CURRENT MISSION

Exploring South America, combined creative work/ travel/ study & the ambition to learn some Spanish

ABOUT ME

I'm a Dutch girl, currently living in Berlin. Right now i'm about to finish my 2nd study, graduated already as a graphic designer, almost my paper in the pocket for creative concept development & photography at the artschool in Rotterdam.

The only task left to do is writing my final thesis, which i will do during my travels in South America. I put my study on a hold for a couple of years since i got an exciting job at a creative agency in Shanghai. After living in China & Hong Kong for a long time, i decided to travel around a bit more through South East Asia & return after to Berlin.

Back in Berlin i rolled straight away into another great job in the creative event scene, so the past years i never managed to pick up my studies again. I recently quit my job cause it started tickling for traveling again, i followed my heart & here i am. Freshly arrived on a entire new continent for me, ready for adventure & ready to write my thesis.

Back in Berlin i just got officially freelance, so this period will be for me as well about exploring my own creativity again. Pick up my camera again & figure out what i want with my own personal art. My past jobs were amazing experiences where i learned a lot, but it was most of the time comissioned work. I felt the time has come i want to work from my heart & find a way to make work that has a social/ environmental impact.

I arrived a month ago here in Ecuador, my first stop was at my friends family place just outside Quito. We went for one month on a big medicine trip through the Andes, visiting all their befriended medicine man/ woman. Much inspiration on an introspective level, as well a close look into how the environmental impact is. The importance of protecting the land & spreading this all over the world.

Much more than mountains i did not get to see yet till this far, some time to digest all last month input is needed as well so it's time for me to spread my wings & make some adventures on my own.

I'm here on a single ticket, so let's see where South America will take me!

My Facebookaccount: https://www.facebook.com/anne.tenbrinke.7

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm pretty new to couchsurfing, never used this medium so much in the past, even though i'm indirectly a host already for many years.

In Berlin i'm living together with my boyfriend & we've a nice spacy guestroom in our flat, most of the time occupied by friends & famlily, or other travelers i meet along the way. Friends of friends, random travelers i meet in berlin, etc, somehow they know how to find us since we're from different countries & have a big international friend circles. We enjoy it a lot to have so much life & different cultures in the house :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Until this far my only real couchsurf experience was in Hong Kong & Thailand a couple of years ago. I had to spend a month in Hong Kong to wait for my Chinese visa, this was an amazing time.

Stayed with the sweetest locals, got to know a few other travelers who participate in CS, the best way to get to know a place & not being just another tourist in another place!

Interests

My main interest is focussed on the creative scene, especially art & photography. I love traveling, nothing more i enjoy than a new cultural experience in a new place with new people to get fresh input from.

Since a while i'm a collector of natural objects, self found treasures on my travels from all around the world, but back home i keep on hunting for interesting pieces. What once started with a little crystal/ mineral collection, extended to bones, old snake skins, stuffed birds & spiders, coral bones & much more. with family who works in argeology & a natural historic museum in Germany i have the luck to turn my house slowly in a little museum as well. Of course all treasures given by nature & not taken by human!

I practise meditation & yoga on regular base since many years, mainly since my travel input has been through asia. since the past half a year i decided to extend my spiritual practices through plant medicine, a new adventure i explore as well on a cultural level with my friends from south america.

Cooking is another thing i love to do, give me a kitchen, some food & music & i've the best time!! In the general rule i try to avoid meat which is a challenge during traveling sometimes. If i prepare you a dish, i promise you won't miss the meat in your dish.

Other than this: documentaries, mainly on social/ eco, political topics, as well on art. Nothing makes me as happy as being in nature, a walk in the mountains or a dive in the sea.

• design

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you to how to press your camera button in the right way :)

As well exchange languages skills; i'm happy to teach some German, or Dutch in case this "not too useful language" is of your interest

and of course i'm happy to share all my travel knowledge with you!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Myanmar, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Germany, Netherlands