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Overview

  • 65 references 49 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Chinese, English, Japanese; learning German
  • 42, Female
  • Member since 2010
  • Full time traveller
  • To be continued
  • From Dayuan District, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Province of China
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About Me

One wish to request, one shall read me completely from first to very end, otherwise, how would I know your sincerity?
Passwords needed.
(By the previous negative experience from single male asked to stay over a week but without giving clear intension, travel plan and information from what I asking in my profile, so all the request of asking to visit over 3 nights will be denied if the request is not showing enough information about themselves and plans of staying and the password i requested in "You Should Know" from about "Home." )

As now I am working a lot for my dream, so I have very limited free time day to day life. The reason why Im am still open for taking guest is just for giving back to the community because I've met many amazingly kind people along my travels in the past,

If you are one of the traveler struggling with money for accommodation, I will help u for a few nights if u tell me that you need help and being struggling.

If u are in a prolonged travel, state your travel and your plan, I will help you and you can relax and rest at mine for some days.

If you are asking many days without details, plans, and even lack references, I dont know how to help, I take my personal space quite seriously and I don't know how to deal with people just want to stay for free as long as possible and maybe looking for holiday sweetheart along the way, please don't make my life complicated, I'm not running a free hostel or brothel here, if any one needs stay longer term can always try talk to me if u can offer some help or language exchange for longer accommodation.

Now i find to host 2~3 nights is more comfortable, and I expect surfers will give effort on connecting with host during the visit, so that's why I demand to have clear detailed request so that I know what you want from the visit then I can see if i can work it out,

As I mentioned I work a lot and I also work at home, so its unlikely you will have private area as staying in my living room, sometimes I watch movie from projector sometimes I need to work in public area, so as I mentioned at “about home”, just a spot to sleep and maybe some food and my time.

I'm a hippie, my space is in a hipster's area in Taipei city center where well connected with all sorts of public transportations.
I'm open to host people who has good sense of boundary and respect, and who doesn't use couchsurfing as freeloading spot or for sexual purposes.
So I don't really keen on hosting single male traveler, you can try to compose a request, the chance isn't at 0. Bigger chance if you come from the UK or some parts of Europe, I traveled and lived in the UK and Europe so I feel more emotional connected with the people over this region.
I do prefer to host people who is or willing to adapt with vegetarian or vegan diet in the flat, which means don't try to order/bring/cook meat at mine, there's a night market just 5 mins away that u can enjoy the meaty food outside :)
No alcoholism strictly, the space is all green.
I missed loads requests bcz I don't get notifications from couchsurfing, you just need to try and try, I'm not comfortable with putting my contact online.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Couchsurfing has a part of my life.

Interests

420

  • ecology
  • philosophy
  • physics
  • permaculture
  • shamanism

Music, Movies, and Books

I dont listen music much but I love movies, I used to read loads and all sorts of books since childhood but these days Im not reading anymore.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

@Taiwan
*Supernatural experience 2016
*DMT trips 2017

@Philippine
WW2 Japanese Wrecks scuba diving

@Fiji
*sunrise hiking and cave adventure

@ Tibet
*Mt. Kailash trekking

@ Greece
*Mt.Olympus hiking
*Island hopping

@ India
*From Northest to Southest Rail trips
*Yoga teacher training for 2 months

@ Nepal
*The Karnali highway, one of the most dangerous roads on the world.

@ Australia
*Road trip.

@ Albania
*Rainbow gathering

@ Mongolia
*Non-stop 37hrs bus road trip

@ Russia
*my favourite

@ Egypt
*Sailing on Nile
*Safari at Sahara
*Diving in Red sea

Teach, Learn, Share

All sorts of things

What I Can Share with Hosts

Authentic home stay experience

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Montenegro, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Romania, Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Greece, Taiwan, United Kingdom

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