CURRENT MISSION

Walk the ends of the Earth; discuss life, the universe and everything with its inhabitants, and then head out for a drink.

ABOUT ME

27 year-old male, English speaking traveller (and low level Spanish). Born in Australia, living in London, and citizen of the world. I am an avid explorer, highly curious about the nature of all things, and above all else enjoy sharing what I find and learn with the people I meet.

PHILOSOPHY

Wealth is determined not by how much you have, but by how much you have to give. The more that you give, the more you will receive in terms of the true currencies - love, friendship, kindness, compassion, forgiveness and respect.

Warum ich bei Couchsurfing bin

Travel is about meeting people and learning to see the world through their eyes, and by experiencing their corner of the planet as they do. Couchsurfers is perfect for bringing likeminded people together and allowing them to experience people and places in an authentic capacity, and can be equally rewarding for both.

Interessen

Pilgrimages, philosophy, exploration, the natural world, food, literature, conversation, wine, people and their passions, music (I play piano and guitar).

• culture
• literature
• beauty
• dining
• wine
• beer
• drinking
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• guitar
• piano
• camping
• mountains

Musik, Filme und Bücher

Life is Beautiful, The Way, Bob Dylan, Seven Years in Tibet, Bunny and the Bull, Bruce Springsteen, The Motorcycle Diaries, To Have or To Be (Erich Fromm), Leonard Cohen, The Snow Leopard (Peter Matthiessen), The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera), Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel Garcia Marquez), Van Morrison, Intouchables, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance + Lila (Robert M. Pirsig), Planet Earth, Explosions in the Sky.

Eine tolle Erfahrung, die ich gemacht habe

I once played a game of Risk with five players of different nationalities on a sun soaked, vine-covered porch in the hills of Granada, opposite the Alhambra, divided by a valley, and drinking beer. It really is the small things in life..

I also recently embarked on a ten-day trek through the Annapurna Sanctuary in Nepal to Annapurna base camp. The diversity and awe-inspiring landscapes of the trail and surrounding terrain largely untouched by the rapacious and crippling processes of industrialisation and the consumerist culture filled me with a profound sense of peace and contentedness that seems unique to settings of sublime natural beauty that lie beyond the rat race and the machine age.

Lehren, lernen, teilen

No person will ever make it as far, high, deep, or inward on their own as they will with the help of others. We may not know where we're going but it's no secret how we are supposed to get there.

Conversation/communication is undervalued by too many people, given that it is the portal to infinite possibility. In modern society, the way we often communicate is a bit like using a computer as a source of light, and ignoring its higher functions.

Was ich mit Gastgebern teilen kann

Passion. Mine and theirs.

Länder, die ich besucht habe

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Monaco, Montenegro, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Länder, in denen ich gelebt habe

Australia, United Kingdom