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  • 63 references 47 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English
  • 54, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • Management Consultant
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About Me

Hi! I host single travellers for up to two nights normally. I love meeting other single travellers from different parts of the world and hearing about their countries and giving them tips on NZ. (Ps I do not host two or more people travelling together or those just looking for free accommodation last minute sorry as I find it too overwhelming.)

Ps I am overseas from 23 Sept to 21 Oct.

I am an independent nudist- friendly gay guy with plenty of good mates in NZ and around the world. I live in a three bedroom townhouse in a quiet location that is a bus ride from the city. Guests get their own bedroom upstairs - I have a great roommate who Iives in the bedroom downstairs.
I am embracing more of a nudist lifestyle so please let me know you are comfy with that in your request.

I love going to new places and meeting people or showing people around Auckland. I am not a clubber - but love the beach, swimming and hiking and go to a great yoga group. My favourite beach is St Leonard’s Beach.

All I ask is that you respect my place and my other cool roomie, keep your room tidy and bed made and help out a bit when you are here eg doing dishes or buying the food for and cooking a meal. I love it when couchsurfers try some yoga and the nudist lifestyle and cook me a traditional meal from their country!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I host single travellers only who understand the spirit of Couchsurfing and help out with cooking and sharing food etc and are keen to share in interests I have in nudism, yoga, hiking and home cooking.

I like to meet other travellers from around the world to hear about their countries and show them a bit of Auckland. I like to meet travellers who make an effort in the spirit of couch surfing and are tolerant and open minded. I have met some great people from all over the world - I find it fascinating to hear about their home countries.

Interests

Travel, swimming, snorkelling, nudism, movies, hiking, beaches in summer, yoga and my spa!

  • dining
  • cooking
  • yoga
  • walking
  • movies
  • traveling
  • eating out
  • socializing
  • hiking
  • swimming
  • beaches
  • nudism

Music, Movies, and Books

Agnetha Falkskog
Alison Moyet
Eurythmics
Pet Shop Boy
London Grammar
Paradis

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Experiencing the Silk and Spice Festival in Bukhara one of the old Silk Road cities in Uzbekistan
Wandering around Red Square in Moscow
Catching the gondola to the top of Table Mountain
Going on safari in Kruger National Park and Etosha National Park
Running up massive sand dunes in the Namib desert
Seeing Rio De Janeiro from the top of a misty Sugar Loaf Mountain and then spending the afternoon at Copacobana Beach....
Seeing the sunset on Uluru (Ayers Rock)
Eating out in Manila (surely one of the food capitals of the world)
Walking through the centre of Stockholm hearing ABBA playing and Salzburg as Mozart is playing all around
Helicoptering over Grand Canyon
Snorkelling off Maui, Hawaii and then seeing molten lava pour into the sea off Big Hawaii
Sailing in Bermuda
Whale watching in Alaska
Seeing two minke whales while snorkelling off Great Barrier Reef, Queensland
Seeing the glacier lake in Iceland (which is mindnumblingly beautiful)
Visited Orangutan in their natural habitat and seen the largest limestone cave in the world in Sarawak
Seen how the head hunters used to live in Sabah

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Belgium, Bermuda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, Norway, Oman, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Russian Federation, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tonga, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, United Kingdom

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