Musician/scientist/teacher/student/traveller/diver/conservationist/humanist.

From 2010, I spent 6 years moving through East Africa, India, S.E. Asia, Central America, North America and sailed across the Pacific. I often try to travel through countries slowly and sometimes work as a SCUBA instructor while doing so. More recently I spent 9 months living on a remote island in East Timor working as a diver and have now come to Europe for the first time. I currently live in Lausanne, Switzerland.

I'm into science and have university qualifications in Pharmacology, Psychology, Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience, and Teaching. In particular, I enjoy conversations about how we perceive and interpret the world around us and social happenings in order to construct our reality.

When I'm in New Zealand, I often work as a secondary school teacher. I'm good at working with people and teaching allows me to be at the service of others.

I'm really into music, play several instruments and write and produce my own compositions. My musical tastes are quite diverse and I'm always keen to check out original music where ever I go. I'm currently working on some heavier progressive rock compositions fused with elements from electronic dance music. I'm also into more ambient stuff, folktronica, ethnic music, glitchy bass music, drum n bass...all sorts really. You can listen to some of my works in progress @ https://soundcloud.com/hiroshima-sunset/tracks

I'm a very active person and enjoy getting into the ocean/mountains/forest as much as possible. I believe that being in a clean natural environment is psychologically beneficial and I support any behaviours people carry out to reduce their impact and support the natural environment. I detest the wasteful aspects of modern life.

I am a creative and passionate person who enjoys the road less travelled. I particularly enjoy talking to people who are not afraid of exploring ideas that challenge the status quo and people who are open to the opinions of others. I like to be around people who try to have a positive impact on the world around them and the people they share it with.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I find that couch surfing is a great way to meet interesting people and learn about places I don't know.

Interests

Music composition and production, guitar, psychology, neuroscience, travel, martial arts, scuba diving, photography, existentialism, creativity...

• arts
• photography
• concerts
• dancing
• working out
• meditation
• partying
• traveling
• music
• alternative music
• guitar
• drums
• hiking
• scuba diving
• sailing
• martial arts
• biology
• ecology
• teaching
• neuroscience
• psychology
• science
• sustainability
• bass
• nutrition
• musician
• percussion
• conservation
• music production
• alternative lifestyles
• spitituality

Music, Movies, and Books

I have eclectic tastes...alternative rock, punk, metal, electronic, glitchy stuff, bass music, jungle, drum n bass, psych-trance, deep house, trip-hop, atmospheric psychedelia, ethnic music, tribal fusion, folktronica, melodic avant-garde, dub, ...anything original.

Some artists I like: The Melvins, Queens of the Stone Age, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, The Pixies, Soundgarden, Sonic Youth, Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead, The White Stripes, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Weezer, Stone Temple Pilots, Foo Fighters, Shihad, Subline, The Flaming Lips, Animal Collective, Modest Mouse, The Mint Chicks, Unknown Mortel Orchestra, Arcade Fire, Battles, Ratatat, King Gizzard and The Lizzard Wizard, High Dependancy Unit, Butthole Surfers, Mutantes, Death Cab For Cutie, Faith No More, Primus, Artic Monkeys, The Cramps, The Misfits, Blackflag, Mr Bungle, Iggy Pop, Tool, A Perfect Circle, Deftones, Filter, Helmet, Metallica, Killing Joke, Slipknot, System of a Down, Pantera, Elder, Mars Volta, Led Zepplin, David Bowie, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, The Doors, The Rolling Stones, Neil Young, Lou Reed, , Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Jeff Buckley, LCD Sound System, Hot Chip, Tame Impala, U.N.K.L.E. , Blur, Beastie Boys, Amon Tobin, Aphex Twin, Ekcle, SBTRKT, Dream Koala, Leftfield, Digital Mystikz, Skism, Nils Frahm, Binkbeats, Christian Loffler, Kruder and Dorfmeister, RJD2, Mr Scruff, Portishead, Massive Attack, Fever Ray, Santigold, Bjork, Groove Armada, DJ Shadow, Pitch Black, African Head Charge, Nosia, Gorrilaz, Concord Dawn, Shapeshifter, Pendulum, Goldie, Roni Size, Aphrodite, Andy C, Ed Rush and Optical, Marcus Intalex, LTJ Bukem, Adam F, High Contrast, Deadmau5, Ame, Shpongle, Hilight Tribe, Hallucinogen, The Roots, Roots Manuva, Nas, Outkast, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Mano Chao, Gnawa Diffusion, Beuna Vista Social Club, Sun Kil Moon, Iron and Wine, The Shins, Bon Iver, Angus and Julia Stone, Amy Winehouse, Gnawa Diffusion, Beats Antique, The Cat Empire, Bedouin Soundclash, Fat Freddies Drop, salmonella Dub, Bob Marley, Groundation, Tikan Jah Fahkoly, Dub Inc, Augustus Pablo, King Tubby, Sly and Robbie..the list is long....

Movies where you can't guess the plot.

Books? That's too hard to explain.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Touched a Great White shark on the snout.

Teach, Learn, Share

I know things about intrepid travel, psychology, neuroscience, biology, maraine ecology and scuba, music, talking shit : )

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories, a place to sleep, eat, wash, information, beach for days, hammock, fishing rod, musical instruments.

Countries I’ve Visited

American Samoa, Australia, Canada, Colombia, Cook Islands, Egypt, Ethiopia, French Polynesia, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, Panama, Philippines, Samoa, South Africa, South Sudan, Spain, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Uganda

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Mozambique, New Zealand, Philippines