Hi, This is Hoa from Vietnam, a dream maker, a traveller, a laughter, and to some extent, a weirdo.

Some say, “Our parents don’t see us as we are — they see the kid they remember. Our friends don’t see us as we are — they see the friend they remember. Only a stranger met on your travels sees you as you truly are right now.”

So in order to truly look at who I am and who strangers I meet on the way are, I go places.

I'm much more interested in cultural conficts or historical backgrounds or unique traditions than the beauty surface of the land I step in. To me, a dynamic 2-hour conversation with a curious local is worth more than 3 day taking pictures around knowing nothing. I call that "deep travel". Sounds hilarious, isn't it? But that's my preference.

So you know, I can talk with you Vietnamese culture, and stories of places I have been or strangers I've met . Ah , currently I am also interested in gaining more perspectives on how to raise kids, so I might ask questions if you have your little ones.

I can take you to my go-to street food places, give advice of places to travel Vietnam and stuff.

I can cook you my favorite Vietnamese traditional food if time is allowed.

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Why I’m on Couchsurfing

to meet - talk - share- learn - eat

Interests

Food, culture, history, people

• traveling
• cooking and eating
• having adventures

Music, Movies, and Books

Pop Music, Yanni, Kenny G, Zen Music, Jackie Evancho

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Traveled on a solo trip around South - East Asia for 2 months

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Viet Nam

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