📍 Traveling

My name is Ding, I'm from the Bay Area in Northern California. I have been traveling on and off for a while. I have visited roughly 100 countries. I'm a very easy-going and laid-back person, always down to hangout. Life is short, everyday is a new adventure; enjoy it!

Social media (feel free to add me):
- Instagram.com/dingie
- Facebook.com/dingliu
- Twitter.com/dingliu

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To sleep in your home. Later I'll let you sleep in mine in California. Sharing is caring! Friendship is magic!

Interests

Learn from others and explore the unknown

• wine
• cocktails
• fitness
• hiking
• chilling

Music, Movies, and Books

Trance. Chillout. Electronica.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

1) Mosul, Iraq (the war zone). I paid a fixer and he took me through multiple check-points without an Iraqi visa. West Mosul is completely destroyed. Until you see everything in person... It's indescribable. I could smell the death. I understood the true meaning of speechless the first time in my life.

📖 Publication:
www.nextshark.com/mosul-iraq-war-zone

2) Backpack Democratic Republic of the Congo by land (Solo). From Goma - Butembo - Beni - Komanda - Nai-Nai - Kisangani. Took the cargo barges from Kisangani to Kinshasa, on the Congo River for 2.5 weeks. 500 people share two toilets. Cook and shower with the Congo River water. It was the most memorable and difficult journey I have ever been on.

Teach, Learn, Share

I've visited many places around the world, and I am more than happy to share my experiences and stories.

What I Can Share with Hosts

The meaning of being alive and how we can appreciate life on another level. Also, talk about aliens.

Countries I’ve Lived In

South Africa, Switzerland