CURRENT MISSION

See the world and try everything twice along the way

ABOUT ME

I like to make a cup of tea and wait until its just exactly the perfect temperature to drink in one go.

PHILOSOPHY

Always try everything once, and if you didn't like it, try it once more just to make sure.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

New to couchsurfing, spent about a week surfing with the legendary Marko in Belgrade, Serbia last year and had a blast with him and his brother. Currently living in Tenerife and working as a teacher. Would be willing to host but only really room for one or two people at the moment.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Marko, our host in Belgrade, went out of his way to help us feel at home, helped enormously by the application of near fatal quantities of Rakija (homemade fruit brandy) and friendly football rivalry (we were there during the World Cup).

En route to the Exit Festival of Novi Sad, Serbia's second city, we were in the mood to party and Marko's brother Jovan and his friends were more than happy to show us the local bars and clubs and the correct way to drink flaming absinthe shots.

Not only that, Marko, Jovan and their friends were always concerned that we knew how to be safe in the city and how not to be ripped off by the locals. One taxi driver we hired (with a fake official taxi company symbol on his car) tried to overcharge us by about 500%, but quickly backed down when confronted with half a dozen Serbian lads with shaved hair and football shirts, telling him not to take advantage of us.

So my first experience of couchsurfing was 100% positive and I can't wait to get more involved with the community.

Interests

Playing footy in the sun, skiing in the snow, drinking rum on the beach, drinking tequila in funky bars. Dancing till dawn and sleeping till noon.

• festivals
• dancing
• partying
• drinking
• clubbing
• surfing
• skiing
• soccer
• world cup
• teaching
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:

Fight Club
Aliens
City of God
Donnie Darko
Airplane!
True Romance
Taxi Driver
Terminator
Stand By Me
Toy Story
Monty Python's Life of Brian

Music

I like a lot of Drum and Bass, Techno and Dubstep, but as for bands and singers: Rage Against The Machine, Beastie Boys, Metallica, Led Zeppelin, Tool, The Beatles, The Clash, The Prodigy, Massive Attack, System of a Down, Madness, Beck, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Queen, Fleetwood Mac, Marvin Gaye, David Bowie, NWA, Scratch Perverts, Albarosie, Groundation, Bob Marley, Run DMC, Basement Jaxx, Jamiroquai, Iggy and the Stooges, Wu Tang Clan, Korn, The Rolling Stones, Alice in Chains, Cypress Hill, AC/DC, Pink Floyd, Sepultura, Machinehead, Queens of the Stone Age, Nirvana, Eminem, Faith No More, Stone Roses, Pantera, Public Enemy, Bjork, Patti Smith, Daft Punk, Chemical Brothers, Audioslave, Jimi Hendrix.

Books

Terry Pratchett
George Orwell
Tolkien
JG Ballard
Stephen King
Michael Connelly
Cormac McCarthy
Hunter S. Thompson
Roald Dahl
Alan Moore

Teach, Learn, Share

Not sure what to put here, but I teach English as a second language, and I'd be happy to give anyone a free lesson in return for a night on a couch :D

Countries I’ve Visited

Czech Republic, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Russian Federation, Serbia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Spain

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