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Overview

  • 5 references
  • Fluent in English; learning Vietnamese
  • 41, Male
  • Member since 2012
  • No occupation listed
  • No education listed
  • From Sydney, Australia
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To milk life for what it's worth

ABOUT ME

Wanderer, adventurer and injury prone adrenaline junky. Amateur philosopher and wannabe renaissance man. Compulsive thinker, impulsive doer.

I was born and raised in Sydney. I continued to grow in Mongolia, then Melbourne and soon London.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have never couchsurfed but have met and made many friends through couchsurfing events.

Interests

Mountain biking, swimming, climbing, exploring, and almost anything else I haven't done before.

  • dining
  • traveling
  • cycling
  • adventure races
  • rock climbing
  • swimming
  • philosophy
  • volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Oasis, Bon Iver, The National, Billie Holiday, Mos Def, New Order, The Cure, The Beatles, Rage Against the Machine, Iron and Wine, Brian Eno, Fleetwood Mac, Jamie XX, Girl Talk.

Trainspotting, Prince Avalanche..plenty more just not off the top of my head right now.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Most adventurous travel experience was a year abroad was as a volunteer in Mongolia, a bizarre land that is beautiful, harsh and unforgiving. As we rode across the desolate steppe on pushbikes, our anxiety started to rise as the sun began to set. This vast land went forever, and we had no idea where we were. The wolves would be out soon.

Relief came as we spotted a herder’s hut in the distance, chimney softly puffing smoke, telling us we were safe. We knocked, and they invited us in. We sheepishly accepted their food and water, saying little, staring serenely into the fire. We set up tent next to these hardy, hospitable people.

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