I'm living on my sailboat, slowly going west around the world.

Have hosted and been a guest a fair few times - about 50/50 - from Scotland to Colombia to Polynesia.

I like dancing, playing all kinds of music, Jiu Jitsu/Muay Thai, sailing, and philosophy.

CURRENT MISSION

Enjoy the rest of the day.

PHILOSOPHY

Marx, the Stoics, some Existentialism.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Having new people drop in and out of my life keeps things interesting.

Interests

Playing music (fiddle), sailing, reading, writing, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, kickboxing, MMA, swing, salsa and contra dancing, drinks with interesting people.

• arts
• writing
• dancing
• drinking
• reading
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• sailing
• martial arts
• jiu jitsu
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Books:

Desperate Voyage; Caldwell
Socialism, Utopian and Scientific; Engels
Ministry for the Future; Robinson
Autobiography of Malcolm X
Bullshit Jobs; Graeber
The Dawn of Everything; Graeber, Wengrow
Aubrey Maturin Chronicles; O'Brien
Under the Dome; Stephen King
Debt, the first 5000 years; Graeber
Malazan Series; Erikson

The Prophet; Gibran
Rubayyat; Khayyam

Letters from a Stoic; Seneca

Steppenwolf; Hesse
Antifragile; Taleb

Movies:
In Bruges
Captain Fantastic
Rocknrolla
Baby Driver

Music:

No Blues
Labess
Caravan Palace
Luke Kelly
Flook
Les Cowboys Fringants
Gotan Project
Massive Attack

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Joined an Irish Blues band and toured Europe, got mugged at knifepoint in Cape Verde, caught a shark in the net commercial fishing in Alaska, worked as a movie extra in Syria...

Teach, Learn, Share

Most definitely.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Plenty of stories, good food, live music.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, England, Ethiopia, Fiji, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, Lebanon, Mexico, Norway, Palestine, Portugal, Sweden, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Cabo Verde, Colombia, Cyprus, France, French Polynesia, Ireland, Morocco, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, United States