Here are the rules:

If you want to CS with us you will stay at a hotel next to our house and you will pay for it (VND180,000 or about USD$9/night).

We also only host people who themselves have also hosted when they weren't travelling.

Please arrive before 8pm.

2 night minimum stay.

You'll have a working mobile phone that I can call you on.

If you want to CS with us make sure you acknowledge that you understand you will be staying at a hotel at your own expense in your CS request.

I can book your room/s in advance for you. The rooms are small, basic, clean, with wi-fi, air-con, private bathrooms, a double bed and cable TV.

You can't stay at our house due to the local laws, plus we have a bit of a complicated living situation!

But you can spend time with us at our house and use our kitchen, hang out with us and things like that. We live a Vietnamese style life which includes spending much of the day eating with the extended family - you are welcome to join us in this.

Enough with the rules!

I have spent much of the last twelve years travelling and working away from home. I'm originally from Adelaide in South Australia. I have lived and worked in Northern Ireland (Belfast), Canada (Montreal), Vietnam (Phan Thiet) and Australia (Adelaide and Perth).

My family and I have returned to Phan Thiet in Vietnam to live for a couple of years. We used to host a lot of Couchsurfers here between 2009 and 2011.

Phan Thiet is a beachside town and fishing port. Most CSers who visit us seem to have a great time. That said, Phan Thiet isn’t everyone’s cup-of-tea; it’s not really on the mainstream tourist route, there’s not many non-Vietnamese people living here, it’s not really a party town (the nightclubs all got shut down recently – effectively banning dancing), there isn’t even much to do!

Phan Thiet is a foodie heaven (unless you have special dietary requirements or are a fussy eater in which case I’d advise you not to visit) – many of the great TV celebrity chef’s have been here.

If you are a Couchsurfer who has already hosted people and are planning on spending a few days in Phan Thiet I would love to meet you and show you around Phan Thiet, Mui Ne and the surrounding areas if I have time.

Here are some things we can do when we meet up in Phan Thiet:
• Eat amazing street food (fussy eaters need not apply!)
• Have boozy fun nights out
• Go swimming at the beach
• Hangout in Mui Ne
• Climb Ta Cu Mountain
• Enjoy slow sipping of Vietnamese coffee in ambient locales
• Get into the local festivals
• Sing karaoke

Often we’ll catch up with other CSers and do some of the above things together.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I was introduced to CS in 2007 when I had some CS friends while I was living in Canada. I couched at a couple of places in Canada with my CS friends. When I moved back to my hometown of Adelaide a year later I started hosting. I have now hosted in Australia (Adelaide and Perth) and Vietnam (Phan Thiet).

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

In my travels I have experienced so much generosity from many random people that I met along the way, and it's nice to pass on some of that generosity

Interests

The usual; I like sports, travel, learning languages, live music, all arts, meeting people, trading stories, beaches, BBQs, picnics, bike rides, hikes, trying new stuff, drinking beer and taking life easy.

• arts
• books
• singing
• festivals
• dancing
• dining
• beer
• coffee
• partying
• drinking
• tv
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• live music
• karaoke
• cycling
• fishing
• hiking
• sports
• swimming
• languages
• beaches

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Cambodia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Canada, Ireland, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

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