CURRENT MISSION

To travel as much of the world as possible and meet lots of lovely and interesting people.

ABOUT ME

Married with 4 grown up children. We love to watch rugby, make homebrew beer, go fishing and spend time with family and friends.
We have done a bit of travelling and wish to travel some more.
Presently we are working on a motorhome so that we can travel around the North Island of New Zealand.
We love to meet new people.

PHILOSOPHY

To live a positive life, and get rid of the negatives in life in other people. To be open minded and empathetic towards other people and their circumstances and non-judgemental. To "pay it forward".

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We are looking forward to people coming to stay with our family in Marlborough, New Zealand.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

In July of 2012 we travelled to Alaska where we had our first couch surfing experience as a surfer rather than a host - our host was a very generous host both with his time and also the new foods (meat) we got to experience. We also travelled to Canada and the lower 48 where we met alot of new people whom we introduced to the couch surfing concept.
In 2010 we stayed with some of our family in Youth Hostels in the USA and Canada and China, where we enjoyed interacting with people of all ages from all over the world.

Interests

Family, fishing, watching sport and movies, meeting people, brewing beer, travel and spending time with good friends.

• beer
• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• homebrewing
• fishing
• surfing
• sports
• rugby

Music, Movies, and Books

Shawshank Redemption, Into The Wild, The Hangover, Forrest Gump, Dumb and Dumber, Big Wednesday, Boy, Whalerider, The Worlds Fastest Indian, An Idiot Abroad
Any docos, biographies, funny books or books on travel by Gareth Morgan, Michael Palin, Euan McGregor or Charlie Boorman.
Easy listening music - Beatles, Eagles, Seal, R.E.M., Faith Hill, Josh Grobin, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston to name just a handful.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

In October 2014 we travelled to the Bahamas where we swam with pigs! This was an amazing adventure on our bucket list.

Teach, Learn, Share

We are willing to swap our knowledge and world experiences with your knowledge and experiences, share a joke or two, or a meal or two, a favourite recipe or two .....

What I Can Share with Hosts

We can share our travel experiences and photos of our journeys as well as having a few laughs together.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Belize, Canada, China, Cuba, Fiji, France, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Netherlands, New Zealand

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