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Overview

  • 1 reference 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English
  • 34, Male
  • Member since 2014
  • Currently jobless doing a helpx holiday in Australia!
  • High school, technical training.
  • From I live near the Town of Books, Hay-on-Wye near Hereford in Wales
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

I'm fully intending to travel the world and experience everything I can! Hostels are an OK way, but what better way than to stay with locals and immures yourself with the culture!

ABOUT ME

My number in Australia is 0448892515.
I'm an adventurous guy who wants to try and experience anything and everything. I have travelled a bit so far, but never from place to place. I love to ski, mountaineer, climb, shoot, work and craft.
I'm polite, friendly, open minded and daring. I would love to find myself stood on the edge of a bridge with an elastic band strapped to my feet, without having the time to even consider how I got there.

PHILOSOPHY

Buy nice or buy twice. I believe in following your interests and dreams. Money can always be made back, but time is never coming back.
If you have an interest, a want, an idea or a dream, you work your arse off to be able to do it! No matter the cost, you do it. Time and memories are so much more valuable that money could ever be.
I've never heard of anyone on their death bed wishing they had more money and less memories. Everyone wants to live their life, experience things, see the world. Some people just forget that, and spend their time, youth, life, wasting opportunities in exchange for money that they can't take with them in the end.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

At the moment I can't offer my couch as it's not my home, it's my parents! But when I'm all settled and independent I will certainly be offering it for like minded travellers. The whole idea is amazing to me.

EXPERIENCE COUCHSURFING

One so far, staying with Rob in Sydney. And it was even better than I though it was going to be!
I think everyone who wants to travel should get into this, I can't believe that almost everyone I talk to back home have never even heard of it!

Interests

Hmm, how many characters am I allowed?!
Skiing, climbing, shooting, technology, physics, astronomy, astrophotography, badminton, food, exotic food, different cultures, wildlife, countryside, experiencing things I never even knew existed, pushing my own limits, film, excitement, the list goes on and on!

  • wildlife
  • culture
  • dining
  • technology
  • traveling
  • hunting
  • mountaineering
  • skiing
  • rock climbing
  • badminton
  • astronomy
  • physics

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies
Interstellar
The new Batmans
Inception
Avatar
Meet Joe Black
About Time
How to Train your Dragon 2
I could go on for a long time.

Music
Mumford and Sons
American Authors
Kodaline
Mike Oldfield
punk
rock
classical
country

Books
Sherlock Holmes
Dexter
Biographies
I don't read as much as i should.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have seen the Andromeda Galaxy. I spent a lot of time, effort and money buying and learning how to use telescopes and mounts. I was beginning to think it had been a waste of effort until suddenly, I managed to capture a picture of it. When I saw the spirals, the core and the stars around it I was genuinely speechless.
I have since taken a lot of pictures of it, and also some Nebulas. I'm hoping to get better and better at it and take some pictures that are truly extraordinary.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am very interested in physics and the way things work. I am applying for university to try and do astrophysics! I have recently got into Astrophotography, taking photos of Galaxies and Nebulas, which has been amazing and so rewarding.
I've had quite a technical career so far, working on helicopters and small aircraft.
I am interested in almost everything, I love to learn about new things and other people. So anything you have to teach me, I will be open to learn :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

I think I can offer a friendly, helpful and interesting companion. I'm 25 and have already seen and done more that most twice my age (that's going by what I'm commonly told).
I'm not narrow minded, disrespectful, ignorant or rude in any way. I truly believe in live and let live and even if you have polar opposite ideas, beliefs or wants, I would always respect them and be interested in hearing about them. EACH TO THEIR OWN! Is something the world has truly forgotten.

Countries I’ve Visited

Afghanistan, Australia, Austria, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Italy, Northern Ireland, Philippines, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Wales

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