HI.

I've been in the network for some time now. I've hosted and surfed a lot and the vast majority of experiences have been fantastic.

I'm an arty fellow (recording musician, bodypaint) and understand 'wealth' as culture, self development and just being a good person, and all that.
Not as wild as I used to be: I now prefer a jazz club to a nightclub, a film (in or out), friends (old/new) with drinks suits me fine. (I can still manage a pub crawl, just a slightly shorter one) :-)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Helping travellers when I'm static and out in the world doing what I can to experience it when I'm not.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've hosted in different places since Oct '10 and also surfed in many countries. Always ready to meet a fellow CSer in town to hang out and show you some places around if I have time and of course host, if I can, although it's more difficult to do that these days.

Interests

Self-development is now more a programme I have running quietly in the background rather than a widget on the screen. I have done quite a decent number of plant medicinal ceremonies in South America and will likely return to it from time to time, however the calls from other corners of the world that merit a gander have increased in volume and might even stoke dormant poetic fires.

Making music, writing, sometimes painting and bodypainting and travel; any volunteer models, travellers with random ideas for an excursion give me a shout.

If you're interested, here are links to two groups that I play/record in (it's more a hobby these days):
The Wayward Collective: https://www.waywardcollective.co.uk/
Zwah: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1fRfYkTGTqagy9bsbVd0eF?si=C6ZP_E3BSg-oItJvZiWklw

• writing
• books
• body art
• education
• cooking
• organic food
• sauna
• painting
• drawing
• music
• teaching
• psychology
• hitchhiking
• art
• massage

Music, Movies, and Books

Films: eclectic, international, usually drama.
Books: usually non-fiction (notwithstanding certain works from Orwell, Welsh and Puzzo). Jonathan Haidt, Robert Sapolsky, Gabor Mate, Matthew Walker, Andrew Doyle, John McWhorter are examples of some authors I reckon have contributed massively to contemporary treasure and the shoulders that future pioneers will stand on.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

One example: lived with local Gambians in west Africa with the main objective of learning their percussive techniques and a broader objective of learning everything else that went with it.

Another: hitchhiked from Toronto to Los Angeles with a budget that meant choosing each day between food, accommodation and transport: one of the best experiences of my life.

Another - oooonly joking. We can talk about the amazing things we've done if they come up in conversation.

Teach, Learn, Share

TEACH: as much as others want to learn things that I know: language (English and what I know in French and Spanish, which is pretty good) for example.
LEARN: as much as possible.
SHARE: everything...pretty much. Showing you round where I live / am staying is a given: this will include a pub(s) unless you hold the railings outside a chosen establishment and I'm not strong enough to pull you in :-D

What I Can Share with Hosts

Time (the people experience is part of the whole experience), stories, whatever's in my bag, whatever I know that you might not.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saint Lucia, Serbia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Georgia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom

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