CURRENT MISSION

om nuwe vriende te maak en nuwe plekke te sien

ABOUT ME

Foof. I'm rather useless at describing myself and seem to change this synopsis every couple of weeks :) Suppose that's because I'm constantly changing, one day I like ying, the next yang. Depends what mood I'm in really. I suppose one constant is that I'm rather a last minute type of person, so generally prefer hosting emergency requests or random invites. Another thing which is generally true is that I'm a bit of a homebody when on my own turf, a glass of wine over a chat is my ideal evening. When travelling I'm much the same, although my arm has been known to be twisted and some more festive evenings have resulted :D ^^

PHILOSOPHY

Live life.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm always up for coffee or a drink, and try to help out people who are travelling in my area where I can~be it hosting, just giving a few sight-seeing tips or just meeting up with surfers going by.

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I'd appreciate it if you call me "La" when requesting a couch. It just shows me you've taken the time to read my profile. In addition, I believe in the reference system. To me, it allows prospective surfers and hosts to gauge someone's character. So please, if I do host you, it would be super if we leave one another references at the end to make CS more secure for everybody.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES AS A GUEST:I used CS for the first time in China, and had an amazing time. Got taken to a "private" section of the great wall. I did a CS stint across Eurasia in 2009 too, which was equally awesome! NIGHTS SURFED (*not introduced by CS requests):Ma Chao in China, Beijing, 2007Tim in Fukuoka, Japan, 2009Shoji in Kyoto, Japan, 2009Yuji in Tokyo, Japan, 2009Zach in Osaka, Japan, 2009Yuta in Hiroshima, Japan, 2009Kimi in Fukuoka, Japan, 2009Lena in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 2009*Sebene in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 2009Spike in Irkutsk, Russia, 2009Maria in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, 2009Sergel in Ekaterinburg, Russia, 2009*Maria in Moscow, Russia, 2009Nastasya in St. Petersburg, Russia, 2009*Sasha in St.Petersburg, Russia, 2009Emil in Stockholm, Sweden, 2009Raivis in Riga, Latvia, 2009Sebastian in Warsaw, Poland, 2009Marcin in Krakow, Poland, 2009*Theresa in Prague, Czech Republic, 2009Zoltan in Budapest and Szeged, Hungary, 2009Viktor and Buba in Varna and Viliky Preslav, Bulgaria, 2009*Hayley in Istanbul, Turkey, 2009Neco in Avanos, Turkey, 2009*Karan in Amsterdam, Holland, 2009Lera in Cebu, Philippines, 2010Filippo in Granada, Spain, 2011
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES AS A HOSTESS:
I lived in a rather off the beat and track spot in Korea, so hardly ever received requests. I've tried to help out a little in Joburg since I've been visiting my folks here, and hope to host more when I'm living in Seoul. NIGHTS HOSTED (*not introduced by CS requests):Karalina in Yeosu, South Korea, 2008Jenny & Sang Mi in Yeosu, South Korea, 2008Ellie in JHB, South Africa, 2009*Frederic in JHB, South Africa, 2009Ryan in Seoul, South Korea, 2009Ryan B in Seoul, South Korea, 2009Emil in Seoul, South Korea, 2009/2010Gius in Seoul, South Korea, 2010Patrick in Seoul, South Korea, 2010*Cecilia in JHB, South Africa, 2011
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES FOR COFFEE OR A DRINK:
WHEN TRAVELLING
Arthur and Alexey in Ekaterinburg, Russia, 2009Daria in Novgorod, Russia, 2009Daria in Moscow, Russia, 2009Stefan in Varna, Bulgaria, 2009Martin in Varna, Bulgaria, 2009Diego in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, 2010David in Miranda De Ebro, Spain, 2010Alex in Cordoba, Spain, 2011Carlos in Cordoba, Spain, 2011
AT HOME:
Mel in Yeosu, South Korea, 2008Vitor in JHB, South Africa, 2009Vinay in JHB, South Africa, 2011Andrea in JHB, South Africa, 2011Rubens in JHB, South Africa, 2011
GENERAL EVENTS
Yeosu Meet in 2008Donghae Meet in 2008Irkutsk Meet in 2009Krakow Meet in 2009Istanbul Meet in 2009JHB Spanish Club Meet in 2009Granada Meet in 2011Drakensberg Hiking in 2011Seoul Meet in 2011

Interests

Campfires, a good night out on the town once in a while, geocaching, sunsets, reading, linguistics and languages, scuba diving (which I've never done but would love to!) photography, travel, geocaching, different cultures, festivals...oh how I love festivals! Music is a passion of mine, I can play quite a few instruments but have let my ability in most of them slide in the past couple of few years. I still love listening to music, and think there is nothing better than a festival. Sitting next to a river with your favourite band or just a guitar...a campfire (hehehe, I really do have a thing for campfires!), good company...ahhhhh :-)*heaven* oh, and did I mention Geocaching? ;D

A lot of my interests are also things I'm rather useless at, but would love to improve my skills: pool, cooking, snowboarding and rock climbing, hmmmmm, yip :-)

• photography
• festivals
• cooking
• wine
• coffee
• drinking
• clubbing
• reading
• traveling
• billiards
• music
• guitar
• hiking
• scuba diving
• snowboarding
• rock climbing
• track and field
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

I'm a romcom addict, what can I say. Hate to admit it but it's true. I love the stereotypical 'good movies' too: Fear and Loathing, Pulp Fiction so forth so forth. Books, books, books. I love reading, but tend to fall asleep after 3 pages every time so take a while to get through one. I'm a huge Eddie Izzard fan....I think he is a genius! I will definitely have to catch a show of his one day. I really love rock, all sorts, very heavy, soft. I like hip hop, reggae, very soft jazz, drum and bass, dubstep, some house, lounge..you name it, I'll try it out. Not a huge fan of pop, although Korean boy bands have definitely made it up onto the favourites list(no, that's not sarcastic at all). I'd actually almost say that they're changing my view on pop all out (although I'm not yet comfortable enough with this grueling realism to admit it fully).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Built an igloo, or atleast aided in the process. I can't take full credit as the other participant probably contributed more than I did, but it was fun none the less :)

I've walked across from France to the opposite coast of Spain.

I hope to summit Kilimanjaro in December and am putting my all into accomplishing it. If not, I think it's pretty damn amazing that I'm trying :D UPDATE: Summited successfully :D Woooot wooooooo!!!!

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Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you to read and write the Korean alphabet in minimal time :)

I want to learn to cook too, and to take better pictures.

I'd like to keep my Spanish level up now that I've left the country and chat a bit in Spanish if anyone is up for it. I allowed my Korean to deteriorate and regret it a lot.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Korea, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovakia, Swaziland, Sweden, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain

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