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 is originally from Cuba, but grew up in the Canary Islands, in Spain. 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 is a doctor and works in the regional hospital here, as well as in a GP clinic. I work within my local government, working in an area called Strategy & Performance. We also own and run our own business, which is called DLM Education, through which we train hundreds of international doctors every year in how to understand Australian medical career pathways, how to prepare for pathway exams to access those career pathways and the expectations of practice if they pursue it.

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 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 an 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 learned how to speak English and passed the Australian Medical Council exams in English to practice medicine now in Australia (it was a 4-year journey)!
- 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, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Serbia, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

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

•