CURRENT MISSION

To travel the world off the beaten track and experience cultures and places far away from our own.

ABOUT ME

We are a male (Gareth) and female (Fiona) couple who have worked in London for the past 3/4 years. We saved some money and decided to put our working lives on hold to travel the world. Were really interested in seeing and experiencing cultures, places & people that are very different from our own. We currently have a 10 month trip planned, and are covering South America, Fiji & New Zealand, Indonesia, South East Asia, China, Tibet, Nepal & India.

PHILOSOPHY

After working for 3/4 years in the London rat race, we decided that we were in no hurry to follow the general path and hurry to buy a house. So we decided to use the money that we saved to see the world and gain experience instead. We enjoy meeting people from all ends of the world and sharing experiences.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

We are new to the Couch Surfing experience at the moment, so cannot relay any experience until we are generously hosted.

Interests

Art, Street Art (Graffiti), Photography (Website: http://www.gareth-james.com), Music, Interior Design, Cooking, Being Creative, Philosophy, Reading, Meeting new people!

• arts
• design
• interior design
• street art
• photography
• cooking
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• surfing
• track and field

Music, Movies, and Books

Fingerprints Of The Gods - Graham Hancock, A Brief History of Time, The Stargate Conspiracy, The Teachings of Don Juan, Separate Reality: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge, Tales of Power, The Day After Roswell, Does Anything Eat Wasps? The Graffiti Subculture, The God Delusion, The Art of Dreaming, Bringers of the Dawn, Tricks of the Mind, Straw Dogs, The Revenge of Gaia, Our Cosmic Habitat, Cosmic Trigger, Supernatural, The Cosmic Serpent - DNA & The Origins of Knowledge, DMT - The Spirit Molecule - Rick Strassman, The Tibetan Book of Living & Dying, The Magus of JAVA, The Art of War, Power of Now, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, Fear & Loathing on the Campaign Trail, The Universe in a single Atom, Food of the Gods, Inner Paths to Outer Space, Flowers For Algernon, Ubik, Steppenwolf / Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse, The Three Pillars of ZEN, The Book: On The Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are - Alan Watts, On The Road, The Dharma Bums - Jack Kerouac, Island - Aldous Huxley, Does It All Matter? - Alan Watts, Prometheus Rising - R Anton Wilson. The Doors of Perception - Huxley, What is Tao - Alan Watts, The Psychedelic Experience According to the Tibetan Book of the Dead - Timothy Leary, 1984 - George Orwell, The Prophet - Kahil Gibran, The Road - Cormac McCarthy, Shantaram - Gregory David Roberts

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

So far on our travels "Iguasu Falls" on the Devils Throat platform from the Argentinian side has been one of the most amazing things we have seen. But we have a long way on our journey left, and have so much more to look forward to!

Teach, Learn, Share

I am an experienced Web Developer and have been working with computers for over 12 years, so if you are keen to learn anything computer related (creative or technical), I would be more than happy to help and share knowledge.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Fiji, New Zealand, Peru

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom