CURRENT MISSION

In 2016 I finished making an amazing trip around the world in 365 days with my boyfriend David (https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/wanderlust_wanderer). We travelled through: Russia, Mongolia, China, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, India, Nepal, Thailand, Australia (incl. Tasmania), USA, Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador.
You can read all about our adventures at our blog www.klogsandkangaroos.com

In 2017 I gave birth to a happy little girl. We are going on grazy holiday adventures with the three of us now.

ABOUT ME

I am addicted to travelling around the world since 2000 and I hope to continue travelling for the rest of my life. In the past I made beautiful backpacking trips, enjoyed luxurious holidays and I lived abroad 3 times for a longer period of time. I started my travel addiction during my studies. I studied International Fashion Management and Cultural Anthropology. I combined these two studies by specializing in labour conditions in de fashion industry. Before the world tour I have been working for seven years for the municipality of The Hague, from which in the last 2,5 years as a policy advisor. I am very close with my family and I also infected them with the travel virus.

Since December 2012 David and I live together in Rotterdam. David moved from Australia to Holland, so we could be together, how romantic, I know... ;-).

One last thing about me; I love going to parties and dance all night (but unfortunately it is long ago that a night like that occurred), watch movies and have picnics/bbq or dinner with friends/family.

Summary: Adventures, crazy, energetic, social, open minded

PHILOSOPHY

Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of travelling.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I love meeting people from all over the world and have interesting chats with them. I quess that is the anthropologist in me ;-)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have had the most amazing couchsurf experiences in different parts of the world. I will always remember my first couchsurfing experiences in Australia. All my hosts there were great and interesting people. Couchsurfing made my trip through Australia more intense then I ever expected it to be.

I also hosted two lovely girls at my place. I showed them Rotterdam and they told me a lot about there countries on nice evenings while chatting at the kitchen table.

Interests

Dancing: I love dancing, I can do it all night.

Music: I generally wake up with a song in my head

Movies: I am a movie lover

Books: Reading about other countries and cultures is a big interest of me. I love losing myself in a book and escape from the real world for a while.

Fashion: I started with styling and dressing up at the age of 2 and it never went away, not to forget I even studied fashion.

Travel: I love reading about other countries, travelling, meeting and living in other countries with different cultures.

Diving: I like diving. The most beautiful spots where I have been diving were: Great Barrier Reef, Tioman (Malaysia), Egypt (Dahab), Indonesia and Curacao

Yoga: I love doing yoga. You feel so good afterwards.

Boxing: Together with my boyfriend I am taking box lessons since a year. We both enjoy it very much.

Hiking: I love hiking or walking through nature and in the mountains. No punishment for me to let me walk for hours.

• books
• fashion
• dancing
• bbq
• yoga
• partying
• drinking
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• blogging
• music
• backpacking
• scuba diving
• boxing
• anthropology

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: All kinds of movies (cult, drama, romantic to trillers, but no horror because then I can't sleep at night)

Music: I listen to different types of music, mostly depending on my mood. But my favorite artists at the moment are Yvete Sangalo & John Mayer.

Books: True stories, Travelbooks, Trillers, Roman

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have done and seen a lot of amazing things in my life and I am looking forward to new amazing adventures to come. One of those amazing adventures was a trip around the world with my partner David.

Teach, Learn, Share

There is so much to learn in life. You're never finished. You can learn from everyone and from any situation.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Hopefully the real couchsurfng experience. Nice conversations, small/big adventures, great dinners and drinks

Ps. I am an open and honest person. I am Dutch which means I am used to getting the most direct questions and talk about all kinds of subjects.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Canada, China, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Gambia, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Zambia

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, Suriname

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