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Cape Town, Western Cape, Republic of South Africa
@RYANF2012
Member since 2012
I am a former journalist who loves meeting and socialising with new people. I live in the cool neighbourhood of Observatory, Cape Town, and always free to have a coffee (or beer) at one of my favourite bookstores (or bars). PHILOSOPHY I believe six different things before breakfast every day, yes I do...
Interested in Art
Interested in Boxing
Fluent in Afrikaans
Fluent in English
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING I haven't had much CS experience. COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE Spent a few nights at 33South Backpackers in Woodstock, Cape Town, a couple of years back, also with a couple of cool people up in Johannesburg. Best way to travel.
Music, Movies, and Books
Any books by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Haruki Murakami, Eduardo Galeano, Ben Okri, Alice Walker, James Baldwin, Chinua Achebe, Pablo Neruda. Any films by Wong Kar Wai, Chan Park Wook, Guillermo Del Toro, Stanley Kubrick, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, James Cameron, Steven Soderbergh, Wim Wenders and so many more...
One Amazing Thing I've Done
A week spent in the madness of Las Vegas and its neon strip joints, then driving through the desert down Route 66 to San Diego, and a beachside cabin at La Jolla. Two week spent in the rainforests of Gabon, West Africa, where I had the most intense spiritual experience. Yes, really :-)
Teach, Learn, Share
Smart, funny, intelligent people who are open to new ideas.
What I Can Share With Hosts
More laughs than a barrel of monkeys, ha!
My Interests
Travelling, reading, poetry, cinema, healthy eating and exercise, hiking and mountain climbing.
