CURRENT MISSION

I joined Couchsurfing back in 2008, not long after it started up as an idea, and I spent about 6 years couchsuring regularly across Europe. I met and stayed with amazing people, opened my house up and returned the favour when I settled down in Spain, and then working life took hold and took me back home to Australia where my wife, Laura, and I had to pull back from travelling.

We're now in a good place and we're getting back on the road!

We want to feel that travel freedom again - bring back our fun-loving travellers' spirits! In 2025, we want connect to the diverse world that we love and that we represent as an international couple. Our trips this year will be to Japan, tropical Australia, South America and the Caribbean.

ABOUT ME/US

I'm 36 years old, my wife Laura is 33. We live in a little coastal town in NSW, Australia, called Harrington - it's beautiful! Laura and I met in Madrid, Spain, where I studied part of my Australian degree, and spent a lot of time with her family in the Canary Islands. I am from this area of NSW, I came back as an adult after many years away, but during my travels through my 20s I lived in England, Ireland, Scotland and Spain.

Laura and I are professionals in our 30s, we have our professions but also run our own business too! That keeps us entertained, but the small town with lots of natural beauty but little social entertainment means that making friends from around the world is a good way to spend weekends! If you want to stay with us, in your request, mention macarones - you might need find out what the word means in Spanish too, but we’ll know you’ve read this if we see it mentioned.

PHILOSOPHY

We love couchsurfing and always have because it generates optimism within us, and brings back faith in humanity. We live for people's positive energy, and Couchsurfing is a place we've found it, generating friendships with hosts and surfers alike that we still have to this day.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Symbiosis - we've couchsurfed, we've hosted, we've mingled at Couchsurfing events and we've loved it. We're now looking to mix up our trips with regular stays with Couchsurfing hosts so we can further broaden our global network of friends.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Laura and I have immense courchsurfing experience, we just haven't been too active for the past 4 years. But we're getting back into it - we've couchsurfed all across Europe, in Australia, North Africa and South America. I recommend it to anyone who travels and I've made some amazing friends through the initiative and am thankful for it. I even made a video back in 2008 with a Northern Irishman that is still available on Youtube - it was when Couchsurfing had only just begun!

Interests

Global affairs, music, food, dancing, health, technology, football!

• singing
• dancing
• education
• traveling
• music
• camping
• skydiving
• sports
• soccer
• teaching
• medicine
• hitchhiking
• salsa cubana

Music, Movies, and Books

Pulp Fiction, The Matrix, Shawshank Redemption, Into the Wild, Up!

Rock music, Salsa & Son Cubano, Reggaeton, Indie rock

Game of Thrones, Shantaram, Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, LOTR, 100 yrs of Solitude, As I walked out one midsummer morning.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Clancy climbed the UK's tallest mountain (not that big) called Ben Nevis, but did so in a blizzard & nearly got stuck/died!
- Clancy also was locked up in a Turkish prison for 4 days before being deported to Australia over a passport error by Turkish border guards
- Clancy learned how to speak Spanish by studying for a year in Spain!
- Laura brought her academic and professional skills to Australia, conversion was tricky, and learning English perfectly in the process!
- We both went camping and hitchhiking across the Mediterranean & Central Europe for 3 months.
- We've swum with Sharks!
- We've trekked through the Sahara in a Sand Storm
- We launched and run our own business!

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: Salsa Dancing, Latin music, Health!

Learn: About you and your world

Share: Music, ideas and motivation

What I Can Share with Hosts

Fun and Energy! Good Food, good music and good stories.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Serbia, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Colombia, Cuba, Ireland, Spain, United Kingdom

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