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Overview

  • 2 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English
  • 54, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • Self employed on the internet, so I can live anywhere
  • Some university
  • From Vancouver
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To experience and learn about various places and cultures.

ABOUT ME

I tend to go where most people (especially tourists) don't. It is much more interesting that way. When I travel, it is more important to get to know the local people and the culture, then to see the fancy buildings. I practice

I love new experiences, traveling to new places, meeting new people, trying new food and just having a lot of fun. I work for myself, so wish to travel more now and perhaps live in a few different countries for a year or two each. I am thinking Egypt, Haiti, Thailand and Africa.

I tend to be very outgoing and friendly.

I am also hoping to find some people to travel with, since I usually tend to go alone, which can get boring and/or lonely from time to time. I mean people to BUDGET travel with, I am far from rich financially. So if interested please do contact me.

PHILOSOPHY

To always go further within and without. To always live your life to the fullest and do all you can do. To love completely all things (although telling the odd self appointed tour guide to fuck off fits in there too). To keep a good sense of adventure and explore.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

For now, I just find couches. Perhaps in the future I will share mine as well when I get one lol.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have stayed with some wonderful folks in Haiti, and definitely plan on surfing many more couches.

Interests

Doing, dreaming, art, magic, traveling to the middle of nowhere, hiking, adventures, food, herbal lore, cemeteries (much to the amazement of the people I stay with lol), artifacts, history, museums, heavy metal music, punk, goth, corrupting perfectly defenseless normal people with no lives .

  • arts
  • culture
  • books
  • dining
  • traveling
  • magic
  • music
  • metal music
  • hiking
  • surfing
  • history
  • tourism
  • budget travel

Music, Movies, and Books

Most things related to magic, non-fiction. Heavy metal, punk, some folk.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The Horus temple at Edfu at dusk, when all the guards were on break and no tourists were around! There was a great peace and the most amazing eerie feeling ever. I actually thought everyone had gone home and locked up the temple. I'm not entirely sure if I was happy or disappointed to find that the temple was still open.

Teach, Learn, Share

I teach magic back at home, but I travel to learn about magic. Exchanges are always good as long as it isn't newage fluff from a book.

Teaching each other how to bring more adventure and fun into our lives is also important.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories about my travels, tips for safe budget travel.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Egypt, Greece, Haiti, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Togo, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, United States

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