CURRENT MISSION

I am currently travelling through Mexico for the first time, starting with Mexico City. I will be In Mexico for a little over three months and hope to get to know the country as much as possible as well as improve my Spanish!

ABOUT ME

I am a 29 year old from Sydney who loves to travel and meet new people. My first experiences came from visiting my large family in Malaysia throughout my childhood. I properly caught the travel bug in 2008 when I backpacked through South East Asia. Since then, I have made exploring the world one of my main priorities. I travelled to India for a few months before moving to London in 2010 on a working holiday visa, and enjoyed using it as a base to visit other parts of Europe. On my way back home to live in Australia at the start of 2012, I spent a month in an ashram in the Bahamas and briefly visited the US before spending a few months backpacking in South America, starting in Colombia and finishing in Argentina.

When I am not travelling, I am usually saving to travel! I work as a social worker and have been in a few different areas including working with homeless people, in a hospital and with carers.

Aside from travel, I really value my friends and family.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have friends who have had really positive experiences couchsurfing through this website and so I would like to give it a try. Both hosting and surfing.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I am new to couchsurfing through this website community but have had experiences couchsurfing as part of my travels. I was "adopted" by a lovely Colombian family in Popayan and I stayed with them about 2 weeks in total. I found it a wonderful experience and we remain in touch. I have couchsurfed with existing friends and family in places including Barcelona, Ennis in Ireland, London, Malaysia,Tasmania, Perth, Melbourne, Adelaide, the Blue Mountains (3 hours outside Sydney) and India. I have hosted existing friends including from the UK,US, Brazil, Germany and across Australia. As these situations have largely been with existing friends and family, I have enjoyed the experience of catching up as well as exploring a place together, where perhaps we had never been together before. I would love to have new experiences with members of this couchsurfing community as a great opportunity to meet interesting and open people from around the world.

Interests

I enjoy meditation, yoga, hanging out with friends and generally chilling out. I love the outdoors and trying different activities eg trekking, kayaking. I love travelling the world!! I occasionally play guitar and enjoy all types of music. I particularly like going out to drum n bass and psytrance but I am not too fussy about this.

I enjoy going to art galleries when I have the opportunity although I am no expert on art!

I like to travel slowly and not rush places or have things too hectic if possible.

• arts
• yoga
• meditation
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• outdoor activities
• backpacking
• kayaking
• surfing
• social work
• mountains

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bahamas, Bolivia, Cambodia, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, United Kingdom