CURRENT MISSION

To help change the world into a more egalitarian place

ABOUT ME

I am an academic based in the Department of Environment at University of York, in the UK. I have worked at several other universities, including Durham (UK) and Rhodes (SA) over the past decade or so. I am fairly relaxed and enjoy meeting people and learning about new places and cultures. My professional field is development planning and human geography, but I enjoy taking breaks from all that and appreciating life's diversity.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I occasionally travel and would love to stay with people for a night or two.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Just stayed with a couch surfing host in Blantyre, Malawi, which was really nice!!

Interests

urban planning, social movements, music, architecture, Mozambique, Lusophone Africa, Brazil, postcolonial literature, cooking, gardening, guitar

• cats
• architecture
• cooking
• gardening
• traveling
• hiking
• geography

Music, Movies, and Books

singer-songwriters, Brazilian pop, African pop, jazz and blues

Amitav Ghosh is an author I've enjoyed recently.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Visited Mount Mulanje, Malawi; played bass in Josh and the Souldiers of Love in the 1990s; lived with a family in Santiago de Cuba

Countries I’ve Visited

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Cuba, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Mozambique, Netherlands, Nigeria, Peru, South Africa, Spain, Swaziland, Switzerland, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bolivia, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States