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Gelli

"Hmmm. Needs More Rope."

Lake Toya-ko - Me at Usu Zan volcano

Rich Perkins

30 / Male

Lower Jamestown, Saint Helena

About Gelli

Travel Guru | Member since 18th Jan 04

Citizenship: United Kingdom
Website: http://www.couchsurfing.com/profile.html?id=144461
Occupation: Cartographer (i.e. drink beer & travel)
About Gelli:

Welsh now living on St. Helena. Previously also lived in Eng, Ger, Slo, Liech, Switz, The Netherlands and mostly recently Sweden. Easy going/laid back. Somewhat unhinged with a warped sense of humour

Very Experienced surface traveller (I don't fly) and I travel extensively for both work/pleasure. Generally prefer to make it up as I go along, or only have a loose plan. Also getting away from the beaten track - it's much more fun.

 Hobbies:

Travel and more travel, meeting people when travelling, Alcohol consumption, Alcohol consumption whilst traveling, Cycling, Ski Jumping, Welsh RFU, Football, Sports in general, Music, Maps

Favourite places:

Is always the next new one. Plus Bosnia-H, Catalunya, Harry's Bar, Hokkaido, Stockholm archipelago, Fez, Ulan Ude, Northern Lao, Southern Croatia and most of the Alpine area are among many favs. I love mountains, particularly with lakes etc around them.

Having said that, Iraq in 01 and Belgrade during the bombing (both alone and almost entirely by accident) were interesting to say the least...

Activity : photos (1482) forum (2424) guide (30021) blog (203) diary (0) trips (99)

Latest Blog Entry

Welcome to culture shock, Colonial style

Posted by Gelli | 1st November 2009

With apologies for the delay in updates, there will be a couple now-ish and then probably none for 6weeks or so, when you will get lots and lots in a short time frame. I have no regular intenet access, and lots of things to do in the short time I have left, so most will have to wait until i'm on the boat before i write any more, and back in Europe before they get uploaded. I'm sorry, but live with it!


Though I have been traveling for years and been to any variety of places and cultures, i've never really had culture shock. There are only 2 occasions that I can recall that even come close, and they totaled less than an hour. The first, was as late as 2005 and I was in Gangneung, South Korea. It was my first visit to Eastern Asia; I had spent the previous 6 weeks or so in Siberia and had arrived in Korea unexpectedly and after a hellish journey on a knackered and sinking ferry in typhoon. Though I had been in Korea for a few hours, it was only when I went for a walk to find

Continued | Gelli goes South-ish

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Most Recently Visited

Nairobi, Kenya

01 May 2009

Trips

Zanzibar to Nairobi (967 kms)

25 Apr 2009 - 01 May 2009

Visiting: Tanzania and Kenya.

Tazara (1658 kms)

14 Apr 2009 - 16 Apr 2009

Visiting: Zambia and Tanzania.

Leaving St. Helena (2253 kms)

14 Feb 2009 - 18 Feb 2009

Visiting: Saint Helena and Namibia.

All Trips by Gelli (99)

Travel Help

Europe

Experienced land traveller across Europe (all except Portugal, Malta, Cyprus and Iceland), CIS etc. Been travelling more or less constantly for 10 years, and do average of 150k - 200k km per year. Have lived in UK, Neth, Liech, Switz, Ger and now Swe. Don't fly, so excepting ferry portions, virtually all is train based. As i've had over 70 interrail tickets I guess that's my speciality, along with general timetable/day/night train issues etc. Also, map queries (i'm a cartographer), especially to do with London as i produce a large chunk of the public transport info for them. But I can help with virtually anything on Europe. Just ask.

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Ascension Island

I live on St. Helena, and everything/everybody goes through Ascension on it's way pretty much anywhere. if i don't know the answer, i 'll know many who do and can get back to you.

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Saint Helena

I live here, and a it's a small place I should be able to answer most or all of your queries (or at least be able to ask somebody who does know, and get back to you)

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