CURRENT MISSION

Sharing the words i saw...

ABOUT ME

I have always been fascinated by cultures and the diversity of humanity. I don't think you can ever replace the feeling of getting on a train, bus, plane, or bicycle even, to find yourself carried, or peddling, to a place you have never been before, with the excitement and uncertainty about the people you might meet and the experiences you might share.

PHILOSOPHY

To see, to write, to learn...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So far incredibly enriching...

Interests

My passion is writing. I try to build my curiosity about people and places into the stories I write, and I am trying to make this into my career. I find travelling provides me with an unending compulsion to write, because by travelling you are instantly breaking the normalities of a structured life and this can only be a good thing for finding inspiration, one thing you always find when travelling is people willing to speak to you - to share their stories.

• chickens
• writing
• traveling
• hiking
• surfing
• hitchhiking
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

I recently read Doodie Smith's 'I Capture the Castle' which was beautifully written.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I partook on my first experience of couch surfing with my close friend in Japan. After a 750 mile hitch-hiking from the northern part of Japan's main island to pretty much the south, we found ourselves Couchsurfing in the mountains of Wakayama Prefecture.

Waking up in the mornings to the sound of the chickens pecking at their empty bowls in the coup beside our wooden hut, and then only to see the sun slowly peak over the dark forest covered mountains was incredible. The kitchen tap flowed constantly, as it was simply water redirected from the mountain spring, and to take a bath required a fire to be lit under a big steal drum.

The pace of life was slow and meaningful, and the young farmers we met were inspirational, as they had left the cities to maintain and preserve this old Japanese farming community. My friend and I shared a wonderfully rich three days together, three days that all the money in the world couldn't reward you with, and it was thanks to couch surfing.

And later inspired this article: http://www.wildculture.com/article/japans-dark-mountains/1001

Teach, Learn, Share

Capturing experiences through words...

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Bolivia, China, Fiji, Israel, New Zealand, Palestine, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Japan, United Kingdom