CURRENT MISSION

to experience and understand other cultures through friendship

ABOUT ME

I come from Somerset, in England. It's beautiful, peaceful, hosts the best music festival ever, is full of lovely people- but isn't very multicultural. I see travelling as the only way to really understand other cultures and the human world, and so work out how we can improve it. I love to have fun, always want to try new things and most of all challenge myself.

PHILOSOPHY

Strange is our situation here on Earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that man is here for the sake of other men.

—Albert Einstein

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

At the moment I'm a student living in halls, so can't really have people to stay (I have no couch and I'm not allowed visitors!) But in the holidays I live in Somerset, and would love to show people around- I might have a spare couch there too. I'd also love to meet people visiting Oxford- coffee/drink/tour are all on offer!
I'm travelling in Lebanon/Syria/Turkey this summer and really want to meet some couchsurfers in those countries, to tell me about the culture and show me around, as I'll probably be on my own. A couch would also be fantastic : )

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm new to official couch surfing. On my gap year I did have some unofficial experiences though... such as on my first day in Thailand being stranded on the Burmese border at midnight, and being rescued by a Catholic youth group who put me up... Experiences like that are always the most special.

Interests

I'm pretty passionate about my university course- politics, philosophy and economics, and like talking about those subjects. I volunteer, draw, and love walking in the countryside.

• culture
• festivals
• coffee
• working out
• walking
• drinking
• politics
• traveling
• socializing
• drawing
• music
• surfing
• economics
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Mulholland Drive, No Country for Old Men, Taxi Driver, The Constant Gardener, Withnail and I
Music: Stevie Wonder, Lauryn Hill, The Be Good Tanyas, The Beatles, Krafty Kuts, it's a long list...
Books: A Clockwork Orange, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Steppenwolf, Gravity's Rainbow

Teach, Learn, Share

I'd love to learn the language of any country that I am in, and can teach English in return

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand, Turkey, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom