Hello ! I'm Tung-Chieh, or you can call me Ashley. My nickname is Ponkan : ) it’s a kind of orange 🍊

I’m currently in Australia for working holiday.

I love traveling. I was an exchange student in the Czech Republic for 6 months. I had so many regrets that I didn't travel a lot and meet people around the world, then I did a 3 months solo trip to travel back to Europe again and It was an amazing experience!

I’m into culture and language. Meeting different people always makes me have different thinking of life!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I want to travel with my own. I wish I could make friends, experience the local life, know more about the local culture, share various stories from each other, meet different people from the whole world during my journey. I always learn more from people. I think couchsurfing is a good way to achieve above all ! Wish I could have the chance to visit and explore deeply your country : ) If you have chance to come to Taiwan, I'm willing to accept and welcome you : )

Interests

I like traveling. I'm happy that I could be a exchange student in European country to let me have chance to travel around more easily. There is one saying in Chinese, ” It is better to travel far than to read voluminously”. Traveling could widen my horizon, makes me more open-mind and brave. I especially love to meet people during traveling.

I like to eat and also like to cook, but I'm still learning it. I enjoy the process, creating something from nothing, I can have no restriction to imagine to create various special food. I also like to try some wine and beer. Actually, this interest was developed after I came here haha. Czech beer is really awesome!

I like to exercise, and swimming is my favorite. I think it result from my hometown is fishing village, and my home is near the sea.

I like to sing and dance, although I'm not good at it :P But I'm still happy with it!

• culture
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• beer
• exercise
• partying
• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• swimming
• tourism
• sightseeing

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: edm, house, slow rock
Movies: I like every kind of movie except horror and thriller movies . For example, I like Transformers, Fast&Furious, The internship, Interstellar,The blind side...

Book: I like all the books which are inspiring.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I can do lion dancing

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you Chinese, Taiwanese. I love to learn different language. I would like to learn greetings of your language. Maybe we can exchange : )

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share my stories in Taiwan, in Czech, in traveling with you! If you are interested in Taiwan, I can share all the information I know with you : ) I recommend you to visit Taiwan! There are lots of sightseeing, beautiful scenery(no matter you like mountains,sea, city, countryside...) ,nice people and delicious food in Taiwan! If you really visit there, please let me know! I'm willing to be the tour guide to you : ) And as I mentioned in profile, I like cooking, I can cook for you if you want to taste Taiwanese food, but I don't promise I'm a good cook :P But I'm definitely a perfect choice if you want someone to taste your food lol

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Czech Republic, Taiwan