CURRENT MISSION

Have a good laugh every day, and help others have one. Learn to play the guitar.

ABOUT ME

Have always been a traveler, be it over land or through different phases - working, playing, singing, studying, thinking, pondering, doing. Grew up in South Africa, but also lived and studied in Europe and the States. Worked in corporate society for the last 10 years, and after taking a sabbatical to cycle 6000km around South-east Asia, am now back in Jo'burg's lovable community. Love to juggle, build stuff, play the guitar (now up to a few dozen songs), and hit a good dress-up party or two (with my fellow local burners :-)

PHILOSOPHY

One can live more than one life in one lifetime.
Your favourite mistakes you make over and over again...:-)
Nerds are the new hippies

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

My partner and I have hosted a lot of wonderful people in our home in Jo'burg (the the reviews are usually on her profile - Klara Michal).

Interests

Jazz
Theatre and Improv
The world economy and how the 6 billion of us are going to make things work out over the rest of our lifetimes
Gardening

• singing
• working out
• partying
• gardening
• juggling
• jazz
• guitar
• cycling
• economics

Music, Movies, and Books

The Squirrel Nut Zippers (if you draw a bow, draw the strongest...)
Jazz / World music
Snatch
Coen Brothers
Monica Bellucci
Quirky new economy non-fiction (Eg Freakonomics, Bad science, Gladwell etc)
Fantacy
The Economist (yea I'm still a nerd at heart!)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

See Ali Farka Toure play the guitar in a tent in the middle of the Sahara desert.
Gone to Burning Man and Africa Burn... and felt I'd finally come home.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach anyone basic juggling in a day
Also willing to share the few songs i can play on the guitar, or a few card games
For those with more time, I can talk economics for hours
Would love to learn more about eastern philosophies

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Botswana, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Laos, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Palestine, Peru, Poland, Senegal, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Netherlands, South Africa, United States

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