CURRENT MISSION

Getting to explore more interesting places and to collect stories from adventurous travelers in this world .

I end up my traveling through 38 countries in Asia and Africa from a 2 and a half gap year when I was

I love writing and photography.
My photography website: https://kerrybian.vsble.me

Currently I’m working as a freelancer, one is a tour leader leading Chinese young people to travel abroad, the other is to write about food and travel blog.

And before all of that , I was working in Beijing as an English teacher and worked in online travel guidebook internet company.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I know CS from a woman called Li Lin（林俐）on a travel event in 2010, she's from Malaysia and she had travelled to a lot of country . When she shared the story of Couchsurfing, I was so excited, soon after that I start to host too and found it amazing !

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

2011July ,start my first backpacking experience with an Italian friend.
2012 using some school holidays to travel around in China.
2013 June . Graduation. I hitchhiking to Tibet from Chengdu .It is awesome.
2014 I worked for one year ,didn't travel to anywhere.
2015 from January , I travelled first time abroad to Vietnam.
And then Cambodia - Thailand - Malaysia - Indonesia - Mongolia - India - Nepal - Laos.
I got a job while I am travelling on November . so I could keep on travelling for the next year ---2016

2016 from August -2017 August I started my one year trip without coming back home . It was from Russia (taking the whole Siberian train ) to Africa (from Cairo to Cape town by land ) through Georgia , Azerbaijan , Turkey ,Morocco .

Interests

I love photography , extremely , somehow that was the reason why I started my trip :)

I love cooking, maybe I could cook some simple Chinese food for you when it is possible.

I love anthropology , sociology , if you are into it or you study about it , I would to hear about it .

• anthropology
• volunteering
• adventure travel
• learning languages
• photograph
• japanese culture
• african culture
• cave

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIE:

《Yi He Yuan》《Meru》

Music:

world music , I collect music from all different countries , especially from Africa

Books:

Li Juan (Chinese), Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-Travelling from Cairo to Cape Town by land . The time I spent in Africa was truly one of the best time in my life.

-went on 3 times of Tanzania safari (for work) and observing those animals which was just like what it was like in BBC documentary

-climbing the volcanoes in Indonesia and Ethiopia

-take the train in Sri Lanka ,see the views from my window, mountains, waterfalls, rivers, rocks, jungles, seriously ,it looks like Harry Porter's Magic School.

-Got lucky to be an actress in an Georgian movie . It will be on the Europe film festival on 2017:)

-Took the trans-Siberia in two months in Russia from Vladivostok to Saint-Petersburg .

Teach, Learn, Share

I love studying languages while I'm travelling.

Love to share stories with people.

Love to take pictures of what I saw and show how it feels.

----"We catch the moment ?"
----"No,the moment catches us ."

What I Can Share with Hosts

-Share my interesting stories with you , the people who left unforgettable memories in my mind .

-Teach you some Chinese in case you travel to China one day .

-Cooking Chinese food ? Yes , Yes! I enjoy cooking so much .

-Some photography skills .

Countries I’ve Visited

Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Qatar, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Serbia, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Zambia

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Thailand