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Overview

  • 10 references 7 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Chinese, Chinese (Simplified), French, German, Yue (Cantonese)
  • 38, Male
  • Member since 2007
  • Bartender/Croupier/Editor
  • College, Some Uni. Self-educated.
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

I'm one of the original couch surfers :)

Been out of the CS for a while due to my (newer) skeptical housemate and also not having the funds or desire to travel, but hoping to get back into it as we have a spare room now.

I don't like traveling just for the sake of it or enjoyment anymore, if you can do it in a ecological way go ahead, or if you live quite an ecological life already, but otherwise people really need to start thinking about if they can find other ways to enjoy themselves that don't damage the planet so much. I am also very skeptical about the benefits tourists bring to places where they travel, especially tourists from western countries (which is most tourists I guess?) Feel free to debate me on this.

It's always good to make new friends, enjoy the company of others and skill-sharing is a really beautiful thing.

Currently in the process of moving so I cant accept guests.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Surfed in HK, Amsterdam, Lisbon & more locally in Bradford. Each time has great and I cant thank each of my hosts enough.

Interests

Films: European/World, Art/Short, docs, low budget/amatuer

Cocktails, poker, board games, drinks, football, etc+

  • arts
  • cooking
  • cocktails
  • drinking
  • movies
  • board games
  • traveling
  • poker
  • teaching
  • history

Music, Movies, and Books

Directors...NickZedd, Kubrick, Mike Leigh, Jodorowski..

Sci-fi, psychology, sociology, philosophy, art books.
Bukowski, Dostoyevsky, Gibson, to name a few..

Teach, Learn, Share

I don't know how good a teacher I would make but I know a few things about playing poker, photo editing, film history, super 8 film and cocktails. I'm also big on Cryptocurrencies - Bitcoin and the likes, looking to teach others the value of this new technology!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Gifts from Yorkshire or Crypto!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bermuda, China, Croatia, France, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom

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