CURRENT MISSION

Creating, learning, dreaming, designing, travelling, learning from every culture & experience & giving back what I can.

ABOUT ME

I love travelling, coffee, good food, culture, people, art & music.
I am currently totally focussed on my business, The Paper Rain Project (www.thepaperrainproject.co.nz) which specializes in design, photography, limited edition fair trade organic artist print tees, illustrated skateboards & wine-barrel longboards.

I am passionate about sustainability, fair trade, gardening etc :)
I also love playing guitar, singing, trying new things, lomography, jumping off things... & adventure sport :)
Did I say wine and food...?

PHILOSOPHY

Live, love & laugh.
When life hands you lemons, make a gin and tonic!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I returned from Europe/Asia in 2011 & have been building my business since. Saving to return in 2016 by house sitting & staying with family so currently unable to host =( Keen to meet people though & happy to give reccommendations about my area & Wellington!

I had the luck to be surfing with some amazing people. I'm really enjoying meeting new people & viewing places through a local's eyes, as well as having some pretty unique experiences! I'd love to open my Couch for surfers now that I have settled down but am currently unable to as I have have no place of my own.
I LOVE New Zealand, & hope to show people around my home..

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couchsurfing, floor surfing, wave surfing... <3
I have couchsurfed in:
Prague
Genova
Rome
Amsterdam
Paris
Montpellier
Barcelona
Valencia

Interests

Music, art, meeting & eating & drinking, traveling, sky-diving, windsurfing, surfing, skating, snow boarding, I'm new to rock climbing but it's so addictive! ....creative writing, hitching, spontaneous adventure, red wine, dark chocolate! I love coffee. Surfing, art, design, longboarding. I like meeting new people & learning from new experiences as well as sharing my own.

• arts
• culture
• writing
• singing
• design
• photography
• dining
• chocolate
• wine
• red wine
• coffee
• marathon
• drinking
• gardening
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• guitar
• windsurfing
• surfing
• scuba diving
• sports
• rock climbing
• business
• mountains

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

* The kindness of strangers. :)
* A brocken spectre in the hills of the Scottish Highlands.
* Northern Lights.
* The birth of a baby (not mine!)
* Being part of a half-marathon fundraiser (2010) and a show, War Child, to raise awareness and funds for Child Soldiers (2007).

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Cambodia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Myanmar, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Cambodia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Myanmar, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

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