yoooo, Im Ashley, and I'm just tryna see the world and meet dope people :) I'm really chill and laid back and I enjoy chatting and learning about others.

Im currently on a backpacking trip, just tryna see the world and capture some of the beauty in it with my camera.....and post it all to youtube, and become youtube famous and start making that youtube money yadadamean? lol

nah but on the real, I really am just trying to make new friends that also have this crazy wanderlust and have good stories to share.

Im an open book, very honest, smiley and goofy...i might laugh a little TOO much (just enough to mask any pain, but not enough to make me bottle up all my feelings which will inevitable cause me to explode one day and murder my loved ones :p ) and despite what youre reading in this profile and what youre probably thinking.. i am a very normal person lol.

Im very active, love to hike, and go camping, and going to the gym. I also enjoy going out dancing, im not a huge drinker, but I will always have a drink or two and i love talking books, tv shows/ movies. Im a bit of a sci-fi / fantasy nerd and if i happen to discover that you like any of the same books I do I might just geek out a bit and want to talk allllll about our love for that novel or tv show or movie...but yeah lol

Im down to chat and talk all night or leave you alone if you like your space. I go with the flow and am pretty easy to get along with, if i do say so myself.

so thats me in a nutshell

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Traveling is only enriched by the people you meet and im always trying to meet new people and make new friends.

Interests

• cats
• running
• powerlifting
• traveling
• backpacking
• camping
• christian
• teaching
• volunteering
• laughing
• reading books
• going out
• gym
• learning spanish

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Hip hop, RnB, Pop, Rock, Jazz

Movies: Gladiator, Pulp Fiction, Pride & Prejudice, When Harry Met Sally

TV: The Office, Game of Thrones, Westworld, Atlanta, Insecure, The Americans

Books: The King Killer Chronicles, Americana, Harry Potter

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I lived and taught English in rural Ethiopia for 18 months through the Peace Corps.

Teach, Learn, Share

Really cool documentaries you'll be happy you watched:

The Up Series - (the one based in South Africa is great and can be found on Aljazeera)
The 13th
Black fish
Planet Earth (duh lol)
I Am Not Your Negro

What I Can Share with Hosts

Laughter, positivity, good conversation, perspectives on life and culture in the US.... and maybe a book recommendation? haha

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Scotland, South Korea, Turkey, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, England, Ethiopia, United States