ABOUT ME

Kia ora, សួស្ដី, 안녕하세요, olá, and apa kabar?

E ai, beleza? Eu sou neozelandesa e moro no Brasil a dois anos com meu namorado :)

Mikayla here. I'm a 28 year old New Zealander. I have done a bit of everything over the past few years but am currently residing in and around Santa Catarina, Brasil after being kidnapped by a very nice brasileiro.

In the future I want to work for Doctors Without Borders, and sail around the world.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I can host, not always a bed, but usually at least dinner or a fun activity. When I am working as a dive instructor I might be quite busy so you should a) come diving ;) or b) catch up with me for lunch or dinner because I love to eat!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have hosted 6 or 7 different groups of couch surfers (though never couch surfed myself) and it was awesome every time. I feel so lucky to have met such cool people and am still in touch with several people I've hosted. Sorry I cannot provide any of the references I had as they are on an old profile.

Interests

Love, family, laughing, diving, surfing, painting and drawing, reading, learning, running, football and basketball, post-diving petanque and beers, foooooooooood, cooking, snoozing, meeting new people, playing guitar, The Cat Empire, not wearing shoes, being vegetarian/ sometimes vegan, big ideas, teaching people that are scared to learn to dive, permaculture, bikram yoga, not having a smart-phone, other cultures and languages, intelligent conversation and philosophy, music, chocolate, early mornings, quirky movies, sharing happiness and ideas, making mojo aaaaand all the ups and downs and challenges and rewards that come with travel of course!

• cats
• fish
• cooking
• chocolate
• beer
• vegetarian
• vegan
• yoga
• running
• instructor
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• drawing
• music
• guitar
• fishing
• surfing
• scuba diving
• sailing
• basketball
• soccer
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

The Cat Empire - if you like them then you you are AWESOME! I love music, I guess sorta folky stuff, ska, funk, indie-alternative-whatever-it's-called....Ive been traveling a lot so I'm not up-to-date with the latest stuff so please share with me! I am learning to play guitar, ukelele and harmonica so if you want to we can jam :)

My favourite movie is The Royal Tenennbaums so I guess I like quite quirky films. But I prefer to watch good documentaries (have you seen any by John Pilger?) but then I tend to get riled up. I also try to watch online lectures.

Reading is choice!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I broke my foot in a tuk-tuk crash in the desert in Rajasthan, India. Then had to trek back across the country alone, with my pack and a zimmer frame.

Saw a school of 40 big Bumphead Parrot Fish coming over a big sand mound eating and shitting, like buffalo crossing grass fields. And a Juvenile Angelfish :)

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach diving (PADI Instructor), surfing, bits and pieces of some different languages, New Zealand English (a.k.a. mumbling), and how to have mojo.

I am learning Portuguese :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

surfing lessons, asian food

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, India, Malaysia, Nepal, Paraguay, Singapore

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Brazil, Cambodia, Indonesia, New Zealand, South Korea