We are a young couple from New Zealand (25 and 28). We are complete novice cycle tourist but we wont let that get in the way of our grand plans to cycle our way around the world. We are both huge fans of traveling slowly and immersing ourselves in the local culture and find that it always makes for the best memories. The first leg of our journey will take us from the United Kingdom to India (hopefully)!

I (Anna) am an Occupational Therapist, who has spent time working in both hospital settings and out within the community. My passion revolves around promoting health and wellbeing though the engagement in meaningful everyday activities whilst placing a strong importance on proper nutrition and exercise.

An I (Sam) am a wizard... Hmm I wish! No sorry not a wizard but an Outdoor Educator/Instructor. My work takes me into wilderness environments for extended (25days+) periods of time. Taking small groups of students along for the ride with the intention of teaching them leadership skills, environmental awareness and skill proficiency.

We look forward to meeting you!

Check out our blog for a little more about what were up to:
https://2wheelingkiwis.wordpress.com/

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

We are open to ANY support we can get along out journey, whether it be getting advice from locals, sharing a meal together or camping in your garden.

Interests

We both love the outdoors, delicious food, good wine, and and great company.

We are passionate about the environment, and protecting it for our future future generations. We are using this trip partly to educate ourselves about what people around the world are doing to live more sustainably, with the hope of spreading knowledge and understanding with the people we meet alone the way and back home.

• culture
• environment
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• beer
• exercise
• instructor
• gardening
• traveling
• blogging
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• camping
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Anything that sounds good to our ears (the list is far to large).

Movies/TV series: Interstellar, Game of Thrones, Fargo, Narcos, Workaholics, Breaking Bad, The Wizard of OZ (Sam disagrees).. the list could go on forever.

Books: Tim Flannery, Richard Dawkins, Michael Pollan.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Traversed from the centre of New Zealands north island to the coast over ten days, summiting all the major peaks between, on foot and bike. Epic!

Teach, Learn, Share

As we said above we are using this trip partly to educate ourselves about what people around the world are doing to live more sustainably, with the hope of spreading knowledge and understanding with the people we meet alone the way and back home.

We love learning about traditional foods and cooking.

What I Can Share with Hosts

We are both passionate about cooking. We would love nothing more to repay your hospitality by sharing a meal, a nice cold beer, some fine wine and lots of laughs.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, China, Croatia, Egypt, Fiji, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Laos, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, England, Italy, New Zealand