CURRENT MISSION

Community Environment Small Grants Programme Manager, while maintaining my connections to friends and family around the world.

ABOUT ME

Fairly laid back, well travelled, work hard and play hard.

PHILOSOPHY

Go with the flow, smile, and things usually turn out okay.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Look to CS for advice and friendly faces when going to new places or passing through. Willing to host if am around (travel for work a lot).

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Many years of informal couch surfing while travelling. Friends who are both hosts and couch surfers and have had good experiences.

Interests

Love the water - snorkling, diving, paddling, cruising. Good food and wine in good company (but rarely cook). Pretty busy workwise so not much else makes it onto the list of of how I spend my time.

• chinese new year
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• traveling
• opera
• camping
• surfing
• scuba diving

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Chinese new year in HongKong - dazzling fireworks and the chorus of Waaahhh
My first snow - snow ball fight at university in Canada
Opera in Buenos Aires, followed soon after by camping on glacier in Patagonia

Countries I’ve Visited

American Samoa, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Fiji, French Guiana, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guyana, Haiti, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kiribati, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Niue, Palau, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, Romania, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Samoa, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S., Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Cook Islands, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Micronesia, Federated States of, New Zealand, Pitcairn, South Africa, Turks and Caicos Islands, United Kingdom