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Overview

  • 4 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Spanish
  • 28, Female
  • Member since 2014
  • No occupation listed
  • Currently deferred Arts degree majoring in Sociology
  • From New South Wales, Australia
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About Me

I am on the pursuit of freedom. Travel is my passion, a love that radiates and is with me as I adventure into the mysterious world that teases and tests.

I am a human of wanderlust.

A passionate person is a person I want to be near. The energy cultivated by passion is one which radiates and so easily inspires. I love to listen to stories to feel victories and adventures of another through words or to empathise with hardship, loss and the enduring spirit of other people.

Art ands and spread empathy. Travel frees our every state of being if we allow.

I love a laugh and to be around people that don't mind making silly faces and living without a constant judgement and fear there of.

PHILOSOPHY

1. Live your truth:

There will be a few times in your life when all your instincts will tell you to do something, something that defies logic, upsets your plans, and may seem crazy to others. When that happens, you do it. Listen to your instincts and ignore everything else. Ignore logic, ignore the odds, ignore the complications, and just go for it. ―Judith McNaugh

2. Trust the universe but question everything, every social structure, every system and value you have. Don't be afraid to embrace change and to understand how little it is we really know and will ever know about mysterious world we live in.

3. Love without possession nor greed.

4. In the end only kindness matters.

5. Our mind is our greatest universe

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet people who share curiosity for this wonderful and crazy world and all of it's people.

Interests

TRAVEL. HIKING. STRANGE PEOPE. FUNNY FACES. FOOD. LIFE. SOCIOLOGY.

Art and creativity is change and activism. Music purifies and unites. Literature educates and spread empathy. Travel frees our every state of being if we allow.

  • chickens
  • arts
  • literature
  • dining
  • cooking
  • gardening
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • painting
  • music
  • hiking
  • camping
  • track and field
  • logic
  • sociology
  • tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

TV: Flight of The Conchords,
Music Favourites include:The Beatles, The Smiths, Josh Pyke, Georgia Fair, Ball Park Music, The Drums, First Aid Kit, RHCP, Sticky Fingers, Bob Marley, Pink Floyd, Jack Johnson and just about everything you will let me listen to.
Books: Cultural books eg. A Thousand Splendid Sons- Particularly interested in books about the treatment of females around the world.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

30 day hike in everest region of Nepal CAMPING and living off $20- no guide, no porter just boots, bag and the himalayas! Absolutely freezing and one of the most physically demanding and at times terrifying experiences but with the reward of a landscape which purifies and nature that makes you feel warm and happy even in minus 20 degrees.

Backpacked for a year in 4 continents.

Lived without money in Peru and Brasil for 6 weeks. Hitch hiking with chickens, camping and sleeping on the street when the tent was gone! Such a huge learning curve about how generous people in south america are, and how possible it is to get by without the governance of money.

Learned how to ride a motorbike in India racing the cows and beeping my horn!

Attending a Rainbow gathering in the middle of the Amazon jungle in Brasil, camping and living in harmony until I became violently sick with a fever.

Adopted a puppy(Luna) in Peru and travelled with her- illegally smuggled her into Brasil but couldn't get her on my plane to europe unfortunately had to give her to a friend in Brasil :(.

Micro sailed in Kenya!

Trekking in New Zealand back in 2014 was also a crazy adventure when the track was closed due to extreme conditions but we continued anyway and paid a hefty price!!

Loads more stories to share.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am really involved in a grassroots organisation in Nepal against sex trafficking and feel very attached to Nepal and to the girls I have worked with. I love learning about the status of women all over the world and in working alongside organisations which aim to improve this.

I am open to anything you have to teach or to share. I can teach english and cooking, I love sharing a smile or a story but most of all experiences!! Lets create moments together! I am trying my best to pick spanish up- such a fun language and such fun people!
I also love philosophical or sociological conversations about life and connection.

In saying that, I also just love chilling out with easy going people, exploring and having fun, I would love to learn about you and your way of living/thinking!

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can cook for you :).
Art (sometimes if I have paint)
Smiles and stories and experiences (lets go do something)!
English lessons
I can clean or try to help with projects around the house or the garden :).

A friend.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Brazil, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, Germany, Hungary, India, Kenya, Macedonia, Montenegro, Nepal, New Zealand, Peru

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, England, Nepal

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