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🌻Doris: People had described me as friendly, caring, happy, outgoing and straightforward. I think of myself as an extrovert, adaptable, social butterfly, flexible and curious.

🐕I am the owner of a dog-walking business. I was born in Malaysia but have lived in the UK for the past 17 years. I lived with my husband just on the outskirt of London with 2 dogs.

✈️I am an experienced traveller and had been to over 50 countries. I Solo travelling a few times and found it a really good experience, especially learning more about other people's lives that I can't learn from the comfort of my couch.

I love people, it brings me joy to learn about your culture and your life story so I can be in the deepest connection with you. I value friendship and bond that is stronger than anything in this world.

Year 2022 was my travelling year. I had done 7 months of travelling from The Balkans, Bulgaria (3 weeks) - Romania - Serbia - Kosovo - Macedonia - Albania - Turkey (1 month) - Iran - UAE - Oman - Nepal(1 month).

I am fully vaccinated, animals lover and LGBTQ-friendly. I am not vegetarian instead a flexitarian.

Insta: @doriszchn

People I had travelled with while CS:
*Kamal from Nepal 🇳🇵 @ Turkey
*Yanitsa + Misho from Bulgaria 🇧🇬 @ Iran and Oman
*Calebe from Brazil 🇧🇷 @ Bulgaria and Romania

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I want to meet people and make friends while I travel. I want to learn about your culture and lifestyle.

This condensed travelling crash course in discovering how the rest of the world lives actually will cover subjects like history, geography and sociology. Every destination has something unique to teach visitors, and immersing themselves in a completely different world is the best learning experience.

Interests

• arts
• photography
• diy
• festivals
• cooking
• crafts
• movies
• traveling
• nature
• history and culture

Music, Movies, and Books

Documentary in YouTube, comedy movies, science fiction movies

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Camped and ride a camel in a desert for 2 days in Rajasthan India.

Ride a Snowmobile across a glacier in Iceland.

Ride a hot air balloon in Egypt.

Teach, Learn, Share

I have ofcourse cooking experience as I had also work in family restaurants for many years, love animals especially dogs n cats, spending time outdoor in the nature during the summer camping and hiking in the mountains, can do home improvement like paintings, assemble flat pack furnitures, build veg patch, repair wooden furnitures, installed locks as learned 2 years of carpentry at college, photography is my passion and teach art to children for couple of years.

What I Can Share with Hosts

My culture, my cooking, my weird n wonderful stories and my company.

Sharing food is my culture so I don't really mind to cook and we eat together.

I'm not a smoker, I don't drink much alcohol but can have 1 or 2 for socialising, loves my coffee, loves art and history.

If you need me to stop talking and leave you alone, I can do that too.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Egypt, France, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macao, Macedonia, Malta, Mauritius, Nepal, Netherlands, Oman, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Malaysia, United Kingdom