CURRENT MISSION

To save the world and get the girl

ABOUT ME

We are a couple and have been living together for two years. Gary was born in London, but grew up on the Kentish coast. Diana was born in Bogota, Colombia, but moved to East London in 1989. She speaks fluent Spanish, if that's of any help to any of you! We've been to Colombia, too.

We have a lot in common, but also lead quite different lives. Gary co-runs a punk/reggae/poetry night in Stoke Newington, which is awesome fun. We go on protests, and don't like men in uniform very much.

IMPORTANT PLEASE READ!

We live in the borough of Hackney, East London which is a really great, vibrant multi-cultural area of London that may be different to what you expect from this city. We're not really keen on doing tourist things in the centre of the city, if you would like to do such activities we'll gladly give you directions etc but probably won't accompany you. We will, however, gladly show you all around the area we live and all it has to offer (which is a lot). It also probably helps if you don't mind the odd late night and have an interest in DIY culture! We also like vegetarians.

PHILOSOPHY

Question everything. Try and live by your own standards. Don't accept what you were told was true. Educate yourself.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We surf and host.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

We are Couch Surf first timers, but have friends who have been doing it for a while and have heard only good things so we decided it was about time to participate.

Interests

Gary's interests are: Punk rock, literature, film, vegetarian cooking, graphic novels, history and politics.

Diana: I like Art, Photography, Film/Filmmaking, educating myself by trying to read what other people consider essential literature (!), Eating, Walking, Cycling around London, Hackney-punk.

• arts
• culture
• literature
• poetry
• photography
• film making
• diy
• dining
• cooking
• vegetarian
• walking
• politics
• cycling
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Gary's Music: King Blues, Gang of Four, Crass, Conflict, The Clash, Asian Dub Foundation, Dan Le Sac, The Streets, Rancid, Sizzla, Steel Pulse, Suicide Bid, Husker Du, Black Flag, Fugazi, Subhumans, Skints, Nick Cave, Tom Waits, Arab Strap, Mogwai, Gogol Bordello, The pogues. stuff like that - lots of punk, reggae, folk, hip-hop, spoken word etc.

Books: Niall Griffiths, JG Ballard, Iain Sinclair, Michael Moorcock, Doris Lessing, Will Self, Ursula Le Guin, Angela Carter, Franz Kafka, Haruki Murakami, Gene Wolfe, Alan Moore, etc etc etc.

Diana's Music: this section of my life is still in development, will get back to you when I have defined my taste in music.

We like way to many films to list - lots of world cinema sits on DVD in our flat. Off the top of our heads, 'Hunger' was the most amazing recent film that we have seen.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Seeing spider monkeys and forest crabs in the Tayrona National Park in Colombia.

Teach, Learn, Share

We can show you how to cook some nice Colombian food!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Colombia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Colombia, United Kingdom