* Current Location: Guangzhou, China

ABOUT US

We are Jonathan and Rachel (31 and 30), a married Canadian couple who, after nearly 4 years of living abroad, are back home in Calgary. We grew up in Alberta and met In 2009 while studying in university.

On our spare time we like to hang out with friends, exercise and do yoga, cook delicious food and enjoy the company around us.

We are outgoing, easy going, and adventurous :)

PHILOSOPHY

treat people well, take risks, don't look back !

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW WE PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We genuinely believe spending time with locals or people who know a city particularly well gives travellers an amazing advantage when seeing a new place! We have been so lucky over the years, with our many travels being looked after and love to return the favour.

When we lived in Jeonju, South Korea we hosted a few times which was very good, and plan to do it again when we are set up in Melbourne.

Couchsurfing is always my preferred way to go when I travel myself, because I genuinely feel that you get the most out of the city you're in when you are staying with a local. I've had too many wonderful experiences surfing and hosting through CS to name. Will definitely be part of this community for many years to come.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've been super lucky these past 10 years of being a member of CouchSurfing and was hosted lots in Europe, New York, Israel and South Korea!

I've also had the pleasure of hosting a few very nice German travellers when I was still back in Canada, and then Guy from Israel and Anna from Denmark in Jeonju, Korea. Recently had a nice Polish couple, some girls from China and 2 great American guys doing fantastic NGO work in SE Asia and Central America.

Interests

Personal development, travelling, coffee, yoga music, meeting new people, cooking, photography, sharing ideas, graphic design, art, yoga

• arts
• design
• graphic design
• photography
• dining
• cooking
• exercise
• yoga
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• backpacking
• camping
• sports
• personal development

Music, Movies, and Books

In general I tend to listen mostly to post rock, alt rock, prog rock, downtempo electronica and electronic music

Bands I'm really into: Warpaint, Tame Impala, Mac Demarco, Bonobo, Mogwai, Tycho, Air, Sigur Ros, Mum, DIIV, Daughter, Beach Fossils, Pink Floyd, Led Zep, Trust

For books I'm not terribly picky but I really liked reading Lovely Bones, Freakonomics and anything biographical of inspirational cultural/historical figures

Great books I've read recently: Eat Move Sleep and Are You Fully Charged?

Films: Ferris Buellers Day Off, Annie Hall, Denzel Washington, Documentaries, Historical Dramas, Breakfast Club, American History X, Gone Girl

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiking the Nepalese Himalayas with the love of my life in October, 2016

Teach, Learn, Share

Just here on Earth sharing the love we were all born with. Trying to leave it better than I found it :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Rachel and I enjoy cooking and would love to use local ingredients to cook our hosts a lovely meal!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Egypt, England, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Laos, Latvia, Macao, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Singapore, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Canada, China, South Korea

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