Hello friends,
My name is Maia. I've been backpacking for over a year and plan to keep going (have serious van life lust these days). I am a pretty laid back person, not too many needs. I love reading, writing, cooking and volunteer work. Especially with animal shelters. I also teach yoga while traveling which has been a great way to meet people and begin dialogues on mindfulness and how we can be happy, healthy, and helpful humans.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I have met a lot of cool people who host or have been hosted and since I'm traveling solo I like that I can meet actual people who live in the places I come to visit.

Interests

• culture
• writing
• books
• cooking
• yoga
• thrifting
• traveling
• music

Music, Movies, and Books

Music is very eclectic but I love me some deep house and ambient, it compliments my disposition. Also love singer/songwriter female leads, hip-hop, bosa nova, jazz, instrumental, math rock...see what I mean.

Movies: Big Fish, City of God, Planet Earth series, Lord of the Rings, The Big Short

Books: The Poisonwood Bible, Anything by Ursula Le Guin but notably The Dispossessed, Birthday Of The World, The Left Hand of Darkness, The Radiance Sutras

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've been traveling for 13 months...that's kind of amazing to me.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Yoga and plant based cooking (not gonna lie, I'm a pretty good cook)

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, Costa Rica, India, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Spain, United States