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Overview

  • 121 references 91 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Chinese, English, Spanish; learning German, Japanese, Portuguese
  • 36, Female
  • Member since 2009
  • Student, worker, traveler, adventurer, freelance...
  • From the daily life.....
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

ABOUT ME

A world citizen who is willing to dovote herself in environmental protection and cultural communication. It's me.

2 sides of myself:

1. quiet and peaceful, perfering staying at home reading books, watching movies, writing articles. My interior world is myself, my soul.

2. dynamic and adventurous, backpacking, hitchhiking, couchsurfing around the world. My exterior world is the Earth, the whole planet.

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My age axis:

Age 0: born in Chengdu-China, panda's hometown.

Age 1-11: grew up inside a university campus, had carefree childhood

Age 12-17: diligent student good at all subjects.

Age 18-20: studied architecture and Civil Engineering. Traveled around China.

Age 21-23: based in Germany, studied Geo-environmental Engineering. Traveled in Europe, Middle East, Africa and South Asia.

Age 24-26: moved to South America, made new home in Peru, learned Spanish, did the "environmental science" master study at the oldest university in America (found in 1551): UNMSM. Visited Latin America and almost all Caribbean islands.

Age 27: made a 1-year trip around the Earth by "Star Alliance Around the World Fare" ticket:

Peru – Colombia – Costa Rica (+ Panama) – Mexico (+ Cuba) – USA – Taiwan – Hong Kong (+ Australia) – Thailand (+ Malaysia & Singapore & Laos) – India – UAE – Egypt – Sudan – Ethiopia (+ Djibouti & Somaliland) – Uganda (+ Rwanda & Burundi & Kenya & Tanzania) – South Africa – Brazil – Peru

Reached the summit of Kilimanjaro on 28th birthday.

Age 28-30: worked as a tour leader and visited many more countries in Africa, South America and Antarctica.

I am now 30... and become a student again! Doing “Global Studies” master program at Freiburg University!

Age 31-100: wish to be a world citizen, to build my own career and establish a happy family...

Age 100-...: if I find the Earth is nothing new for me... so... move to the Mars...

PHILOSOPHY

Life is too short, don't lose it by repeat the same routine day after day, So, live a life in many different styles, which makes a person live many times.

Interests

My interests:

I love the natural life: nature, aminals, insects, plants, forests, mountains, rivers, lakes, beaches, oceans, sunshine, rain......

Adventure! Challenges! Languages! Cultures! Food!

I love adventurous life: trekking, hiking, mountaining, cycling, rafting, diving, snorking, hang-gliding, bungee-jumping......

I love studying: cuisine, instruments, languages, geography, new lifestyle, archaeology, earth science.geography......

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NOT my interests:

A dull life regulating like robots!

I am not a fan of women's stuffs: jewellery, diamond, luxuries, cosmetics, sexy dresses, gossip magazines, shopping all day......

  • insects
  • writing
  • books
  • architecture
  • photography
  • make up
  • dining
  • shopping
  • movies
  • reading
  • traveling
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • backpacking
  • scuba diving
  • snorkeling
  • bungee jumping
  • earth science
  • engineering
  • geography
  • international relations
  • languages
  • science
  • hitchhiking
  • beaches
  • lakes
  • rivers
  • mountains

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Born in China.

Top 5 at school.

Learn different languages.

Moved to Europe.

Keen on Photography.

Wrote Bachelor thesis in German.

Kenya to South Africa by hitchhiking.

Built my life in Latin America.

Alpacas and llamas.

Cruise around Caribbean islands.

Wrote master thesis in Spanish.

Snorkeling in Belize and touched sharks.

Open Water diving course in Malaysia.

Permaculture design course in Thailand.

Yoga training in India with a 92-year-old master.

88-day Arctic-to-Antarctica expedition by cruise.

Surrounded by 200000 king penguins at South Georgia Island.

Antarctica *4 times.

Visited 130+ countries, self-funded.

Met many great people on couchsurfing.

To be myself, to do what I hope.

Yes, to enjoy the amazing life.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Andorra, Antarctica, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burundi, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, England, Estonia, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kosovo, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Martinique, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, San Marino, Serbia, Singapore, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, South Korea, Spain, Sudan, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City State, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S., Zambia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Australia, China, Germany, Jordan, Kenya, Peru, South Africa, Thailand

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