CURRENT MISSION
I am a PhD researcher in Geography from Australia - Human Geography and Spatial Scientist, and living in LA right now. Traveling around +60 countries in the world, I aim for my lifetime mission of conducting geographic studies, educating geographic knowledge and empowering people with geographic thinking. Welcome to visit my personal website about my research, photography, documentary films, and travel at: www.sisiwalkingaway.blog

CURRENT HOSTING RULES (For FEMALE ONLY)
After living in Australia for 8 years, and finishing my research fellowship in Tokyo, Japan from Apr 2022 to Mar 2023, I took four months in UK and EU countries for my sabbatical leave from Apr 2023 to Jul 2023. Since Aug 2023, I moved back to LA where I left 12 years ago for a new faculty position so I am living in Downtown LA right now with a convenient location and accessible via public transit (metro yellow line). I rent a studio in an apartment complex so I only have the capacity to host FEMALE travellers given you have to share the space with me. Other rules of the hosting please see below:
Gender: female
Preferable hosting nights/days: 1-3 days (3 as maximum)
Availability: the building is gated and I only have one fob to get in so you have to come back when I am at home and I usually work 9-5.
Expectation to couchsurfers: with an interesting spirit to share stories; clean, neat and organized; no party no noise; I am a spiritual person, doing Yoga meditation everyday - if you share some common with me, it will increase the chance to be hosted.
Diery tips: I am a vegan - you are free to use the kitchen but please do not cook meat, eggs and diary products (but you can buy from outside and eat here).

ABOUT ME

Hi, It is Sisi Wang. I am a professional geographer, a vegetarian marathon runner/body builder, documentary film maker, and a Yoga fan with +15 years learning. I got my Ph.D from Uni of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. I always hold the belief that it is good to read about things but it is better to go on walks. I did a trans-China excursion along the ancient Silk Road in 2006. Since then I traveled thought most of the countries in Southeast Asia, trans-U.S. trip through North America and Central America, and travelled intensively to all the 48 states in US mainland. The time like most is the 100 days volunteering in Hawaii.

I did the series documentary film "Vote for Vegetarians" in Taiwan, Tibet, Nepal, India, and Sri Lanca in 2014.
The vegetarian micro-film I made for Taiwan could be found here: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNzM2MDI4NDU2.html

The second one "Vote for Vegetarians - Voice of Pan-HIMALAYA" could be found here: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XODU1MjYzOTU2.html

PHILOSOPHY

Reading is important but not that much as walking.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have 12 years of couchsurfing and right now it is good timing to giving back to the community and hosting people in need.

Interests

Travel, outdoor advanture, diving, biking, spinning, working out regularly, photographing, NPO, charity, sharing with people.

My mission --- Inspiring people to walk away from troubles in urban lives, to get closer to the natural environment,to chase the dream of lifetime, to cherish and appreciate lives, and to give love to the big world,by seeing, listening, involving and feeling from the real journey of mine. I think, so I travel. If you are interesting, walk away with SISI to chase your dream.

• raw food
• vegetarian
• fitness
• yoga
• marathon
• traveling
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• scuba diving
• geography
• volunteering
• veganism
• weight training
• documentary photography

Music, Movies, and Books

Earthlings; Unity; Beautiful minds;

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

A trans-China excursion along the ancient Silk Road when I was 20 years old.
A trans-Southeast Asia trip after my undergraduate graduation when I was 23 years old in 2009.
A solo trans-US road trip all the way from New York to LA after my Master graduation when I was 25 years in 2011.
A solo Alaska road trip with helicopter to Mt. McKinley --- the highest mountain in North America.
A solo cycling island trip around Taiwan for my first documentary film in 2014.
9-month hitchhiking all the way from south China to Tibet, Nepal, India and fly to Sri Lanka and Maladives for my documentary file 'Vote for Vegetarianism' in 2014-2015.
3-week traveling around Italy in summer 2017 and finished up the hiking of Mt Blance looping around Italy, Switzerland, and France.
2-week traveling around Greece in 2017 including Santorini---my fav place in the world.
3-week traveling around South Africa in Sep 2017
Road trip with canevan in the south and north island of New Zealand in 20 days in June 2018
Stay in Australia for 7 years travelling intensively around Oceania
Road trip all the way from south China to Yunnan and Laos (to the border of Thailand) in Dec 2019.
Stay one year in Japan from Apr 2022 to Apr 2023, traveling all the places in Japan.
Travel UK and +20 European countries from April to July in 2023.

Teach, Learn, Share

World travel experience; Tranditional culture and wisdom about the Eastern society; body health and fitness knowledge; Buddhism wisdom and education; multi-dimensional universe; quantum physics to link modern science and religions; UFO and extraterrestrial civilization; professional geographic knowledge.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Laos, Macao, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Northern Ireland, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Qatar, Scotland, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, China, Japan, United States