Good day!This is Yanjie from China,now based in Perth, Australia.

Being a digital nomad, I'mtrying to use different ways to get deeper known about each city, making friends with local people and the person who knows the place better than me. Couchsurfing is quite a good chance to build relationships while travelling alone.

I love the so-called 'on the road' mood , which means that all of things gonna happen and the experiences is definitely both unknown and unexpected. I really enjoy this kind lifestlyle,always keeping curious about people and the things.

I love sharing stories about what we met on the road or some amazing experiences.That's an alternative way to record my life.

Literature,Photography,Hiking,Surfing,Music,Film,Arts...lots of hobbies and topics I'd like to communicate.

Fully respect different culture and religion, and the things I'm now continue with is to collect muti-cultural ways of living for my further studies through travelling.

I can speak Chinese,English.Now is learing Japaness and French(Hope to learn from u maybe!

Hope to see you guys on the road!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

In 2019, I happened to go to a contemporary art exhibition in China, the most impressive artwork was a series photo taken by a couchsurfer himself, showing his various sleeping couches while travelling in different countries. The couches were of different charasteristcs, much colorful and lovely, and this unique way of travelling gave me such a n inspiration to reconsider my future travel.

The world itself is meaningless, only when the humanbeings get involved in the society and interact with each other can the meanings being created and last for a long period.

That's the reason why I become a couchsurfer and put more value on communication and interaction when travelling, getting interested to know how the people fall in love with the city they loved and get great courage from their life .

I started being a couchsurfer when it was 2020 during the tough covid time, but lucky there were 2 kind and knowledgeable hosts allowing me to be guests in their home staying for a while. I'm not a perfect couchsurfer at first, but still learning how to get interacted with people when being a stranger and guest . With my age and travelling experiences accumulating, I can confidently say I have much more interesting thoughts and stories to share and learning from others.

The best way to explore a new city is to build relationships with the local people.Through communication and living with the host,you can find the charm of different culture.

Interests

• rock music
• calligraphy
• art
• travelling
• film
• fittness

Music, Movies, and Books

All kinds of music:rock is my favourite(post-rock ,also bossa nova,jazz,classic,techno...
- postrock: Wangwen(my favorite ever!!, MONO,....
Movies :Quentin, Ye Lou, Zhangke Jia,
Interstellar, Arrival........And most of documentaries( prefer geoography, historyand human society.
I uesed to minor in Media&Communication thus have great passion for making video and films.

Book:prefer fact-based literature,historic,society,phyilosophy...
Hermann Hesse!!(genius writer

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-One-year gap from college, stayed in India alone for one month, in Australia for 2 years.
-Being a backpacker travelled alone in North India for 1 month when I'm a sophomore year in uni.
-Took a roadtrip alone Western coast of Australia for two weeks, camping, snorkling and hiking....
-Joined a filming team when studying in uni and we created a film against PUA by ourselves.

Teach, Learn, Share

I’ve been learning calligraphy for 12years. I’m happy to teach you if you like.
And I take great interest in language learning. I’m learning Japanese now and would like to learn more.
I like fitness ,and prefer to share healthy way of living,
Enjoy cooking Chinese cuisines, and I'd like to share food with u guys.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Amazing things and culture in the places I’ve been before.
Books, musics and opinions maybe
Chinese culture and cooking way.
Ideas towards living

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, China, India