Hello there! I'm Maya from Viet Nam. I'm a GRAPESEED English teacher in Hanoi.
I'm pretty small in size but i've got a big braveness underneath.
I'm a baby sister in the family but I'm the most adventurous one of all.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I knew about CS from a friend of mine. The programe is pretty similar with the Bed and breakfast in the US that I used to experience. I found that It's really helpful for people who wanna travel for a long while and get to know better about the place they're going to visit, meeting and making new friends and of course in a budget. So I wanna give it a try.
Now, i'm back in my country after a long journey with CS, I would love to open my house for friends from all over the world.

Interests

I love singing and giving performance. I was pretty good at music at school. Once I graduted, I don't have much time to have performance but still trying to do if I've got a chance.
I like dancing, specially salsa and bachata. I'm not really good at it but I love free my body with the melody, the way to be relaxing after a.long busy day.
Traveling became my favorite since I started to live out of my country. I was pretty shy and scared to travel by myself when I was in high shool and smaller. However, once I'd learned that I could be independent and do things by myself, I feel my life more interesting and more fun. Of course, life is not fun when we play it safe.

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC: Taylor Swift, Celin Dion, Katy Perry, Nicky, Bruno Mars
BOOKS: Little Prince, The secret of luck, Series chicken soup for the soul.
MOVIES: all kinds of animated movies like Tangled, Frozen, Monster University, How to train your dragon; Super hero movies; series How I met your mother, modern family.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Travel around the US, Turkey and Europe by myself.

Teach, Learn, Share

I could teach u cook some Asian food like Pho (vietnamese noodle soup), Kimpab, spring rolls, fried rolls, etc
I've leanrned alot since I started to live in another country by myself, cant even name things out thou.
I would love love love to share about my Vietnamese culture even some old school mindsets or traditional things to do in Lunar New Year and so on; my experience when I lived in the States and Turkey.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Poland, Turkey, United States, Viet Nam