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Overview

  • 6 references 4 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English
  • 50, Female
  • Member since 2010
  • assistant experiential archaeologist/social worker
  • MA
  • From Brighton
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

to explore the world

ABOUT ME

I love to travel and discover new places and people...I am an assistant archaeologist on a project reconstructing ancient buildings in schools with kids, I also work for a local charity giving welfare rights advice to older people.

PHILOSOPHY

there is more than this

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have had several people stay in my flat here in brighton- I have met up with other couchsurfers in the UK and in Turkey- I think its brialliant

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

My first couch serfing experience has been great....met some lovely people stranded in brighton because of the snow and then played 'man hunt' through the streets of brighton....cool.....like being a kid again

Interests

food, music, archaeology, instinctive dancing, graffiti, clowning, mountains

  • arts
  • dancing
  • dining
  • traveling
  • music
  • archeology
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

movies:werner herzog, magnolia, sexy beast, gandhi, lost boys, cave of the yellow dog
Books:marabou stork nightmares, douglas coupland, arundhati roy, the hobbit
Music: beastie boys, dolly parton, toots and the maytalls, joan as police woman, the pretenders, bombay bicycle club, asian dub foundation

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

surviving an 8 hour car drive over steep winding mountain roads with the driver falling asleep- to keep awake he put on celine dion full volume.....on repeat....8 hours......I will never forget that journey

Teach, Learn, Share

I know how to make string out of stinging nettles, Im quite good at talking about art in a poncey way, I would like to learn spanish

Countries I’ve Visited

Cyprus, Egypt, India, Morocco, Thailand, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Nepal, United Kingdom

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