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Overview

  • 4 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English
  • 56, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • Maritime Navigation & Safety Officer
  • Mainly on the job - my profession is literally "Sink or S...
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To see if people are truly as happy as me - and if not to bring them some cheer...

ABOUT ME

Picker, Grinner, Lover, Sinner. etc... Try not to take myself too seriously :)

PHILOSOPHY

Easy... Don't be a dick!!!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Am currently chasing the horizon, both professionally and spiritually. I'll get there one day, but not too soon I hope, after all life is a journey not a destination.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Was introduced to CS in 2009 whilst backpacking around Eastern Europe. Since then I've met and shared some great times with some great people in some great places :)

Interests

Anything that keeps me outdoors, on, in or under the water or up a mountain..... Love the rain.

Music, Movies, and Books

A little of everything..... Aerosmith to ZZ Top. Buddha Bar to Kravitz. Love military history books, particularly fond of Bernard Cornwell. Autobiographies that inspire, Winston Churchill for example was a lion amongst men and a true inspiration. Just finished Sir Ranulph Fiennes' autobiography, which taught me never to quit! Movies... Anything directed by Guy Ritchie or has Simon Pegg in it.. :)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've seen ordinary people doing extraordinary things, often in the most trying of circumstances. The human spirit is truly an amazing thing indeed.

Teach, Learn, Share

Im a SCUBA Instructor. Boat driver and Sea Survival/Maritime Security instructor. Im the guy you want around when your plane hurtles into a mountain or your ship is attacked by pirates......

Countries I’ve Visited

Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, British Indian Ocean Territory, Brunei Darussalam, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Canada, Cayman Islands, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Italy, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Liberia, Malaysia, Mexico, Montserrat, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Saint Lucia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Suriname, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City State, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

South Africa, United Kingdom, United States

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