Currently back home in Welsh Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 ... wanna hang/dog-walk/explore/grab a drink/lunch/smoothie when i'm not working - at the moment I work shift hours but have 2 days off work per week and always try to do something active even if it’s a beach walk at Barry Island or or woodlands near my home with my Springer Spaniel 🐶, Shadow (see “couch” photos for where I can take you in my and around my hometown!) which is only a 25min/£4 train journey from Cardiff centre (See my couch photos for plan) or a 10mins drive from Cardiff Airport (I watch the planes come in over the sea from my house ;) ) . I can't host** but private message me and I can help you book a lovely local place really close to my home as well as the train station. Mention my name and you’ll get a discount:
Local farmstay on outskirts of town from £35/night with big full-Welsh breakfast : www.newfarmbarry.co.uk
Mid-range hotel 3mins from Barry Train Station from £25/night (not inc. breakfast) : www.themountrooms.co.uk
airbnb room only, owner Agnes, from £25/single and £30/double shared bathroom : single: https://abnb.me/afJIJ9OO4Y double: https://abnb.me/Ar0nATEG5Y

If by any chance I can host (very unlikely but private message me your dates/time needed/reason and read this: www.angloitalianfollowus.com/how-to-great-couchsurfing-guest and *maybe* I can host you....

CURRENT MISSION: Continue to stay loved, happy, healthy! As well as finding my place in the world!

ABOUT ME: The usual.... ;) open-minded, friendly and social, interesting blah, blah, blah.... I like talking but I do actually prefer listening (if it interests me!!). I look serious a lot of the time but I'm not. I'm interested in most things I don't know about, especially new food and interesting people and stories. I was brought up my doting parents and family in South Wales and fell into a job in radio. In 2000 moved away from home and bought a brand new 2-bed apartment in Chester. Worked for a medical magazine publisher and then helped set up a www.realbuzz.co.uk. 5 years later sold my apt and moved to the Big Smoke and worked for an internet sales house in Soho. Good times! After a year got itchy feet and with my eyes closed and a map and pin in hand I chose to travel for 6 months around south India (based in Bangalore, Pondicherry & Chennai). Headed to China but 'fell' into Thailand on the way for a 2 week holiday... which lasted 2 years after a got a job teaching English in a govt. primary school. Time ticked and I turned 29 and realised I still had itchy feet. Travelled to Perth, Australia for a month and then to East Coast (Syd to Cairns) for the next 2 months. Popped over to NZ to see a friend in Auckland. Then came back to Europe as needed to root myself again. After 3 months at home in Wales, in Mar'10 I got itchy feet again and did a 1-month teaching course in Palma. 6 months later I moved to Guadalajara with big dreams and eventually settled in Madrid, Barrio Salamanca for over 4 years, where life was good. After changing career into hospitality i lived and worked in a hostel in Nerja and loved everything Spain gave me. Spent a few months in Puerto Escondido working at a hostel which didn't work out, helped at a friend's fish taco place and then was convinced by 2 Cancun surf dudes to move to Cancun. Stayed teaching English at www.ihmexico.com/ih-schools/ih-cancun/ for around 8 months and had a blast - really got into the lifestyle and beach-life there and even tried kitesurfing which is definitely on my list to try and continue whenever I have the time, money and conditions (I'm a bit of a warm-water lover ;) ). Now back in South Wales and having a career change into Leisure Management and for the moment living back with my folks until I decide where and what my next plan of attack of life is! This is my story so far.... And have been smiling the whole time.

PHILOSOPHY:
- Treat people the way you'd like to be treated! Karma works in wondrous ways.....
- Sometimes we expect more from others as we would be willing to do that much for them.
- The mind is everything. What you think you become - Buddha
- Never lie to a woman’s questions. Most of the time she already knows the truth... that’s why she’s asking.
- You treated me like an option; so i left like a choice.
- Never play with the feelings of others, because you may win the game but the risk is that you will surely lose the person for a lifetime - Shakespeare
- A coward is incapable of love; it is the prerogative of the brave - Cleopatro Serrano
- And me, I still believe in paradise. But now at least I know it's not some place you can look for, 'cause it's not where you go. It's how you feel for a moment in your life when you're a part of something, and if you find that moment...it lasts forever... - Richard, movie "The Beach"
- Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around....
- Don't waste your time on someone, who isn't willing to waste their time on you.
- Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind. The race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself.
- The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your thoughts.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
Went to my first event in London way back in 2006 to a random house dinner with www.couchsurfing.com/people/marouen... Then dropped off the cs-map for a few years when in SE Asia. When I returned to Europe I lived in Palma and there I went to A LOT of the 'Thirstdays' and other events in Palma! As I lived with one of the founding Ambassadors: www.couchsurfing.com/people/quiquearias who opened and owned "La Bicicleta" in Malasaña, Madrid. In palma I along with Quique and www.couchsurfing.com/people/pedro_tineo hosted quite a few people. In Madrid I went to quite a few Thursday meeting's. I'd like my guests to show their appreciation by whatever means they think is suitable.... it's a cute way to test your character.... Imagine you're hosting😉

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
I found a couch in centre of Palma for 1 month with 2 cool guys and ended up renting for 6 months! Went to quite a few events in Madrid including Wednesday-salsa-night and Thursday-meetings, where I met many friends. Met and hosted quite a few people in Nerja. Mex city surfed with a couple of cool dudes. If you're ever in a place I've been just let me know and I can introduce you to my CS-friendly friends who most likely will be able to host you or at the very least meet up with you and show you their town/city/village ;)

Interests

I love travelling and meeting new, friendly and interesting people who are geniune and trustworthy, open-minded and love food. I like keeping fit by doing yoga, swimming and jogging (whenever I have the energy and its not too hot!) and i love to try all water sports, my favourite is SUP (Stand-Up paddle boarding) although i'm trying surfing and kitesurfing too. I like scuba-diving and snowboarding whenever I have spare cash to do so. Although I do like socialising, whether it be a meal out, walk around town or good glass of wine and good conversation, I do like to be on my own sometimes too.

• dogs
• dining
• cooking
• chocolate
• wine
• baking
• fitness
• yoga
• running
• traveling
• kite surfing
• surfing
• scuba diving
• snowboarding
• sports
• swimming
• beaches
• mountains
• food
• mountain biking
• kitesurfing
• mountain hiking
• spaniels

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies - E.T., Lock Stock 2 Smokers, Eternal Happiness of a Spotless Mind, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, The Apartment (1960), Lucy (2014)...........

Music - I have anything from Pearl Jam to RHCP, Morcheeba, Diana Krall, MJ to Bjork, Tiesto to Paul Kalkbrenner, depends on my mood or location or activity...........

Books - The Power of One (Bryce Courtney), The Angel's Game (Carlos Ruiz Zafron), I know why the nightingale sings (Maya Angelou), 1984 (George Orwell), The Power of NOW (Eckhart Tolle)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've been fortunate enough to see quite a bit of the world, mostly SE Asia and Australasia and so far in my travelling "career" the most amazing time was when I spent a week at a remote village in some hills in Tamil Nadu in-between Chennai and Bangalore where the higher you went up the hills the poorer they got but the happier and friendlier and less "worried" they became. The village people there didn't speak any english and me no Tamil and they practically didn't have anything and lived so simply and were just so poor were willing to give me their last paise. True inspiration for my life from that point on. Just a really spiritual time for me that I'll never forget.

UPDATE: in Feb'16 I climbed Volcano Acatengo en Guatemala at 4000masl. THE hardest physical thing I've ever done. If you've not done it yet... Get ready to face your ego and have a chat! ;) but the biggest feeling of achievement EVER!

Teach, Learn, Share

Teaching: cooking, English, Spanish......
Learning: baking, acroyoga......
Sharing: sunsets, dog walks and good times!

Nice video’s to learn about Wales: https://youtu.be/3Rt7K1Hbh88

Article about our tides: www.bbc.co.uk/bristol/content/articles/2005/07/04/bristolchannel_feature.shtml

I have a very good neighbour-friend Kyle, who runs a fantastic tour company... he offers off-the-beaten-track tours and - I hasten to add... for peanuts! £££ take a look at www.discoverywalestours.co.uk and PLEASE reference my name and you'll get a discount!!! Just mention Karry!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Sharing: sunsets, dog walks and good times!

**If by any chance I can host (very unlikely but private message me your dates/time needed/reason and read this: www.angloitalianfollowus.com/how-to-great-couchsurfing-guest and *maybe* I can host you....

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Guatemala, India, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Mexico, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom

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