I'm a 35 year old British guy living in Montreal where I work as an epidemiologist for the Public Health Agency of Canada. For several years I travelled almost constantly in a very cheap and rough way, including hitchhiking the entire way from Alaska to the far south of Chile, but now I'm much more settled and happy mostly staying in one place. I like to hike, camp, read and drink beer with my friends in the park.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

It's a great way to meet people.

Interests

Writing, reading, hitchhiking, walking slowly in the mountains, equity in global health, maps as beautiful objects, English football/soccer.

Music, Movies, and Books

Tortilla Flat - John Steinbeck, The Crystal World - JG Ballard, Northern Lights - Philip Pullman, Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse, West with the Night - Beryl Markham, The Blue Flower - Penelope Fitzgerald

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Freight-hopped across the Sahara desert in an open-topped carriage on an iron ore train in Mauritania, north west Africa. Hundreds of kilometres of untouched sand dunes interrupted only occasionally when we passed through an oasis town with a few buildings and some locals sheltering from the sun underneath date trees. Magical experience!

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: chess, epidemiology, London slang.
Learn: anything about the outdoors, I'm kind of a useless city boy!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Gambia, Germany, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Iceland, India, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Senegal, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City State, Western Sahara

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, United Kingdom