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Overview

  • 3 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English
  • 34, Female
  • Member since 2011
  • EPIK Guest English Teacher
  • University of Virginia BS Architecture
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

I do whatever makes me happy.

ABOUT ME

I'm living in South Korea for (at least) a year teaching English and hopefully traveling all over Asia, too. I'm looking forward to meeting loads of new people!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hosted a little back in the States, met some cool couchsurfers in NZ, now trying to get involved in South Korea.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So far so good!

Interests

Architecture, traveling, reading, snorkelling, scuba diving, hiking, brunch

  • architecture
  • reading
  • traveling
  • hiking
  • scuba diving
  • bungee jumping

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Dave Matthews, John Butler Trio, Ben Folds, Dispatch, Trombone Shorty, Damian Marley, State Radio, Pete Yorn, Jimmy Eat World, Damien Rice, The Roots, Chet Faker

Books: The Time Traveler's Wife, The Glass Castle, Memoirs of a Geisha, To Kill a Mockingbird, Unbroken,The Pillars of the Earth, Cutting for Stone, Shadow Divers

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Safaried in the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania, went to the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai, bungee jumped off of the world's highest bungee in Macau, spent a year living and working in New Zealand, learned how to Scuba dive on Lord Howe Island, became a divemaster in Mozambique.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Canada, China, Fiji, Honduras, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mozambique, Philippines, Singapore, Tanzania, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, United States

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