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Overview

  • 8 references 4 Confirmed & Positive
  • Learning German
  • 38, Male
  • Member since 2014
  • Civil Engineer
  • Degree
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

I'm 35 years old, I studied Civil Engineering at the University of Bath and now work as a Civil Engineer through my own company.
I'm currently living in London and have a spare room.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

It's a great way to meet new people and really get a feel for different countries. If you don't interact with local people you miss a whole other dimension to the country

Interests

I like quite a few things, unfortunately this means I'm a jack of all trades and master of none.

I participate in a few sports:

Skiing,
Mountain Biking,
Surfing,
Swimming,
Rugby,
American Football,
I'm just starting to Kayak again, I used to teach it, but stopped when I went to university.

I love cars, all types, well really anything with an engine interests me be it bikes, cars, trains, or planes.

I dabble in photography when the mood takes me, really only when I travel, but I'm buying a drone for Ariel filming of construction sites and I'm hoping to incorporate this more into my other hobbies, like biking and motorsport.

  • photography
  • film making
  • traveling
  • cars
  • cycling
  • kayaking
  • surfing
  • skiing
  • sports
  • american football
  • soccer
  • rugby
  • swimming
  • engineering

Music, Movies, and Books

Again very much like my hobbies, I like a wide variety of everything.

My Top Five Films:
Man on Fire
The notebook
Interstellar
Toy Story
Transformers

Top 5 Artists:
Metallica
Rage Against the Machine
Mumford and Suns
Adele
Paramore

Books - I tend to read series rather then individual books.
Harry Potter
Twilight
Alex Cross
Jack Reacher
Everything by John Grisham

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

In 2012 I cycled 12oookm through Africa from Cairo to Cape Town, it took 120 days, 96 of those were cycling days averaging 123km a day.

This year I have just completed the Mongol Rally driving from London to Mongolia

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm starting a part time Masters in BIM at university next year. I'm also learning photography and film making to try and get better at it so I can incorporate it into my other hobbies.

I'm not really good anough at anything to teach it yet, perhaps I will be one day. I don't mind learning new things with other people.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I've got a spare room with a double bed most of the time and if that is full then I have a sofa.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, England, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guernsey, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Jersey, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malta, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Oman, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State, Wales, Zambia

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom

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