I'm currently living in Timor Leste with my Partner. we have been here for about two years and are about to have a holidays for a few months. We both do community work, me in youth work and social service sector. I have been doing youth work for over 9 years now and have worked in different parts of the world all focused on connecting marginalised youth to opportunities and services.

I am an active photographer who has been through many different phases of work. I am currently shooting film and developing Zines on marginilised communities. My partner and I have started zine collective and distro in Dili, Timor Leste and are working on connecting people through different parts of the world.

I love cooking and learning new dishes and cuisines.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We have limited experinece in couch surfing and although have participated in a few meeet ups and stayed in a few couches, it was some time ago.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I haven't had much yet which i regret as I signed up years ago. But I'm hoping to start soon. we are just opening our place now for couch surfing in Timor leste :)

Interests

I'm a creative person and love art of all types. I collect art and love visiting galleries and museums. I love to travel and work in new places with disadvantaged people. I love the ocean and am a keen scuba diver, surfer and free diver. Photography is a big passion of mine and I just love people in general :)

• arts
• writing
• street art
• photography
• cooking
• traveling
• hiking
• surfing
• scuba diving
• social work
• food
• solidarity
• zines

Music, Movies, and Books

love roots, reggae, soul, all kind's of music has its time and place.
I don't watch too much t.v but am always interested in a good documentary and book. Non-fiction.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

One!!! This is hard. So i'm going to name a few; stood with the people in the Egyptian revolution, Scuba dived to 58 metres below the surface, photographed Tibetan Nomads, lived in some of the most remote parts of East Timor, explored some of the first ever churches in remote Ethiopia, built houses for single mothers in Rwanda, waited for giraffes to cross the road on the way to work in Tanzania, worked with some of the most beautiful, kind hearted and selfless street children in Australia, East Timor and Manila.

Teach, Learn, Share

We are very keen to learn about local cultures, language, food and cooking, social movements, and music.

We can teach some language, making zines, photography, discussions on solidarity movements around the world and we can teach to cook many things :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories, Friendship, My own home when ever they need it, and good time's. The reason i'm going to start couchsurfing is to share experiences with people and try to help them have good experiences too :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Cambodia, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Philippines, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Turkey, Uganda, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Indonesia, Tanzania, Timor-Leste (East Timor)