Living and sailing aboard my own boat since 2009, and spending time in intentional communities and backpacking when not sailing.

You can find out more at http://otra-vida.blogspot.co.uk/

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Like meeting people, exploring places, good conversation, learning, discovering, growing.

Interests

Sailing, hiking, reading, cooking, good conversation, spirituality, travelling off the beaten track.

• cooking
• vegetarian
• boating
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• hiking
• backpacking
• sailing
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Fairly eclectic taste in music, from 60s psychedelia to electronica, plus classical.
Authors: so many, but a sampling would be Hermann Hesse, Charles Eisenstein, Jay Griffiths, Bernard Moitessier, Charles Bukowski, William Burroughs, Aldous Huxley, Dieter Duhm.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Two wonderful months spent hiking from the Atlantic to the Med along the Spanish Pyrenees. Crossed the Atlantic by sailboat 3 times.

Teach, Learn, Share

Happy to teach cooking and sailing, if either interests you.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can cook, and enjoy doing so. Vegetarian these days, but I learned to cook classic French cuisine so can work with meat and fish too.

Reciprocal sailing on my boat (currently in the Pacific)

Hopefully good company.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, France, French Guiana, Germany, Ghana, Guyana, Italy, Malta, Morocco, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Peru, Puerto Rico, Romania, South Africa, Spain, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Estonia, Hungary, Netherlands, Spain, United States