CURRENT MISSION

I'm a student studying by distance and really love travelling. Returned from South America last year and keen to host Spanish speakers, but fine for any nationalities

ABOUT ME

I'm a 28 year old from Nelson, New Zealand with a bit of travel under my belt. Qualified as a primary school teacher a few years ago. When I was 17, I went to work in Kenya for a year- I worked as an assistant sports teacher and did the coaching for athletics and cross country. Once I got the travel bug I found it pretty difficult to settle back downback home. Always thinking about the next trip.

PHILOSOPHY

Pursue small goals that keep you moving forward.
Reduce unnecessary suffering

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Happy to meet up and host people from other countries. Not interested in hosting really messy people.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosted plenty of people from all over and been to some meetups in Nelson.

Interests

Running is my main sport/ hobby! Nelson is great for it

Lots of reading - both fiction and non-fiction and trying to spend less time reading online and more from books.

Learning about new topics- always trying to learn more about international development and health.

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Big Fish, City of God, Love Actually, Pan's Labyrinth

Music: Anything and everything
Books: Flow, The Happiness Hypothesis, The Coddling of the American Mind, The Alchemist, The Little Prince, Man's Search for Meaning, The Gulag Archipelago, The Power of Habit, Factfulness, Enlightenment Now, Thinking Fast and Slow

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Getting run down by an elephant- almost!! I was running a half marathon in a Kenyan game park.
Standing right on the edge of Victoria falls- very scary.

Traveling via push scooter in Ethiopia and Kenya.

Biking across California: San Fran to Yosemite

Teach, Learn, Share

Discipline is more important than all that motivational crap.

Work on small goals and aiming at a higher good.

Actually write shit down and don't try to store it all in your head.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Happy to head off on day walks e.t.c
Swimming, coffee or whatever.

Knowledge of the city (Nelson) and good knowledge of the South Island.

I've lived in Wellington, Nelson, Masterton, Chch and over in Kenya.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Ethiopia, Fiji, Kenya, Peru, Tanzania, Uganda, United States, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Kenya, New Zealand