Hi, everyone. I am Cogent and now working and living in Mt.cook village in New Zealand as a hostel staff.

I am friendly and sporty. I am a travel addict and I love to explore new culture, wonderful landscapes and interacting with new faces. Travel around the world is my dream since I was a child. I have been travelling alone since 2014, at the age of 19. Each new journey takes me one step closer to achieve my dream. I wish my dream will come true.

If I were a book, every journey is a whole new chapter and every friend that I met will be characters.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love to explode new culture and understand different living style . The most important is to meet new friends around the world and share my own travel experience and stories. Although, I am not good at English or other languages but I would like to interact and communicate with people. I like to exchange culture, language and ideas with people from different nationalities. It helps to understand the world. It is the main reason why I choose Couchsurfing rather than choosing the hotel.

Interests

Travel

Drawing: Pencil Sketching

Photography: I love taking photos especially portrait and wonderful landscape.

Sports: Hiking, Bicycling, Badminton , Basketball, Football...basically all kind of sports

• culture
• books
• singing
• photography
• sketching
• cooking
• traveling
• drawing
• hiking
• sports
• basketball
• soccer
• badminton
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Linkin Park, Imagine Dragons, Gym Class Heroes, Bruno Mars, Coldplay, James Blunt, The Script

Books: Unfortunately, I seldom read books but i do love reading all kinds of essay or articles or blogs which provided travel information and stories.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Every trip are definitely amazing for me.

Managing and operating a 80-bed youth hostel in Hong Kong
Kayaking in Perito Moreno Glacier
Cycling in Atacama Desert
Having an incredible study exchange in Croatia
Backpacking in South America for 3 and a half months and in Middle East for 1 and a half month.
Teaching students in Cambodia.
Enjoying my working holidays in Australia and New Zealand

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to write and speak Traditional Chinese Characters. Also, Chinese self-massage techniques that I learnt from my grandparents. As well as, I can teach you how to cook local dishes and sing cantonese songs.

I am learning English, Mandarin and Spanish.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Chile, China, Croatia, Ecuador, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iran, Japan, Macao, Malaysia, New Zealand, North Korea, Peru, Portugal, Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Croatia, Hong Kong