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Overview

  • 2 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English, Western Frisian; learning French, German, Malay, Spanish, Swahili
  • 34, Female
  • Member since 2011
  • I study while I travel.
  • Medical anthropology and development sociology
  • From Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Adventure!!

ABOUT ME

I'm grown up in a small village, where the big issues of the world were always far away. This made me curious about what happened behind my horizon, which resulted in a new cultural anthropology student. I moved to a bigger city as soon as I could, and I moved out of that city as soon as I could to live in a foreign country. 5 months Malaysia and 2 additional months South-east Asia have been really important in my life. I learnd more than I ever did, experienced more and thought more than ever before. It gave more shape to my personality. Later on I have lived in Guatemala to do three months of fieldwork and for my master medical anthropology I lived for three months on top of a mountain in Tanzania. Now I'm back in the most beautiful city of the Netherlands; busy being a child in an adult disguise.

PHILOSOPHY

I try to use everything I learn, experience and think to make the world a bit better for people who don't have the chances in life I had. Now, or later. I do my best to be a gooder once, for how far that is possible.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Reciprocity! A couch for me is a couch for you.

Interests

People, culture, health, religion, travelling, food, bodies, SRHR, parties, languages, countries, talks and so on.

  • culture
  • dining
  • partying
  • clothing
  • traveling
  • anthropology
  • languages
  • religion

Teach, Learn, Share

Roll up your clothes if you're packing your suitcase. ;)

Countries I’ve Visited

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Colombia, Croatia, Egypt, Finland, France, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malawi, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Tanzania, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Guatemala, Malaysia, Netherlands, Tanzania

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