CURRENT MISSION

To greet every challenge with a smile, to slow down, to breathe deeply, to be compassionate, to trust others and to love. Starting with number 1.

ABOUT ME

I am a Brighton-born independent traveller with a passion for other cultures and an unexplainable recurring need to escape my routine life and dive into another culture every so often. I am currently living in The Canary Islands and enjoying a slower pace of life and a pretty healthy balance of fun:food:culture:exploration.
I love meeting people and hearing their stories, eating vegetarian/pescatarian food, listening to world music, meditating and doing yoga, getting lost in the mountains, sampling red wine, guzzling black coffee, making dark dark chocolate, and enjoying happy company and gripping conversation.

PHILOSOPHY

Say exactly what you mean and do exactly what you want, with diplomacy, compassion and love.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Couchsurfing is a great way to discover your environment without falling into the tourist traps and just doing the usual 'sightseeing'. It's taught me to appreciate the places I visit as a 'home' and not just as another destination. Backstreet bars, secret gardens and local hang outs are all part of the menu that make up your authentic 'local' experience. I LOVE it. If you couch surf at my place you won't be my guest you'll be my friend regardless of our differences. That's what my surfing experiences have given me. All welcome!

Interests

Culture, people, visual arts/crafts, hiking, yoga and meditation, permaculture and agriculture, running, bouldering, cycling, skating, good food and wine, world/folk/roots/reggae music, environment ethics and ecology, photography, writing poetry and making music with my ukulele :-) making Kombucha and handmade raw chocolate! Currently learning to make soap (watch this space...)!

• arts
• culture
• writing
• poetry
• singing
• photography
• make up
• environment
• ethics
• dining
• chocolate
• wine
• red wine
• coffee
• vegetarian
• yoga
• running
• meditation
• drinking
• crafts
• traveling
• socializing
• bouldering
• music
• guitar
• reggae music
• world music
• cycling
• hiking
• surfing
• rock climbing
• agriculture
• ecology
• visual arts
• sightseeing
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC**Putumayo world music, roots reggae, folk, latino jazz, electric soul, swing ( some examples: Tinariwen, Bonobo, Onra, Mulatu Astatke, Nightmares on Wax, Einaudi.....) A fairly eclectic taste but basically anything that makes me dance, cry or puts a smile on my face!
FILMS**A good documentary/docufilm like BBC 'our planet from the air'. Soylent Green, The Emerald Forest, The Salt of the Earth, Home, Any Louis Theroux documentary, Cowspiracy, Food Inc, any informative nature and science documentaries.
BOOKS**Environmental and ethical magazines 'The Ethical Consumer', National Geographic, meditational material, 'The four agreements' , thought provoking Poetry, sociological/anthropological/spiritual biographies

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Had the courage to say YES to a lot.

Teach, Learn, Share

I teach English as a foreign language and would be grateful to learn any other international language skills or practical skills from those I meet! I play the guitar and ukulele at a basic level but I love to sing and write music and poetry. I make my own Kombucha (a probiotic drink), raw chocolate (currently from Peruvian cacao) and am learning to make organic soaps. I can also give some pretty good travel tips for Australia, Europe, Central America and Asia. I would love to share my skills, but also my thoughts with the people i meet. Yoga and meditation are part of my routine so I would love to share this with people who stay :-)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories, healthy food, help at home, music, language practice, friendship.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Scotland, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom