUG 09 (16) 18.New York, USA, AUG 09 19.Toronto, CANADA, OCT 09 (17) 20.Chicago, USA, OCT 09 (18) 21.Rio de Janerio, BRAZIL, NOV 09 (19) 22.Miami, USA, JAN10 (20) 23. Muscat, OMAN (21) 23.Cairo, EGYPT, MAY 10 24.Delhi, INDIA, JUN 10 (21) 25.Tokyo, JAPAN, JUL 10 (22) 26.Kampala, UGANDA, JU10 27.Phoenix, USA, JUL 10 (23) 28.Tel Aviv, ISRAEL, JUL 10 29.Los Angeles, USA, AUG 10 30.Hong Kong, CHINA, AUG 10 31.Vancouver, CANADA, AUG 10 (24) 32.Mexico City, MEXICO, OCT 10 (25) 33.Nairobi, KENYA, OCT 10 (26) 34.Johannesburg, S. AFRICA, NOV 10 35.Toronto, CANADA, NOV 10 36.Miami, USA, JAN 11 37.Vancouver, CANADA, JAN 11 38.Jeddah, SAUDI ARABIA, FEB 11 39.San Francisco, USA, FEB 11 40.Philadelphia, USA, MAR 11 (27) 41. Hyderabad, INDIA, MAR 11 (28) 42.Hong Kong, CHINA, MAY 11 43.Los Angeles, USA, MAY 11 44.Phoenix, USA, MAY 11 45.Kampala, UGANDA, JUN 11 46.Singapore, SINGAPORE, JUN 11 (28) 47.Dar Es Salaam, TANZANIA, JUL 11 (29) 48.Dubai, UAE, JUL 11 (30) 49.San Francisco, USA, AUG 11 50.Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA, SEP 11 (31) 51.Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA, SEP 11 (32) 52.Beijing, CHINA, OCT 11 (33) 53.Sao Paulo, BRAZIL, OCT 11 54.Kuwait City, KUWAIT, OCT 11 (34) 55.Durban, SOUTH AFRICA, OCT 11 (35) 56.Jeddah, SAUDI ARABIA, NOV 11 57.Tokyo, JAPAN, NOV 11 58.Baltimore, USA, DEC 11 (36) 59.Washington DC, USA, JAN 12 (37) 60.Mumbai, INDIA, JAN 12 61.Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA, JAN 12 (38) 62.Dubai, UAE, JAN 12 63.San Francisco, USA, MAR 12 64.Doha, QATAR, MAR 12 (39) 65.Hong Kong, CHINA, MAR 12 66.Phoenix, USA, APR 12 67.Lusaka, ZAMBIA, APR 12 (40) 68.Chennai, INDIA, MAY 12 (41) 69.Milan, ITALY, MAY 12 (42) 70.Port Elizabeth, S. AFRICA, JUL 12 (43) 71.Cairo, EGYPT, JUL 12 72.Montreal, QUEBEC, JUL 12 (44) 73.Kampala, UGANDA, JUL 12 74.Hyderabad, INDIA, AUG 12 75.Lusaka, ZAMBIA, AUG 12 76.Vancouver, CANADA, AUG 12 77.Foz do Iguacu, BRAZIL, SEP 12 (45) 78.Annapolis, Maryland, USA, SEP 12 (46) 79.Concord, USA, SEP 12 (47) 80.Taipei, TAIWAN, OCT 12 (48y) 81.Eureka, California, USA, OCT 12 (49) 82.Nairobi, KENYA, OCT 12 83.Mombasa, KENYA, OCT 12 (50) 84.Tel Aviv, ISRAEL, OCT 12 85.Houston, USA, NOV 12 (51) 86.Washington DC, USA, NOV 12 87.Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA, NOV 12 (52) 88.Delhi, INDIA, DEC 12 89.Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA, DEC 12 90.Dubai, UAE, DEC 12 91.Guilin, CHINA, DEC 12 (53) 92.Shanghai, CHINA, DEC 12 (54) 93.New York, USA, JAN 13 94.San Francisco, USA, JAN 13 95.Miami, USA, JAN 13 96.Jeddah, SAUDI ARABIA, JAN 13 97.New York, USA, FEB 13 98.Miami, USA, FEB 13 99.Toronto, CANADA, FEB 13 100.Zanzibar, TANZANIA, FEB 13 (55) ] 101.Baltimore, USA, MAR 13 102.Lagos, NIGERIA, MAR 13 103.Johannesburg, S. AFRICA, MAR 13 104.Washington DC, USA, MAR 13 105.Lake Tahoe, USA, APR 13 (56) 106.New York, USA, APR 13 107.Houston, Texas, USA, APR 13 108.Kampala, UGANDA, MAY 13 109.Toronto, CANADA, MAY 13 110.Hong Kong, CHINA, MAY 13 111.Taipei, TAIWAN, JUNE 13 (57) 112.Monrovia, LIBERIA, JUNE 13 (58) 113.Kampala, UGANDA, JULY 13 114.Lusaka, ZAMBIA, AUG 13 115.Vancouver, CANADA, AUG 13 116.Seattle, USA, SEP 13 (59) 117.Charlottesville, USA, OCT 13 (60) 118.Philadelphia, USA, OCT 13 119.Beijing, CHINA, OCT 13 120.Seattle, USA, OCT 13 121.New Delhi, INDIA, NOV 13 122.Denver, USA, NOV 13 (61) 123.Singapore, SINGAPORE, NOV 13 (62) 124.New York, USA, NOV 13 125.Greenwich, USA, NOV 13 (63) 126.Koh Samui, THAILAND, DEC 13 (64) 127.Osaka, JAPAN, DEC 13 (65) 128.Chennai, INDIA, JAN 14 129.San Francisco, USA, JAN 14 130.São Paulo, BRAZIL, FEB 14 131.Accra, GHANA, FEB 14 (66) 132.Washington DC, USA, MAR 14 133.Cordoba, ARGENTINA, MAR 14 (67) 134.Denver, USA, MAR 14 135.Warsaw, POLAND, APR 14 (68) 136.Chengdu, CHINA, MAY 14 (69) 137.Nassau, BAHAMAS, MAY 14 (70) 138. Warsaw, POLAND, JUN 14 139. Chennai, INDIA, JUN 14 140. Windhoek, NAMIBIA, JUL 14 (71) 141. Beijing, CHINA, JUL 14 142. Accra, GHANA, AUG 14 143. Calgary, CANADA, AUG 14 (72) 144. New York, USA, AUG 14 145. Foz do Iguacu, BRAZIL, AUG 14 146. Fairbanks, ALASKA, USA, SEP 14 (73) 147. New York, USA, SEP 14 148. New Jersey, USA, OCT 14 74) 149. Bangkok, THAILAND, NOV 14 (74) 150. Bangalore, INDIA, NOV 14 (75) 151. Austin, USA, NOV 14 (76) 152. Mumbai, INDIA, DEC 14 153. Bangkok, THAILAND JAN 15 154. Austin, USA, JAN 15 155. Accra, GHANA, FEB 15 156. Houston, USA, FEB 15 157. Boston, USA, MAR 15 158. Bangkok, THAILAND, MAR 15 159. São Paulo, BRAZIL, APR 15 160. Jeddah, SAUDI ARABIA, APR 15 161. Aberdeen, SCOTLAND, APR 15 (77) 162. Toronto, CANADA, MAY 15 163. Philadelphia, USA, MAY 15 164. San Francisco, USA, JUNE 15 165. Accra, GHANA, JUNE 15 166. Lagos, NIGERIA, JUNE 15 167. Fort Lauderdale, USA, JUL 15 (78) 168. Atlanta, USA, JUL 15 (79) 169. Lagos, NIGERIA, JUL 15 170. Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA, JUL 15 171. Delhi, INDIA, AUG 15 172. Braganca Paulista, BRAZIL, AUG 15 (80) 173. San Leandro, USA, SEP 15 (81) 174. Bangalore, INDIA, SEP 15 175. Shanghai, CHINA, SEP 15 (82) 176. Winnipeg, CANADA, OCT 15 (83) 177. Philadelphia, USA, OCT 15 178. Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA, OCT 15 179. Seattle, USA, NOV 15 180. Boston, USA, NOV 15 181. Hyderabad, INDIA, NOV 15 (84) 182. Philadelphia, USA, DEC 15 183. São Paulo, BRAZIL, DEC 15 184. Delhi, INDIA, JAN 16 185. Mexico City, MEXICO, JAN 16 186. Tokyo, JAPAN, JAN 16 187. Beijing, CHINA, JAN 16 188. Los Angeles, USA, FEB 16 189. Singapore, SINGAPORE, MAR 16 190. Lagos, NIGERIA, APR 16 191. Los Angeles, USA, MAY 16 192. Nairobi, KENYA, MAY 16 193. Delhi, INDIA, JUN 16 194. Jeddah, SAUDI ARABIA, JUL 16 195. Washington DC, USA, AUG 16 196. Miami, USA, AUG 16 197. Nairobi, KENYA, SEP 16 198. Tehran, IRAN, SEP 16 (87) 199. Muscat, OMAN, OCT 16 200. Tehran, IRAN, NOV 16 201. Dubai, UAE, NOV 16 202. Harbin, CHINA, DEC 16 (88) 203. Hong Kong, CHINA, JAN 17 204. Tehran, IRAN, JAN 17 205. Washington DC, FEB 17 206. San Francisco, USA, FEB 17 207. Huerta Grande, ARGENTINA, MAR 17 208. Tehran, IRAN, APR 17 209. Paraty, BRAZIL, APR 17 (89) 210. Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA, MAY 17 211. Accra, GHANA, JUN 17 212. Bangalore, INDIA, JUL 17 213. Novato, USA, AUG 17 (90) 214 Anaheim, USA, SEP 17 (91) 215 Jeddah, SAUDI ARABIA, DEC 17 216 Mumbai, INDIA, FEB 18 217 New Orleans, USA, APR 18 (92) 218 Nashville, USA, MAY 18 (93) 219 Philadelphia, USA, JUN 18 220 Hyattsville, USA, JUL 18 (94) 221 Jeddah, SAUDI ARABIA, SEP 18 222 Mumbai, INDIA, DEC 18 223 Merritt Island, USA, DEC 18 (95) 224 Harrisonburg, VA, USA, JAN 19 (96) 225 Tokyo, JAPAN, MAR 19 226 Idaho Springs, USA, MAY 19 (97) 227 Islamabad, PAKISTAN, JUN 19 (98) 228 Goa, INDIA, JAN 20 (99) 229 Doha, QATAR, JAN 20 230 Guatemala City, GUATEMALA, FEB 20 (100) 231 Alexandria, VA, USA, OCT 21 (101) 232 Alexandria, VA, USA, JUN 22 233 Santiago, CHILE, JUN 22 (102) 234 Pittsburg, PA, USA, JUL 22 (103) 235 Boston, USA, SEP 22 236Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, OCT 22 237 Mumbai, INDIA, DEC 22 238 Johannesburg SOUTH AFRICA, JAN 23 239 La Falda, ARGENTINA, FEB 23 240 Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, AUG 23 241 Mumbai, INDIA, OCT 23 242 Santiago, CHILE NOV 23 243 Chennai, INDIA, FEB 24 244 Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA ,JUN 24 245 Hanover, GERMANY, JUL 24 (104) 246 Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM, AUG 24 (105) 247 Paris, FRANCE, OCT 24 (106) 248 Mumbai, INDIA, DEC 24 249 Jersey, CHANNEL ISLANDS, DEC 24 (107) 250. Seattle, USA, JAN 25 251 Tokyo, JAPAN, MAR 25 252 Mumbai, APR 25 253 Vancouver APR 25 254 Hyderabad, APR 25 255 Mumbai, MAY 25 256 Vancouver JUN 25 257 Costa Mesa, USA, AUG 25 258 Houston, Texas, USA, SEP 25 259 Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA, SEP 25 250 Mumbai, INDIA, DEC 25 251 Johannesburg, MAR 26 252 Barbados, MAR 26 (108) ... and I'm sure many more to follow to continue a beautiful global relationship!
Musik, Filme und Bücher
Theres a line out of 'The Score' (Brando, Norton, De Niro, 2001) that has defined and shaped my now, non-urgent and material aqciring obsessed life. When 'Danny', (Norton)asks 'Nick' (De Niro) whether during the course of his highly successful criminal career he has ever taken chances in order to acelerate his earnings from crime, the older and wiser Nick replies 'Listen son, make a list of everything you ever wanted and still want and then spend the next 25 years of your life getting them piece by piece', A one line masterstroke of advice for life...
Eine tolle Sache, die ich getan habe
Couchsurfing has turned my world upside down. After 16yrs being hosted in cities in every continent , I can tell you right now that the human race is a pretty amazing bunch. I've slept on a hammock 4hrs north of San Francisco thanks to Nicholas, a library floor in Johannesburg at the home of Hanneke, got licked by a large dog belonging to my host Brad in a New York apartment, been fed traditional Ugandan matoke in Kampala on my birthday thanks to lovely Nancy and her family, got given a free ticket to the Brazil World Cup to see England play Uruguay thanks to Kate, my host in Lagos Nigeria, been hosted by Ben in Alaska who had cold English beer, been taken to the rainforest in Brazil by Angelica from Sao Paulo, relaxed in a traditional onsen in Osaka on Christmas Day thanks to my host Shuichi. I could write much much more, but my dinner is going cold now and you'll probably get bored. But you get the idea. Humans ROCK!!!
Lehren, Lernen, Teilen
Tip for the kitchen: if you find a dish you have made contains too much fat - simply place a handful of ice cubes in the liquid containing the excess fat and watch as the ice attracts the fat and solidifys. Then simply remove the fat!
Was ich mit Hosts teilen kann
My cooking My bicycles My time My travelling tales Advice for your onward journey
Meine Interessen
Exploring places. Usually I slant towards historical significance, geographical isolation. A real thrill is breaking pervceived notions of a place. Finding out for myself & taking CNN reports with a pinch of salt. I love to cycle everywhere, hike as much as I can either in my days off or around the world on my trips as crew. Food (I'll try anything once!), travel writing (I wrote for Aircrew magazine before it went bust. I now concentrate on making crazy travel shows. I try & produce one most trips. Here's one of my most recent ones shot in India - a day trip from Delhi to the Taj Mahal: http://youtu.be/7zp5_8XOMWU Oh and you might be wondering who's filming me. Yes, it's YOU GUYS! I recruit my fellow CSrs to operate the camera. Training on the go :-). A huge enormous thank you to all of you across the globe for helping me produce my films. And of course, anyone with the patience to stand being my camera operator is placed on the credits!!