Hi!! I am Michelle. I am really happy to be here and taking this time to learn and explore the world. I am planning to travel for about nine months at this stage and to learn as much as I can along the way, especially from local people. I am pretty happy, grounded, determined, curious, a bit alternative.

I am a social worker by background, with an adult lifetimes experience in working with children, young people and families in Child Protection/Foster Care etc. I am also trained as a yoga teacher and life coach.

Essentially, life at home in Melbourne consists largely of doing social cause related things, writing, dancing, yoga, hanging out on the grass in the sun, cooking. I’m hoping to do these things, even while I’m away :)

I am planning on travelling for around nine months and I am loosely following the southern route of the Silk Road. Why? So many reasons.... it was time for a life transition. I had the call to visit each of the countries along the way. This is the route where language, culture, art, commodities, philosophy etc have been transported between the East and West since 400AD. Once I learned that, it was a non negotiable that I had to follow this route. So, here I am!

I love all things social change, humanity etc and I am building my business in this space.... and I’m really keen to meet people doing great things in this space along the way.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I am going to be travelling the Silk Road and I am looking forward to meeting local people along the way and to learn about the culture of the places that I am visiting.

Interests

• arts
• writing
• dancing
• human rights
• cooking
• yoga
• reading
• social work
• nature
• personal development
• sunshine

Music, Movies, and Books

Love music- classics, pop, world music, folk, rock. Books- anything spirituality/personal development/biography/ a good story that gets me thinking differently

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hung out in the Peruvian jungle for a month. I ended up with an epic supply of mosquito bites!

Teach, Learn, Share

English language, stories about the places I have been and Australian culture, cooking, yoga, dance, my good listening ears!

What I Can Share with Hosts

All of the above, and probably more!!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Cuba, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Monaco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia