Read this profile carefully and be sure to email please! I am a selective host. Will only accept emailed request
Ca r ven. Li@g mail.com

Send couchsurfing request with password which can be found on the page about my home. Read carefully and you will find it! Requests without password won’t be responded to.
I prioritize people with barriers to travel especially nonbinary folks, queer women.
I also prioritize people who may be Indigenous themselves or who have researched Indigenous peoples living in so-called Canada, and the history of these community before coming and has a plan to learn more about supporting Indigenous peoples, especially BIPOC folks.
If you are a white male and your entry to Canada is easy (or you’re already Canadian, or your endeavour to get a Canadian visitor’s visa has been straight-forward or simple), please write a mindful request and specify the community work you do.
I would prefer not to host people who are dogmatic in supporting autocratic regimes or countries complicit in genocide (including those who are dogmatic in their support in the name of ‘anti-imperialism’).

I love to dance, travel and, meanwhile, meet great people :)
I am somebody to say I learn something new and exciting everyday.
hometown, Hong Kong -- a city within the Pearl River Delta. Love connecting with people of all ages, including supporting monolingual seniors.
Carv e n.li at g m a i l . C o m

Must include your social media, common interests, your trip itinerary, some photos.
High likelihood if you describe why you want to make a connection with me and stay with me.

*House Rules*
Please read this carefully and write a numbered list of how you are good with the rules listed.
Most important of them all are 1. Rest Well, 2. Schedule time for cultural exchange and friendship.
I ask this of my guest, as that is the spirit of Couchsurfing which is I offer a free place to stay and the guest offers positive energy, something to teach or suggestions of activities to do :)
Refrain from requesting to stay with me if you are not interested in connecting.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Only good experiences so far.

2010 summer: I went to NYC and stayed with my late host Don in the Bronx. It was a life-changing and invigorating experience! I miss you Don. He has passed on now.
2011 summer: Then I stayed with Seraphin in Portland. That was the one funnn cf house :)
2011: Portland and Seattle
2012: Hosted my first surfer Pierre :)
many great hosts since then!!!
2022: CS in Taiwan
2023: I ndia, Philippines and a day in Seoul Korea

Interests

Walk

• dancing
• traveling
• history
• volunteering
• nudist

Music, Movies, and Books

I love watching singing competitions that feature established Chinese singers as contestants lol!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Spending one day at Voice For the Voiceless Camp by the Xwisten River was very inspirational. I was fortunate to visit and speak with Christine Jack and her family about the importance of the camp as a site of both resistance against harmful logging practices and also a site of healing through land reoccupation. Witnessing the water stewardship of the St'at'imc people, I thank the few people of St'at'imc ancestry I had met, for allowing me to be on their territory.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach - Canadian history, Chinese identity theories, Cantonese, Hong Kong history, campy vampy dancing

Learn - EVERYTHING. student of life!
Share - secrets, stories, house chores, groceries, memories

What I Can Share with Hosts

The people’s history— mostly Cantonese-speaking peoples. I can share about my experience in Vancouver and in Hong Kong.

Im pansexual, queer, gay.. all the labels haha

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Hong Kong, India, Philippines, South Korea, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, China

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