Vegan · New Zealand · Joined in September 2015
Kia ora. I'm a 63 year old New Zealander originally from Henderson in West Auckland. ( 2022 November 20 ) I bought this house way back in 1994 when I was living in Japan and I came back to Mangawhai to live in it in 2009. My parents first brought us up to Mangawhai on holiday in 1968 and they moved here to live from 1980 - 2000. I know this area well. I spent short periods here as a young adult and spent a year living out at Mangawhai Heads for a year in 1984 while working at Marsden Point Oil Refinery to save money for my first big O.E. ( overseas experience ) during which I travelled overland through Asia and Europe to the U.K - then back again - and then hitch-hiked around Australia. I went to Japan in 1990 on a working holiday visa and hitch-hiked for two months and ended up living there ( Nagoya, Yokkaichi and Kyoto ) for 6 years During that time I also travelled in China and Korea, the West Coast of the U.S.A., Mexico , Kenya, Madagascar, Isreal and Egypt. I speak Japanese and Indonesian and am qualified to teach English Language ( 16 years experience ) and I now teach music through guitar . I play guitar and percussion and paint/draw and do a lot of writing and am involved in a variety of political advocacy groups. ( environmental/human rights/energy / sustainable transport etc. I'm a non-smoker,non-drinker, vegan, a utility cyclist and a body-surfer. I enjoy being around other people who are out travelling the world, and with other progressive thinkers.
Vegan ( since 2012, vegetarian since 1992 )
Playing music ( guitar/percussion ) , progressive , sustainable living,
Is the internet a 'book' ? Good music. All kinds.
English, Japanese, Bahasa Indonesia
There's one just along the street.
Rarely
Polly and Ginger. Cats.
If I don't change, I'm going to end up where I'm heading.
Alan and Lisa are the most wonderful hosts, they truly made us feel like at home. Room is clean and comfortable. The garden is beautiful and a great place to relax. We would deffinitely recommend it if you want to stay in a place with a character and with lovely people.
