Hey everyone! My name is Ashley. I'm from the States, but I’ve been living abroad for several years now. I just moved to Dakar, Senegal with my family!.

I'm pretty low key, laid back but very happy. I like to travel and be outside, need the sunshine, and love love love to meet new people.

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PHILOSOPHY

"We don't see things as they are; we see things as we are."

I don't know if I have a personal philosophy. I am so lucky, because I meet so many wonderful people and have such a full, amazing life. I just like to run around the world and be open to anything, while learning as much as I can.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Kenya June '12

Japan December '12

Egypt June '13 and January '14

Uganda June '13

Tanzania January '14

Morocco July ‘18

I’ve hosted in California (2013) and Ethiopia (2015)

Interests

I love to meet new people, especially by accident or chance. I love to read, take photographs, and have big discussions with friends. I spend as much time as I can moving around and seeing new things. I love museums, parks, lakes, book stores, downtown areas in general, and driving anywhere. I'm usually up for anything, including doing very little, and in that way my life is both full of adventures and very, very relaxed.

• culture
• books
• music festivals
• running
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• parks
• lakes
• learning languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Generally, I dig music released before 1979, soul, blues, reggae, 90's rock, modern indie-folk stuff, and the list goes on.

-Movies-
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Almost Famous
V for Vendetta

-Books-
Development as Freedom - Amartya Sen
A Tale for the Time Being - Ruth Ozeki
Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
Leaves of Grass - Walt Whitman
An Island is a World - Sam Selvon

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've managed to see the sunrise most everywhere I've been - it's one of those things that makes me feel extremely important and very tiny at the same time.

Teach, Learn, Share

I want to learn everything! About people and culture, and individuality. I am interested in what makes people specific, and different, and what makes them the same. I am practicing patience and humility; these you always learn from experiencing others.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Guinea, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Spain, Tanzania, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United States, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ethiopia, Guinea, Senegal, South Africa, United States