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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
Savour the tastes and smells of the world
ABOUT ME
We are a New Zealand couple in our late 20's and have been living and traveling out of London the past year. We are about to travel for four months through Europe before we head back home to NZ. We love exploring countries (landscape as well not just cities) and delving a little deeper in to local culture and how people live.
PHILOSOPHY
try to become a sponge
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
Spreading the word on our travel blog and generaly being and advocate for CS to friends, family, and fellow travelers. Looking forward to being a host when back in NZ.
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
We are both new to CS, although have hosted numerous homestays from 4 weeks to 6 months with our families. We are both looking forward to teasing this section out over the next few months.
Interests
Hiking (we call it Tramping in NZ), rock climbing, mountaineering, camping, dancing, any type of bike riding, intricacies of nature, being creative, landscape photography, design, roads less traveled, Writing n our travel blog (Link in General Info under My Website) and spending evenings with good food, good wine and good friends!
- culture
- writing
- design
- photography
- dancing
- dining
- wine
- traveling
- blogging
- cycling
- hiking
- camping
- mountaineering
- rock climbing
- swimming
- beaches
Music, Movies, and Books
We both share and appreciate a large range of these three things...
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
Our dining experience in Skadarlija Street - Beograd, Serbia - was perhaps the best in our lives.
Swimming and chilln out in the sun drenched Kotor fiords, Montenegro.
Most memorable is camping along the endless vacant beaches in Coromandel Penisular- NZ
Teach, Learn, Share
We both love our professions and are always open to sharing what we do, although neither of us are working in these areas at present. We both enjoy learning about photography as well as seeing personal work. And sharing travel stories/advice of course!
Countries I’ve Visited
Andorra, Australia, Belgium, Cambodia, Fiji, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Laos, Malaysia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Portugal, Samoa, Serbia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Viet Nam
Countries I’ve Lived In
Japan, New Zealand, United Kingdom