We love life, we love to dance, hula hoop, eat great food, drink great wine (& cold beer), live music, and explore. I'm a keen (but amateur) birder, and Richards loves photography. Hiking is our favourite past-time, and we wish we could dive into the underwater world more often.

We are Burners - Richard is a Ranger (burn nerd!) and we both volunteer with the Greasemonkeys (we fix bikes & cars!) at AfrikaBurn. It's a magical place and we'll be happy convincing you to come to the southern tip of Africa and stomp in the desert <3

Two adventurous South Africans are keen to meet up with locals (as we say, local is lekker!).

Richard is an engineer and Chrissie is doing her PhD in an interesting African grass, that can dry without dying and resurrect when watered. Looking into the genes of how this plant can survive this desiccated state ~ maybe those genes can help us with increase food security.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

We've met some wonderful people on couchsurfing. Some dear friends have been our hosts, and I love the real flavour. This is a beautiful community and our experiences have been fantastic. Excited to meet the next couchsurfer and engage in their adventures, and share stories over drinks.

We host many people, but it's more word-of-mouth - we get very busy! C/S has taught us a lot.

Interests

Interesting landscapes, rock climbing, scuba diving, trying local foods and drinks, meeting people, chatting, playing card games, seeing new birds and animals, going to real places and not tourist traps, music and of course travelling!!!

• animals
• photography
• dancing
• cooking
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• outdoor activities
• canoeing
• camping
• scuba diving
• sports
• rock climbing
• ecology
• museum
• birding
• flow arts

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Old school rock (Pink Floyd, Stones, Beatles), Miriam Makeba, Immortal Technique, Sublime, Dead Kennedys, Manu Chau and lots, lots more!
Movies: The Departed, Goodfellas, The Crow, Let Me In, The Wall, The Lion King, Zombie Movies, Comedy's, any vampire movies (except twilight)...can't think right now...
Books: Shantaram, Fantastic Mr. Fox (oldie but a goodie), Animal Farm, Catcher in the Rye, The Power of One, Comic books & graphic novels

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Jumped onto a last minute snorkelling tour because the weather was bad, and ended up swimming with two beautiful humpback whales on the great barrier reef. We could see their eyes watching us, so calm and powerful. We'll never forget that moment.

Teach, Learn, Share

To Learn: About the history & politics of a region, Spanish, flow arts (hooping, poi, diabolo), birding, cook various foods!
To Teach: English, about southern Africa, nature (esp. ecology), dancing, flow arts (see above), willing to chat about anything.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, South Africa, South Korea

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