CURRENT MISSION

Vivir con el corazon abierto (figuratively, not literally universe please)

ABOUT ME

I love the ocean, nature and all animals. I enjoy camping, hiking, sunrises and sunsets, being with my close friends and hanging out with my wonderful dogs. When I'm back home you'll most likely find me in my garden either working on it or sitting down admiring the abundance of food a single seed can offer. If I'm not in my garden then I will most likely be on the beach somewhere quiet. Either picking up trash, being a personal float-device for one of my dogs or admiring the colorful and vivid marine wildlife of my home island.

When I leave my home island which has become harder to do in the past years I do enjoy a long distance hike. I've thru hikes Spain twice and I've done the 185km through Australia's bush. All three were wonderful experiences. Each one has taught me lessons about myself, humanity and nature that I carry deep within me. If life/universe allows me I hope to be able to complete more hikes in the future.

PHILOSOPHY

The wording of my philosophy is constantly changing but in the it comes down to the same. I am aware that I cannot change the world by myself and I have been called not-realistic/optimistic more times than I can count but.. I will continue to pick up every piece of trash I can when I'm near the ocean, I will continue to rescue ths stray animals that I can and I will just continue to do the things that I can do for a better world. I am always looking for ways to educate myself on how to live more sustainably and produce minimal trash.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

A wonderful way of exchanging stories, traveling in our own country and reminding ourselves that there are many really amazing and good hearted people out there.

I once heard someone say "Surfers are friends I just haven't met yet" and I find this quite fitting to my experience on CS.

Interests

Permaculture, self-sufficiency, growing my own food, animals, wild life, marine protection, hiking, reading, documentaries and for some reason I really enjoy making 1000 piece puzzles.

• animals
• writing
• documentaries
• diy
• vegan
• meditation
• gardening
• politics
• board games
• reading
• traveling
• puzzles
• hiking
• surfing
• scuba diving
• sports
• history
• languages
• permaculture
• camino
• self-sufficiency
• trails
• nomadic
• pilgrimage

Music, Movies, and Books

Music
Reggae and acoustic. One of my all time favorites is Jack Johnson.

Movies
Surfs up

Books
I love, love, love books.
Perhaps my Goodreads account will help here:
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/29855730-laura-gurrieri

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Thru hiking a country with my 80 year old grandmother.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can offer to teach or help with:
- Languages (English, Dutch, Portuguese, Papiamento and to some extent Spanish)
- Plant based life. I can show you how to pick the best avocados ^^
- Gardening. Planting edible trees from seed :)

I am eager to learn about pretty much anything:
- Long distance hiking
- Off the grid life
- Zero waste life
- Nomadic traveling
- Gardening (edible gardening and native gardening)
- Sustainable living
- Permaculture
- DIY projects
- Meditation
- Surfing (or almost any kind of sport)
- Untranslatable words
- Local cultures, history and politics
- Diving
- Conservation
- I always love, love, love to learn new languages!

What I Can Share with Hosts

My time and stories :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Czech Republic, Ecuador, France, Germany, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Netherlands, Palestine, Poland, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Thailand, United States, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

Aruba, Australia, Ecuador, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Thailand