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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
Just moved to Taupo, NZ!
CURRENT ACTIVITIES
Making friends and looking around the land of the long white cloud.
ABOUT ME
I'm a friendly outgoing, Australian who can easily be convinced to try anything once. I spend most of my time-off-work visiting new places. I enjoy meeting local people, eating local food and trying my best to photograph the experiences I have.
PHILOSOPHY
Positive things happen to positive people
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
I have couchsurfed probably about 20 times. And met up with other couchsurfers more than that. Love it.
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
I can say I've never had a bad experience couchsurfing. Of course you get on better with some people more than others. That is the adventure of couch surfing for me...
Interests
Outdoor Activities: Photography, Diving, Language, Camping, Hiking, Surfing, Read, Trail Running, Cycling, Chat
- photography
- dancing
- beer
- traveling
- dumpster diving
- hiking
- camping
- surfing
- scuba diving
- skiing
- solo travel
- adventure travel
- travel
- wild camping
- mountain hiking
Music, Movies, and Books
Just finished a short read about a polar explorer, Henry Worsley.
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
Danced Salsa in Colombia
Lived in KSA
Overland Trip from Cairo to Cape Town
Cultural tour of Afghanistan
An unsuccessful attempt of climbing Swedens highest mountain,
Met the sultan of Brunei
Got trapped inside a pub
Dumpster Diving
Hitchhiking
Hike Mt Meru - 5th Highest Mountain in Africa
Stayed with a white farmer in Zimbabwe
Ski Tour Iraqi Kurdistan
Dive the blue hole in Belize
Hiked near Kunnanurra in Western Australia
Climbed an active volcano
Worked on a boat in the middle of the ocean for weeks at a time
Rode a mountain bike through the Chichamocha Canyon (Colombia)
Surfing Imsouane in Morocco
Teach, Learn, Share
English lessons (now I'm actually qualified!!) , Australian slang, Australia in general, maths, engineering, science, Spanish
What I Can Share with Hosts
Knowledge of Australia, travel stories, travel planning, language, photography, good conversation
Countries I’ve Visited
Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Kenya, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Korea, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Countries I’ve Lived In
Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Colombia, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, United States
Old School Badges
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