Hey I'm Odette. I grew up up basically my entire life in New Zealand, but as far back as I can remember I have wanted to travel the world, go everywhere, see everything and meet amazing people. I would love to meet anyone who has has an open mind and a story to tell.

I am a traveller at heart and love to meet people from all walks of life. I have grown up in a house where we always had WWOOFers, CouchSurfers and homestays staying, and I love it. Having exposure to all different cultures has inspired me more than anything.

December 2016 I boarded a flight, a one way ticket leaving New Zealand. I have been solo traveling since then, 5 months in Asia and the past 5 in the USA. I have explored, I have worked, I have been taken out of my comfort zone, adapted, and learned more about my self than I know yet.

I have an eclectic mix of interests including art, design, cooking, theatre, fashion, outdoors, architecture and politics. Love to have fun, talk, cook and share experiences.

I no idea of what the future holds and where I may be within it, but...
"I want to go places and see people. I want my mind to grow. I want to live where things happen on a big scale." -F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Such an awesome way to meet locals and share stories. I am in love with traveling and meeting people from all different cultures and backgrounds and sharing my own stories and culture. Make connections.

Interests

Travel, Food, Art, Music, Design, Books, Movies, Ideas, Politics, Adventure, and everything in between.

• arts
• writing
• books
• theater
• design
• photography
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• drinking
• politics
• movies
• board games
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• volunteering
• beaches
• food
• relaxing

Music, Movies, and Books

There are to many! I don't know where to begin...

Soul, rock, Indi, RnB, pop, classical, rap, blues, dance...

Studio Gibli, Michael Gondry, Sylvain Chomet, Taika Waititi, Wes Anderson, Jane Champion, Peter Jackson, Pedro Almodóvar, Quentin Tarantino and many many more...

Non-Fiction, fiction, fantasy etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

A culmination of all my travels. It's been the interesting people I have met and places I've visited, both on the track and off.
A few highlights include:
Chinese New Year (in china) + my birthday +with a Chinese family+rice wine...
An evening with a toothless Irishman at his squatter shack in Athens
A very precarious tuk tuk, riding with 7 others squeezed into the one tuk tuk, in Cambodia
A night of adventures in Beijing...

What I Can Share with Hosts

I'm clean and friendly, can cook a good meal and share some great stories.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, China, France, Greece, Hong Kong, Macao, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

New Zealand, United States