ABOUT ME

We're both very easy going people and can happily survive on cereal, coffee and good conversation :)

Thea is working as a telescope operator at SALT (Southern African Large Telescope). Every second week she does night shift at the observatory so she's in Sutherland then (she stays up at the observatory site), but off weeks she's relaxing after 7 nights of sunset to sunrise work hours visiting David in Cape Town.

David works in Cape Town as a software engineer for Amazon EC2. At night he works from home on his electronics and programming business doing altimeters for model rocketry and other freelance projects.

We'll see how long it takes before one of us caves in and moves provinces!

Our space in CT is super tiny, so unfortunately we can't host there, but we can try and meet up for coffee if you're in the mother city.

PHILOSOPHY

Thea: "See as much of the world as possible and drag David with me!"

David: "Hey! I don't need to be dragged!"

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Surfing and hosting and checking out CS meetings!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Did some surfing in Europe and met up with some great hosts and fellow travellers. Enjoying hosting now that we're back in SA!

Interests

Thea - I'm a bit of geek. In a new city I love going to museums and wandering about looking at all the buildings and people, getting a feel for the place. At heart I'm a country girl, and am happiest out in nature. I like playing board games, going for a stroll, swimming, playing chess, reading...

David - I love electronics, programming and physics! I really like history and culture. I also love talking to people and finding out more about them.

• culture
• coffee
• modeling
• electronics
• board games
• chess
• reading
• rocketry
• surfing
• swimming
• business
• engineering
• freelancing
• history
• physics
• software
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

PG Wodehouse, Terry Pratchett, Ayn Rand, Roald Dahl, Suetonius, Homer...

Fightclub, The Little Mermaid, October Sky, Center Stage...

The Beatles! Traffic, Karen Zoid, The Darkness, classical stuff...

...much more!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

David - visited Ansie Lazio in the Seychelles, voted the most beautiful beach in the world.

Thea - tons of stuff. I feel guilty trying to pick one because I don't want to neglect anything!

Teach, Learn, Share

David - C++ programming, electronics, computer interfacing, graphics programming, making rockets! Happy to teach and always happy to learn.

Thea - I've taught some people how to play chess, so if you're interested to learn, I can help out with that :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Maldives, Namibia, Norway, Seychelles, Tanzania, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, United States

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