CURRENT MISSION

to embrace love, reject fear and live a sustainable life.

ABOUT ME

After living in Asia for 4 years, I traveled from Beijing to the southern tip of India overland, through Tibet, Nepal, and all over India. I then moved to Egypt for 4+ months before arriving in South Africa. I am now living in Cape Town and hope to live here for a while.

I came to HK to study, then worked on on various Asia-related documentary projects and started a fashion label, then went on to join a PR/Marketing agency representing charity organizations and managing brand relations.

Getting to HK: In September 2009 took a journey overland through SE Asia from Singapore to Hong Kong. In all, I was on the road for 6 months, and my trek included stints in Australia, New Zealand and Indonesia.

About me.... I grew up San Antonio, Texas and attended university in Dallas then lived for a stint near Valencia, Spain, studying language and peace studies before returning back home to the States. My first CS experience was while backpacking Europe. I have now surfed couches across North America, the Middle East, Australia, New Zealand and Asia. I have had only good, great and life changing experiences through CS. Surf on...

I enjoy the arts, music, culture, cuisine, traveling and advocating for sustainable lifestyles.

PHILOSOPHY

Love.
Find balance in the flow.
Everything happens for a reason, everything works out in the end.
Life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you deal with it.

~Go with the flow~

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have been couch surffing long before I knew of this site. But sicne I joined CS, I use it to meet amazing people and stay with kindred spirits. I have had all positive experiences through couch surfing, and encourage all the cool people I know to join the community. As part of the San Antonio group, I have met some great people who are now my friends in the south Texas region. Couch Surfing has changed my life, it is an amazing global community.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Venice with Sara
Budapest with Suzi
Berlin with Ciaron
Beirut with Diala and Lara
Izmit with Ragan
Instanbul with Rita and Pinar
Jerusalem with Sarit
Hosted Jennie in San Antonio
Hosted Gen and Aleisha in San Antonio
Honolulu with Marty
Honolulu with Blake and Pascale
Sydney with Jane
Sydney with Luke (twice)
Newcastle with Carey
Brisbane with Rachel (twice)
Cassie in Melbourne
Jo & Co. in Melbourne
David in Melbourne
Rebekkah in Brisbane
Sophie in Christchurch
Emily in Dunedin
Sarah and Ester in Ivercargil
Salley, Nina, Osaka and Milo in Wellington
Aleisha in Palmerton North
Kirsty and Eric in Auckland
Kie in Jakarta
Anez in Surabaya
Asheet in Jogja
Craig in Bangkok
Ho and his family in Hong Kong
Hosted Jeff in Hong Kong
Hosted Cara in Hong Kong
Hosted Eric in Hong Kong
Candie in Manila
Hosted Hannah in Hong Kong
Surfed with Pierre in Beijing
Hosted Pierre in Hong Kong
Hosted Thomas in Hong Kong
Hosted Adele in Hong Kong
Hosted Ksenia in Hong Kong
Surfed with Ellen in Antwerp
Surfed with Denise in Berlin
Surfed with Caroline in Port Alfred (SA)
Surfed with Lara & Grant in Grahamstown (SA)
All wonderful experiences.

Interests

Music, photography, writing, music, art, philosophy, cooking, dancing, reading, discovering new things about the universe and so much more.

• arts
• culture
• writing
• fashion
• photography
• documentaries
• festivals
• dancing
• cooking
• reading
• traveling
• music
• backpacking
• surfing
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: In Brouge, The Long Way Around, The Long Way Down, Once, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Garden State, City of God, Lost in Translation, Shaun of the Dead, The Rules of Attraction, Big Fish, The Manchurian Candidate, Traffic, the 007 series, and many more.

Books: The Alchemist, I Wander as I Wonder, One the Road, Galapagos, Angels and Demons, The Mystery of Capital, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Player Piano, How to Win Friends and Influence People, Five People You Meet In Heaven, The Shawdow of the Wind, The Worldly Philosophers, The World is Flat and many more.

Music: Jazz, rock, house, soul. well everything.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hitchhiking New Zealand with my mate.
Circling Europe for a month.
Backpacking throughout the Middle East and surrounding region.
The Gibbon Experience in northern Laos.
A trip to Halong Bay in Vietnam.
Reaching Hong Kong overland from Singapore.
Harbin Ice Festival (China)
Sri Lanka's elephant festival
Getting to see both the Taj Mahal, Petra and the Pyramids in the same year.
Arriving in Kanyakumari (the southernmost tip of India) after a 3 1/2 month land journey from Beijing.

Teach, Learn, Share

music is the universal language, words are just symbols and sounds.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Australia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Egypt, South Africa, Spain, United States

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