Hey!
I'd love to welcome you in Scotland! I love getting to know new people and I'm always up for a new adventure!

My biggest passion is nature/wildlife and I'm currently doing a PhD in that field.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I look forward to welcoming you at my wee cottage in Perthshire :)
I work as a walking tour guide in Scotland and would love to show/recommend you the most beautiful spots in this country for walks, nature and wildlife.

I'd also love to meet couchsurfers on events, outings, daytrips, travels or when surfing couches :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I enjoy travelling (as probably everyone on here ;)) but more so I love living abroad and experiecing other cultures by being integrated into the communities. CS makes it very easy to get in contact with locals which I have been enjoying a lot in the past.

I started "couchsurfing" in October 2009 with a friend who had been couchsurfing for a long time. We spontaneously decided to go on holidays to Southern Germany which is when she introduced couchsurfing to me. My 1st couchsurfing experience was 1 of my best and I'll never forget it!
I then started to couchsurf on my own.
I've only made very good experiences so far really! I met soo many great people and always had a good time with my hosts/surfers! I'm still in contact with most of them.
It seems as you've already got FRIENDS ALL AROUND THE WORLD!

Interests

NATURE/WILDLIFE
ANIMAL WELFARE/ CONSERVATION WORK
VEGANISM
TRAVELLING
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES like kayaking, hiking, rafting, cycling, ...

• animals
• wildlife
• culture
• animal welfare
• vegan
• traveling
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• hiking
• kayaking
• camping
• surfing
• skydiving
• biology
• languages
• volunteering
• ecotourism
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: various...Folk, Blues, Country, Reggae, ...

Favourite books: "The secret elephants" (Garreth Patterson), Das Kartengeheimnis" (Jostein Gaarder), The Final Call: In Search of the True Cost of Our Holidays (Leo Hickmann)

Favourite movies: "Into the wild", "The White Maasai" (I don't really watch TV though...)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

SEEN:
Milford Sound in New Zealand's Fiordlands, Pulpit Rock and Norwegian Fjords, Drakensberge (South Africa), Soca River (Slovenia), Blyde River Canyon (South Africa), L'Alhambra (Granada), Wild Leopard and all the other wild African animals!!

DONE:
Naked Bungy Jump, Skydiving, Glacier walk, Black Water Rafting, camping on Pulpit Rock in Norway, getting close to and living in a NP surrounded by wild animals in South Africa's & Botswana's nature/national parks (lions, rhinos, zebras, giraffes, ...), volunteering at a bottlenose dolphin research project

FAVOURITE PLACES:
Waitakere (New Zealand), Queenstown (NZ), Lake Tekapo (NZ), Fiordland (NZ), Lake Constance (Germany), Gerona (Spain), Sevilla (Spain), Sydney and surroundings (Australia), Soca Valley & Bled(Slovenia), Plitvice and Paclenica NP (Croatia), Langeland (Denmark), Butterfly Valley (Turkey), Lysefjord (Norway), Hardangerfjord (Norway), Blyde River Canyon (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Drakensberge (South Africa), New Quay (Wales/UK), St Abbs (Scotland), Ardnamurchan (Scotland)

Teach, Learn, Share

I'd love to learn more about nature (animals, plants, anything really!!!) and all the 1000 different cultures in this world.
...and I'd love to learn new languages/improve my Spanish :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

I enjoy sharing experiences, particularly about travels and about veganism. I'd also love to learn more about vegan cooking/ lifestyles. You can never know enough :)

Alongside my studies, I work as a tour guide in the Scottish Highlands and Islands. I love Scottish history, geography, nature and I am more than happy to share my knowledge with you and recommend amazing places in Scotland to you!! :-)

I'd also like to share my knowledge about my own culture and if you're interested in New Zealand, I could also tell you a lot about the country and recommendations where to go, what to see and to do there. I always like to share my knowledge about South African wildlife that I gained during my intensive Wildlife course.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Botswana, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Hungary, Italy, Lesotho, Luxembourg, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Slovenia, Spain, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Greece, Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom

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