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Overview

  • 20 references 17 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English; learning French, German, Spanish
  • 47, Female
  • Member since 2012
  • vegan, climate and social justice activist and also freel...
  • cultural anthropology and development studies
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

I may sometimes have a couch available - just check and read my profile first of course!

I am mostly occupied with activism (animal rights, climate justice) and work a bit as a freelancer and doing food related stuff…

I'm an easy going, open minded, positive and active person. Like to do sports, be in nature, beaches, but I also love to live in a city.

I love being near animals and if you have animals in/near your house, I would definitely befriend them.

Hosting:

I am especially open to host queers, refugees, activists, leftists…

I don’t accept anyone who hasn’t read my profile so if I just decline - that’s probably the reason!!

Please read my full profile before sending a request…

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love the gifting economy. When I have a couch, I can share it. Sometimes I need a place to stay myself. I often meet amazing people through CS.

I also like hitchhiking, dumpster diving, upcycling/crafting and other freegan things. I want to participate minimally in capitalist economy, but also, I love the experience of sharing and gifting and not planning everything and this is how I meet the most wonderful people.

Interests

  • activism
  • veganism
  • environmentalism

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Murakami, I. Allende, J. Franzen, D. Eggers
Movies: David Lynch, Into the wild, Only lovers left alive, Lars von Trier
Music: Pixies, Fela Kuti, Nina Simone, David Bowie
Food: vegan, healthy, spicy, creative and fusion

Teach, Learn, Share

I like to hang out with people and show visitors my place and take them on my random activities in the city

I can share vegan cooking and baking skills.

If you are willing to be a canvas, I can practice my handpoke tattooing skills on you.

I can also teach some basic knitting, sewing and crocheting skills.

I know very little about tourist attractions and cannot give any advice on that.

What I Can Share with Hosts

See above!!

I always love to cook, either together or solo.

Countries I’ve Visited

Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Peru, Portugal, Senegal, South Africa, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Viet Nam, Zambia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Cambodia, Kenya, Netherlands

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