We moved to Pukerua Bay, where takes 40 mims train ride from Wellington, from Hamilton NZ Nov 2015 after living in Tokyo till April 2011 and in Sydney till 2014. There are 3 of us:

* Simon from Christchurch, NZ
* Chooch from Akita, Japan
* Our daughter, Cassandra (her Japanese name is Ann, which means apricot), who was born in August 2010 and grew up in Japan, Australia and NZ.

Please entertain us by telling your great stories of your country and interesting travels!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

We started Couchsurfing in 2009 when we were looking at traveling to Vladivostok.

Interests

Cycling, Hot water pools, Outdoor psytrance parties
Poi, Waterfalls, Doodling, Bilingual education (Chooch)
Reading, Juggling, Travel, Fencing (Simon)
Tigers, Aqua colour, Gem stones, Police dogs, souvenir magnet collection from CSers (Cassandra)

Music, Movies, and Books

Suomisaundi, like Texas Faggott.
Anything by Italo Calvino, Noam Chomsky.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

* Seeing a camel pass in front of our apartment followed by a BMW (in Korla, Xinjiang, China).
* Entered China at the border of North Korea and left there from the border of Kyrgyzstan.
* Seeing tanks outside the White House (in Kyrgyzstan).

Teach, Learn, Share

We can teach (tell or show)...
Trip tips around NZ, NSW and Victoria in Australia and Eastern Japan. Juggling. Japanese vegetarian cooking.

We want to learn (know)...
Tiny house project, old house renovation

We'd love to share with our guests...
Cooking meals - please bring your own food (but not any meat and seafood)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Vegetarian food. Japanese vegetarian food if we can find ingredients.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Costa Rica, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Guatemala, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Malaysia, New Zealand, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Vanuatu, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand

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