I'm from a small town called Worcester. It's about an hour's drive from Cape Town. I now live in South Africa's economic hub: Johannesburg. It's a crazily vibrant place, experiencing many challenges, with most of its beauty found in its people. I am lucky enough to live in one of its older parts, with established trees and greenery. I live in an oldie (by Johannesburg's standards) that I'm fixing up.

The last 20 years mostly have been about work and study, but I also made time for reading a lot of history and a healthy (small) dose of philosophy. While my curiosity gets some kicks from legal research, it won't allow me to focus solely on it.

I travel mostly solo, in many ways, which leads me to one of my greatest contradictions (and there are many):
The world is a wonderful place; people are its greatest treasure.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I have done enough solo travelling, living in relatively austere and cold hotels, to know that couchsurfing provides a better way of doing things, to see and experience places and their people. Chances are I'd be busy on a laptop or out and about most of the time, but I'd love to see and experience something of your world.

Interests

History, music, fitness.

• fitness
• music
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Pearl Jam (we’ve walked a long road together, I’ve seen them live all over the world and I’ve even shared a hotel with them in Porto Alegre, but I’m none too sure about the new album), Eddie Vedder, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Audioslave, Valiant Swart, Jan Blohm, Akkedis, Fokkofpolisiekar, VanCokeCartel, Koos Kombuis, Koos du Plessis, Chopin, Ludovico Einaudi, Yo-yo Ma, Puccini, Beethoven, Max Richter.

Gladiator, Forest Gump, Cast Away, The Truman Show, There Will be Blood, The Godfather, Goodfellas, The Dark Knight, Pulp Fiction, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Jurassic Park, The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Little Miss Sunshine, Groundhog Day, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch.

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations; Voltaire, Candide; Dalene Matthee, Kringe in die Bos; Tolkien, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings; Martial, Epigrams; Jordan Peterson, Maps of Meaning.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've planted quite a lot of indigenous trees.

Teach, Learn, Share

Learn and share.

What I Can Share with Hosts

The inside out on South Africa, a good bottle of South African wine, and some good conversation about our lives and experiences.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Brazil, England, France, Lesotho, Namibia, Netherlands

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, South Africa