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Overview

  • 13 references 4 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Swedish; learning Croatian, French, German
  • 54, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • Rocket Surgeon :) No, seriously ...
  • Some Masters Degrees
  • From Born in Portsmouth, UK; Hometown was Milford Haven, Wales;
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Space§man busy exploring Earth

ABOUT ME

Living and Working in Stockholm

Musical wandering philospher person liking to talk, think and listen (often in that order). Happiest outside near Gaia doing stuff.

PHILOSOPHY

'Reach for the Stars, and keep your feet on the ground, if nothing else you will end up taller' and
'One people, One planet, One future' - me and lots of other people
'We do not inherit the Earth from our Grandfathers, we borrow the Earth from our Grandchildren' - Kenyan Proverb
'An Injustice anywhere is an Injustice Everywhere' Martin Luther King
'We choose to do these things ... Not because they are easy, but because they are hard' - JFK

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

To start with - to get into the Stockholm CS community after a positive experience in ZagrebLater on, to pass on my knowledge and experience as a CS participant here.And above all - to promote peace through understanding, and removing barriers between people!Right now I am a bit quiet and inactive. Mostly economic stuff. But this too shall pass!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Starting with the local CS community in Zagreb keeping me (moderately) sane and happy for a few years (Hvala!) I finally started some surfing 2 years ago, with trips from Stockholm to South Sweden, Norway and Croatia. This year I have finally hosted for the first time. All good good stuff :)

Interests

*broad*

  • beauty
  • dancing
  • partying
  • music
  • surfing
  • science

Music, Movies, and Books

There are so many that 'eclectic' is an understatement. But thinking man's escapism like Sci-Fi or Fantasy with a good storyline and some point to it. Alternatively some hopeless noble but doomed quest (that's the Celtic Romantic in me ;) )

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Looking out from the South African Antarctic Base and knowing that there was not a single person between me and the South Pole - and loving the feeling.
Staying out at night in the Joshua Tree desert during a meteorite shower - and finally seeing Andromeda with the naked eye.
Dancing to awesome trance music on a mountain top in California during another meteorite shower.
Being part of the first world space party Yuris Night in 2001, and every year since :) www.yurisnight.net

Teach, Learn, Share

Integration of science, spirituality and life.
Appreciating the beauty and interdependency of all things.
Respect for the amazing place we call home for this short time.
Respect for others and their point of views, but not the extent of more than tolerance of the crass or ignorant

Countries I’ve Visited

Antarctica, Brazil, Ireland, South Africa

Countries I’ve Lived In

Croatia, France, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

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