Some things that I like - travel, mountains, turtles, red wine, writing, bushwalking, Dexter, nature, AFL football (St Kilda), philosophy, sunshine, heavy metal, hiking, spicy food, books, free stuff 🇵🇸🍉

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Couchsurfing is a great way to meet local people when travelling and keep that travelling feel alive when hosting. It is more fun than staying in backpackers or hostels - which I am now too old for (no more patience for people rolling in at 2am and shuffling about or turning lights on etc). I've had some great CS experiences as a guest (and a host), which I would never have had if I was not a part of the couchsurfing community.

I have couchsurfed with:
A Korean in Rwanda
An Australian in Qatar
A Spaniard in Wales
A Belgian in Burundi
An Indian in Austria
A Slovakian in Romania
A Malaysian in Poland
A Sri Lankan in Oman
A South African in Timor Leste
An Iranian in Uzbekistan
And local hosts in USA (San Francisco, LA and Hawaii), Malaysia, Iraq, Argentina, UK (London and York), Azerbaijan, Tanzania, Croatia, Bulgaria, Poland, Mozambique, Slovenia, Argentina, Uzbekistan, Timor Leste, Zimbabwe, Tajikistan, and Peru.

Met with couchsurfers in: Jamaica, Cuba, Thailand, Vietnam, Poland, Oman, Australia, Iraq, Slovakia, Malaysia, Kyrgyzstan, and Tanzania.

Hosted guests from: Spain, Israel, Germany, New Zealand, USA, Italy, Argentina, Netherlands, China, Turkey, South Korea, and France.

(95% of my experiences have been positive, the other 5% are now funny and weird stories that I can tell!)

Music, Movies, and Books

I wrote a book about my travels in Africa, it's called 'Everything All of the Time' and you can buy it on BookBaby and Amazon. I also do some travel writing at travelonastustring.com

Instagram: @travelonastustring

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Working and living in rural indigenous communities in Philippines
Backpacking through West African war zones
Three years working and living in Tanzania and Kenya
Leading rebuilding projects in Nepal and the trekking in the Himalayas
Hitchhiking Eastern Europe
Hiking over 6,000m in Nepal
O trek and Inca Trail in South America

What I Can Share with Hosts

Travel stories, anecdotes, funny couchsurfing stories and musings on life...

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, England, Fiji, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, Oman, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Samoa, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Togo, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United States, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Viet Nam, Wales, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Kenya, Nepal, Philippines, Tanzania

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