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Overview

  • 9 references 6 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Chinese, English; learning Afrikaans, Spanish
  • 35, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • supply chain specialist, translator, cyclist, interpreter
  • Translation and Interpreting Major, Wenzao University
  • From Chiayi CityTaiwan and Cape Town(spent 7 years there1996~2003)
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

get to know people from around the world and show the beautiful gem that is Taiwan

ABOUT ME

Hi everyone,

I'm Donny and am a Taiwanese-South African guy.

I currently live and work in the awesome city of Kaohsiung. I'm very busy with my work, but am passionate about life outside of work as well.
Having visited well over 20+ countries around the world, I know that meeting awesome new people and becoming exposed to new cultures is the quintessence of travel itself.

I am an avid reader of cyclist as well. If you're coming down to Kaohsiung, send me a message or couch request, and I'll get back to you as soon as I can!

PHILOSOPHY

"There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign." Robert Louis Stevenson

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I live with my brother(who's working in China now, hence the extra room) in a nice cozy apartment in Kaohsiung City. I can offer a bed and a coffee or beer or two. Also if I have free time, I like to show people around Kaohsiung, the city I have come to love

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Czech Republic, Romania, Turkey, Belgium

Interests

cycling
reading
high tech gadgets
work

  • beer
  • coffee
  • technology
  • reading
  • traveling
  • cycling

Music, Movies, and Books

I love generally all types of book genres and movies, except for horror movies.

Teach, Learn, Share

everything there is to know about Taiwan.
My prior experience living in South Africa.
the Mandarin Chinese language.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Malaysia, Netherlands, Romania, South Korea, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

South Africa, Taiwan

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