Sydney, Australia is home. 🦘🌇

I'm a writer who's working on a book about how people around the world find meaning in life.

I don't have a huge amount of experience with CS, but wanted to see if I can use it to help make connections with people while I'm travelling this year.

Travel, art, culture, writing, photography, food, languages and the outdoors all bring me joy. I just finished walking a section of the Lycian Way, which was fantastic 😍.

When I'm back home I work in education and public policy. I also write about adventure and the outdoors, especially hiking and bikepacking.

If you're curious, I'm at www.matthewcrompton.com

I look forward to meeting you! 🙏🏽

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

It can be hard to meet people on the road that you can have meaningful conversations with. Couchsurfing helps me to connect.

Interests

languages, world cultures, european painting, asian sculpture, dramatic architecture. food. meditation. Non-Ordinary-Consciousness. The unexpected. Literature. Being outside. Witty banter. Writing and the creative process.

• writing
• literature
• architecture
• photography
• dining
• meditation
• traveling
• painting
• cycling
• hiking
• camping
• languages
• mountains
• trekking
• africa
• mountainbiking
• wild camping
• asia
• seoul
• south korea
• bikepacking
• landscape photography

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I spent 4 months riding a bicycle thru Tibet, China and Central Asia and wrote a book about it called Roads Toward a Supreme Fiction.

Teach, Learn, Share

Significant knowledge in education, meditation and general trivia. =)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Authenticity, curiousity, politeness, and sincere conversation.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Canada, China, Colombia, Croatia, Germany, Guatemala, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Malawi, Malaysia, Mexico, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Portugal, Russian Federation, Saint Lucia, Scotland, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, United Kingdom, Viet Nam, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Colombia, South Korea, United Kingdom, United States