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Overview

  • 15 references 4 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Afrikaans, English
  • 41, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • Miscellaneous
  • BA in Fine Arts
  • From SOUTH-AFRICA
  • Profile 90% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

It is impossible to travel faster than the speed of light and certainly not desirable as one's hat keeps blowing off-Woody Allen

ABOUT ME

How to describe myself? I think I am all about improving myself by learning as much as possible from other cultures and people. I have never travelled independently and I desperately wanted to do so before I got snagged into another life project! So here I am..going where many have gone before but it all seems wonderful and new to me!

PHILOSOPHY

"there are many shortcuts to happiness..dancing is one of them"

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have been fortunate enough to host some lovely folks on my coach and have made really good friends. Now I am looking forward to staying with people in their countries! I have travelled from Africa to Asia and now I'm in North-America. Having lived in Vancouver for a couple of months, I am slowly making my way back East to see more of this amazing continent!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've hosted and loved it! It was like meeting people who became family in a week!

Interests

Improvisation, , writing, poetry, painting, baking, drawing, diving, music..reading (Libraries are my sanctuary), yoga, making kambutcha tea, teaching, meeting and talking...he he oh yes, laughing!

  • writing
  • poetry
  • dancing
  • baking
  • yoga
  • coach
  • reading
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • painting
  • drawing
  • music
  • scuba diving
  • beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Too many to say! Everything by Wes Anderson, Terry Gilliam or Mel Brooks. Sufi poetry, Tagore, Rumi, Cummings,Gilbert..books by Anais Nin, Michael Ondantjie, Margaret Atwood, Pratchett, Gaimen and Adams( yes I am a sci-fi lover)..music on the mood..blues, indie, alternative, random, with a beat and with a message..

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've swimmed with penguins at Boulders beach near Simonstad in South-Africa-loved it!

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, China, Malaysia, Mozambique, Taiwan, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, South Africa, South Korea

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