NOTES: • I do not actively maintain this account now that it has a monthly subscription fee. So unless I have a public trip listed (when I've temporarily paid) I will not see messages. Hopefully this will change in the future. • I will not respond to requests/offers/messages from people with no references. ------- Hey, I'm Melanie! Possessor of a Bad Ass degree in Anthropology and a Bull Shit degree in Molecular Genetics (kidding...). Assorted tidbits about me...I'm a film and TV geek, amateur photographer, and armchair mountaineer (but aspiring to change that and climb actual peaks, eventually). I think hosts can be quite pretentious about wanting something back ("cultural exchange"...lol) from surfers. I'm more pragmatic - if I can save you some money and free you up to do cool shit instead, I'm all about that. I don't expect anything back from you, so long as you respect my space and my belongings.