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Overview

  • 17 references 6 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Māori
  • 36, Female
  • Member since 2007
  • Teacher <3
  • BA (hons) anthro, Gdip Teaching (primary)
  • From Auckland, NZ (Grey Lynn)
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

im embarking on the mission most people call university! in its harsh and barron surroundings im looking for the fountain of knowledge

ABOUT ME

Im a Kiwi girl. Im young and energetic.
Always up for a good laugh.
I love to travel (haha everyone writes this!)
My mums from aussie and my dads from south africa but I was born and raised in good old NZ which makes me 100% kiwi and proud!!! Ummm I don't know.... but I'm interesting... I've been told!
i give blood (im B+ if you need it)
oh im working through the 100 wonders of the world i have seen:
1 The Great Wall of China
2 The Forbidden City
3 The Acropolis
4 Prague Old Town
5 Stonehenge
6 Matterhorn
7 New York Skyline
8 Eiffle Tower
9 Egyptian Museum
10 Sahara Desert
11 Abu Simbel
12 Pyramids of Giza
13 Bali
14 Valley of the Kings
15 Louve Museum
16 Delphi

ok so i havent made it very far.....
im dying to go to india!!!
also south america (all of it) and zambia and other countries in africa would be amazing.
after highschool i travelled for and did stuff for 3 years and finally made it to UNIVERSITY!

feel free to facebook stalk me... just search my name :) (you know you want to)

PHILOSOPHY

create your own future
sacrifice to gain more
give it a go and if it all fails hopefully my parents will bail me out!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

i go to weekly meetings, go out on trips with the auckland collective, i have surfed around the world and have had a few surfers from various places

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

SURFING:

IN IRELAND:
Aran islands- Kiwi Glen
Sligo- Aiden
Donegal- Robbie
IN ENGLAND:
Bristol-Henry and all his flatmates
Bath- Arian and Luke
IN CHINA:
Beijing- Andy Lillie
IN HAWAII
Honolulu- Greg Gedemer

HOSTING:
Donnie from USA for 2 nights
Marlin from Germany for 1 night
Steve from Hawai'i for 2 (or 3) nights
Evelyn from Austria for 2 nights

i have also ran into couchsurfers all around the world,
i have met a few and had coffee with them in auckland telling them rnadom facts about the city we're in!

AND i attempt attend the weekly couchsurfing drinks at the waterfront on weds nights. really fun so if you in aucks on a weds night def check it out!!

Interests

I love meeting people, drawing, hiking, cycling (just in the park nothing hard out) and surfing (i also am not very good at this). I love watching the All Blacks play rugby. I enjoy a good meal and drink and definitely a good laugh!! oh i also love to travel! i love foreign films and dramas. i love social soccer. i love lollies!!! mainly the red and purple ones!and timtams (i have a sweeet tooth), my friends and family err thats most of it. i love meeting people. i love first impressions! i love trying to read people, its hard.

visited 19 states (8.44%)Create your own visited map of The World

  • coffee
  • drinking
  • movies
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • drawing
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • surfing
  • soccer
  • olympics
  • rugby

Music, Movies, and Books

BOOKS:
cant think of any at the moment but
im a subscriber to national geographic! i love it!
MUSIC:
i love to support nz music. (as you can tell by my nz music month hoodie im wearing in most pics)
elemeno p, scribe, nesian mystik, tiki tane, shapeshifter, the feelers, black seeds, exponents,
FILMS:
i love- the freddy kruger series, big daddy, hostage, 28 days later, i am sam, life as a house, evelyn and most dramas and horrors. siones wedding!! hussle and flow, 2nd hand wedding

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- i have hitchhiked around ireland with zero money
(enter first couch experience...)
- i have skydived in taupo, nz
- i have climbed the sydney harbour bridge
- i have done a safari in kruger national park, south
africa.
- i have seen the olympics at their orignal home in
athens, greece... and then again i wen to them in beijing, china
- i have visited a gerkhiin factory in germany
- i have thrown up in a customs line in china (boy
does that make you look shady- i dont recommend it)
- i have walked along the great wall of china during a
rainstorm
- i have attempted to start a mini revolt in a communist country - hahahahahah - you had to be there
- i have climbed part of the swiss alps
oooh i totaly JUST read that your only supposed to write ONE thing here...

Teach, Learn, Share

umm i can teach you about....

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Botswana, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Portugal, South Africa, Swaziland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom

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