Hello Hannes and Ting here!
We are a couple with Chinese and German background, we both lived in Brisbane Australia between 2009 and 2016 and we met each other in 2014. We started our world travel in May 2016 and we are excited to explore the world at our own pace, meet interesting people along the way, collect unforgetable memories, learn as many things as possible. We wish to transform our existence through meaningful travels, get to know the world without the interferance of mass media, interact with people from all backgrounds with respect, openness, warmth, generosity and authenticity.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

We are on Couchsurfing because
- we want to meet locals
- we want to learn from people from all walks of life
- we want to share our passions
- we want to connect with like minded people
- we want to experience the generosity from strangers
We also would love to host travellers when we have a physical home again.

Interests

Sustainable living, permaculture, tiny house movement, natural buliding and architecture, ediable cities, roof top gardens, community garden, permaculure, stencils (my website: www.artby2heads.com), street art, reading, calisthenics and kettlebells, social linguisitics, sociology, multiculturalism, simple living (living within limits), travelling, meeting new people, art, literature, history, making crafts out of branches, making jewellery with reclaimed materials, flower arrangment, zen buddhism, philosophy, hiking & trekking, camping, spending time in nature, community radio, cycling,psychology

• arts
• humanities
• books
• literature
• architecture
• street art
• human rights
• cooking
• vegetarian
• crafts
• gardening
• flowers
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• woodworking
• cycling
• hiking
• camping
• buddhist
• anthropology
• communications
• history
• philosophy
• psychology
• sociology
• linguistics
• sustainability
• zen
• ocean
• mindfulness
• kindness
• deep conversations
• sustainable living
• psychotherapy
• humanist

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Helen Garner (a fantastic Australian female writer), Henry David Thoreau, J.M. Coetzee, Orhan Pamuk, Andrew O'Hagan, Anna Funder, Zadie Smith, Margaret Atwood, Margaret Mead, Virginia Woolf, Oscar Wilde, Hermann Hesse, Alain de Botton, bell hooks and many many more

Teach, Learn, Share

- Making stencils and creating stencil artworks
- Vegetarian Cooking (Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese and Japanese)
- Basic permaculture knowledge
- Woodworking skills
- Chinese, German and English language
- Travel tips for our home city Brisbane
- Composting knowledge
- Making kokedamas (moss balls)
- Book recommendations from comteporary Chinese authors

What I Can Share with Hosts

We can share our knowledge about Germany, Australia and China, our travel stories, lessons we learnt from travelling with limited budget and friendship.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Australia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Macedonia, Malaysia, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Scotland, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, China, Germany, New Zealand