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Overview

  • 13 references 10 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English
  • 31, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • Fundraiser
  • University Undergraduate Student
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Meet more people and see more places.

ABOUT ME

I'm 24, and at the moment I'm in East London working for the British Red Cross. I'm pretty chilled, open minded, sociable and easy going. If you surf with me then I'll be happy to take you out and show you the sights of Hackney Wick, few that they are but with many stops at pubs and bars in between.

I love to read and have a big passion for film, especially classic 80's movies. Im trying to transfer my love of film and extreme sports into some decent video editing skills at the moment but am still working on it. Hopefully some extra time in premier pro will eventually yield some good results!

I also love rock climbing and hopefully will be going down on another trip to the Verdun Gorge in S. France this summer so I'd be happy to chat with anyone for hours about that. Oh and on a last note I'm super keen on snowboarding and skiing, having previously done a season in Meribel.

PHILOSOPHY

"Critics who treat adult as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence." - C. S. Lewis.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Surfed quite a bit and really enjoyed it. Only hosted a couple of times though and would quite like to host more as I love showing people around and meeting new friends :)

Interests

Snowboarding, Rock Climbing, Writing, Doodling, Skydiving, Bass Guitar, Travelling (obviously), Music, Comics, Video Games, Taekwon Do and Martial arts, Reading, Partying, Socialising with friends, making new ones, Scuba Diving, Photography and anything else that takes my fancy.

  • arts
  • writing
  • photography
  • running of the bulls
  • running
  • walking
  • partying
  • pub crawls
  • politics
  • comics
  • anime
  • video games
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • guitar
  • scuba diving
  • bungee jumping
  • skydiving
  • snowboarding
  • martial arts
  • rock climbing
  • teaching
  • geography

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: The Pixies, Pink Floyd, The Smiths, Gorillaz, MSTRKRFT, Blondie, Skrillex, Bon Iver, Cosmo Jarvis, Manic Street Preachers, David Bowie, Rage Against the Machine, Scissor Sisters, Jack Johnson, LCD Soundsystems, The Undertones, Jonathan Coulton, Panic! at the Disco, MCR, Wolfmother, The Anteloids, The Fratellis, The Eels, Smashing Pumpkins, Muse, The Airborne Toxic Event, Frank Turner, Beans on Toast, White Stripes, The Knife... etc.

Movies: I'm a big fan of classic (or cheesy) 70's and 80's action films. Top films of all time though would probably be Star Wars IV, V and VI, Gladiator, Die Hard, Pulp fiction, Enter the Dragon, Back to the Future, LOTR, Kill Bill, The Beach and Serenity (loved firefly).
I don't watch much tv, but when do it tends to be Game of Thrones, The Wire, The Expanse, Firefly, Breaking Bad Heroes, Rick and Morty, Archer and a few other things.

Books: Red Dust, Shogun, Whirlwind, Noble House, The Way of the World, War of the Worlds, Shantaram, Road Junky, The Wanderers Tale, Game of Thrones, Scott Pilgrim, Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, Papillon.
I'm a big fan of fantasy fiction, sci fi and the like too and my favourite book of all time would have to be The Hobbit. I also read quite a few comics too, especially graphic novels and such.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Showering in a waterfall, Walking on hot coals, Skydiving, Camel trekking, Bungee jumping, Walking the Great Wall of China, Scuba Diving in the red sea, Cliff diving, Trekking in the Himalayas, Seeing the churches of Lalibela, Climbing the Pyramids, Getting hit by a bull whilst taking part in the 'Running of the bulls', Rock Climbing in the Gorge du Verdon, Sleeping under the stars in the Sahara, Walking through the Forbidden City in China.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: I can teach english possibly, although i dont know how great a teacher I'd be and I'd be able to show you a few songs on the ukulele. I'm trying to learn the harmonica at the moment so i could share some of the basics on that too. :)

Learn: I'd love to learn another language or instrument if anyone can teach them, although I'm not that great a pupil haha.

Share: I love sharing travel stories and hearing other peoples. They are so fascinating!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Sweden, United Kingdom

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