ABOUT ME Optimistic pessimist or pessimistic optimist.

On-the-road/at-sea/through-the-air continuously since 2007... Countries visited throughout my lifetime: 180+ UN [200+ including other territories, like Greenland, Svalbard, Antarctica, Falklands/Malvinas, French Polynesia, etc.] ▽※ ✈ ※ ✈ ※ ✈ ※ ✈ ※ ✈ ※▽ ⋙ CURRENT LOCATION ⋘ △❃ ✰ ✜ ❆ ✹ ❃ ✰ ✜ ❆ ✹△ 🇨🇳 CHINA Couch Status 🛋️ ➡ Available ✅ Kindly read My Home/Couch before sending a request 我会中文 ▼ ✔✈ ✔✈ ✔✈ ✔✈ ✔✈ ✔▼ ▷★ PREVIOUS TRAVELS ★◁ ▲ ✔✈ ✔✈ ✔✈ ✔✈ ✔✈ ✔▲ ☑❖AFRICA #?❖ Jan~Dec'25 🇹🇿TANZANIA: Zanzibar 🇰🇪KENYA: Mombasa, Diani, Nairobi, Naivasha, Eldoret, Turkana 🇸🇸SOUTH SUDAN: Kapoeta, Torit, Juba, Terekeka, Yei 🇨🇩DRCONGO: Isiro, Kisangani, 🚢 Congo river, Bumba, Lisala, Mbandaka, Kinshasa 🇨🇬REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: Brazzaville, Lesio-Louna, Oyo, Ouesso, Pokola 🇨🇫CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Mongoumba, Bangui, Boali, Kaga-Bandoro 🇹🇩CHAD: Sarh, N'Djamena 🇨🇲CAMEROON: Kousseri, Douala, Kribi 🇳🇬NIGERIA: Maiduguri, Kano, Abuja, Osogbo, Lagos, Calabar, Ikom 🇬🇶EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Bata 🚢 Malabo 🇪🇹ETHIOPIA: Addis Ababa, Danakil, Mek'ele, Axum, Tigray ⛪ 🇲🇼MALAWI: Nkhotakota, 🚢 Lake Malawi, Cape Maclear Liwonde, Blantyre, Mulanje, Chongoni, Lilongwe 🇹🇿TANZANIA: Dar Es Salaam, Mbeya, Mwanza 🚢 Lake Victoria, Bukoba, Kigoma 🇰🇲COMOROS: Grand Comore, 🚤 Moheli, 🚤 Anjouan 🚢 🇰🇪KENYA: Nairobi, Maasai Mara NP, Migori 🇧🇮BURUNDI: Bujumbura, Rutana, Bururi, Gitega 🇿🇲ZAMBIA: Mbala, Kassama, Kasanka, Chipata, South Luangwa, Lusaka, Livingstone 🇲🇿 MOZAMBIQUE: Nampula, Ilha de Moçambique, Gorongosa NP, Chimoio 🇿🇼ZIMBABWE: Rusape, Harare, Great Zimbabwe, Bulawayo, Matobo Hills NP, Hwange NP, Victoria Falls 🇧🇼BOTSWANA: Kasane, Francistown, Makgadikgadi Pans, Khama Rhino Sanctuary, Gaborone 🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA: Pretoria, Johannesburg ☑❖XMAS /WINTER❖ Nov~Dec'24 🇷🇺RUSSIA: Kaliningrad, Moscow, Vladimir, Nizhny Novgorod, Saint Petersburg 🇪🇪ESTONIA: Narva, Tallinn 🇫🇮FINLAND: Helsinki, Turku, Jyväskylä, Rovaniemi/Lapland 🇦🇽ÅLAND: Mariehamn ☑❖CAMINO AND MORE ❖ Oct~Nov'24 🇪🇸SPAIN: Pyrenees Mountains, Ordesa y Monte Perdido, Aínsa, Zaragoza, Bilbao, Burgos, León, Camino de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela ☑❖SAILING PACIFIC #3⛵❖ Mar~Sep'24 🇭🇰⊛HONG KONG 🇵🇭THE PHILIPPINES: Puerto Galera, Donsol, Malapascua, Surigao 🇵🇼PALAU: Koror 🇫🇲MICRONESIA: Yap, Chuuk 🇨🇳CHINA ☑❖S. AMERICA•ANTARCTICA 🚢🐧❖ Jan~Feb'24 🇧🇷BRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro 🇦🇷ARGENTINA: BAs, Puerto Madryn, Ushuaia 🇺🇾URUGUAY: Montevideo 🇨🇱CHILE: Punta Arenas 🇦🇶⊛ANTARCTICA 🇫🇰⊛FALKLANDS/MALVINAS ☑❖TRANSATLANTIC 🚢🏝️❖ Nov~Dec'23 🇪🇸SPAIN: Barcelona CANARY ISLANDS: Fuerteventura, Tenerife 🇦🇮⊛ANGUILLA 🇰🇳ST KITTS and NEVIS 🇲🇶⊛MARTINIQUE 🇬🇵⊛GUADELOUPE 🇩🇲DOMINICA 🇧🇧BARBADOS ☑❖SOUTH ASIA•MIDDLE EAST❖ Mar~Nov'23 🇮🇳DL, Holi@Vrindavan, AS, TR, ML, NL, KA, Kerala, Tamil Nadu 🇧🇹BHUTAN: Paro Tshechu 🇵🇰PAKISTAN: North 🇦🇫AFGHANISTAN: Jalalabad, Kabul, Mazar, Bamiyan, Kandahar, Herat, Jam 🇮🇷IRAN: Mashhad, Tehran, Kashan, Abyaneh, Meymand, Kerman, Bam, Bandar Abbas, Hormuz, Shiraz 🇮🇶IRAQ: Karbala, Baghdad, Babylon, Samarra, Basra, Nasiriyah 🇰🇼KUWAIT 🇲🇾🇮🇩🇨🇳 ☑❖ISLAND HOPPING❖ Jan~Feb'23 🇯🇪⊛JERSEY 🇬🇬⊛GUERNSEY 🇮🇲⊛ISLE OF MAN 🇬🇧UK: Liverpool, Manchester 🇵🇹 PORTUGAL: Madeira ☑❖HIMALAYA•ARAB❖ May'22~Jan'23 🇳🇵NEPAL: Kathmandu, Pokhara, Lumbini, Lukla, 🏔️Treks:Everest Base Camp/3 passes, Langtang, Annapurna circuit 🇮🇳INDIA: WB, OD, UP, UK, Ladakh, HP, RJ, PB, DL 🇱🇰SRI LANKA: Colombo 🇲🇻MALDIVES: Malé, Thilafushi, Thulusdhoo, Guraidhoo, Maafushi 🇴🇲OMAN: Musandam, Madha 🇦🇪UAE: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ras Al-Khaimah, Ajman, Umm al-Quwain, Fujairah, Nahwa 🇪🇬EGYPT: Alexandria, Cairo, White desert, Al Dakhla oasis, Luxor, Abu Simbel 🇸🇩SUDAN: Halfa, Kerma, Dongola, Karima, Khartoum, Kassala 🇶🇦QATAR:World Cup⚽🏆 🇸🇦SAUDI ARABIA: Dammam, Al Ahsa, Riyadh, Edge of the World, Shaqra, Ha'il, Al Ula, Medina, Jeddah, El Baha, Abha, Jizan 🇯🇴JORDAN: Amman 🇮🇱ISRAEL: Jerusalem 🇵🇸PALESTINE: Christmas@Bethlehem; NYE@Ramallah 🇧🇬BULGARIA: Sofia 🇸🇰SLOVAKIA: Bratislava ☑❖TRANSPACIFIC SAILING ⛵❖ May'21~May'22 🇵🇦PANAMÁ: Panamá City, Boquete, Panamá Canal crossing, Las Perlas 🇪🇨ECUADOR: Galápagos 🇵🇫⊛FRENCH POLYNESIA: Marquesas, Tuamotus, Tahiti, Mo'orea, Bora-Bora 🇫🇯FIJI: Vanua Levu, Lau Group 🇻🇺VANUATU: Port Vila 🇮🇩INDONESIA: West Papua/Raja Ampat, Maluku, Sulawesi, NTT, NTB, Java, Bali ☑❖CARIBBEAN SAILING ⛵❖ Jan~May'21 🇧🇸BAHAMAS: Long Island, Exumas, Nassau, Berrys, Bimini 🇹🇨⊛TURKS AND CAICOS: Providenciales 🇭🇹HAITI: Port-au-Prince, Jacmel, Cap-Haïtien 🇩🇴DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Punta Cana, Santo Domingo, Santiago, Puerto Plata, Cabarete, Las Terrenas, Las Galeras, Samaná ☑❖COVID WANDERING☣❖ Mar'20~Jan'21 🇵🇹PORTUGAL: Podence, Fisherman's Trail 🇮🇹Milan, Bolzano, Dolomites, Venice, Trieste 🇸🇮SLOVENIA: Bled, Julian Alps, Ljubljana, Piran, Postojna, Kobarid 🇦🇹AUSTRIA: Villach, Salzburg, Hallstatt, Linz, Wachau, Graz, Vienna 🇮🇹Naples, Pompeii, Amalfi coast, Matera, Taranto, Alberobello, Ostuni, Polignano a Mare, Bari 🇹🇷Izmir, Bodrum, Milas, Dalyan, Fethiye, Lycian Way, Antalya, Pamukkale, Konya, Cappadocia, Adana, Urfa, Mardin, Istanbul 🇮🇶⊛IRAQI-KURDISTAN: Duhok, Amedi, Erbil, Sulaymaniyah, Halabja 🇱🇧LEBANON: Beirut, Byblos, Tripoli, Qadisha valley, Baalbek, Anjar, Saida, Tyre ☑❖WINTER➜SUMMER❖ Jan~Mar'20 🇧🇾BELARUS: Mindk, Grodno, Brest 🇱🇹LITHUANIA: Vilnius 🇳🇴NORWAY: Oslo, Tromso ⊛SVALBARD 🇪🇹ETHIOPIA: Addis Ababa, Gonder, Simien Highlands, Lalibela, Harar 🇸🇴⊛SOMALILAND, Hargeisa, Berbera 🇩🇯DJIBOUTI: Djibouti City, Lac Assal, Lac Abbé ☑❖INDIAN OCEAN❖ Jul~Sep'19 🇫🇷⊛LA REUNION: Siant-Denis, Saint-Pierre, Cirque de Mafate, Cirque de Cilaos, Piton dea Neiges, Piton de la Fournaise 🇲🇺MAURITIUS: Mahebourg, Port Louis, Flic-en-Flac, Le Morne Brabant 🇲🇬MADAGASCAR: Tulear, Isalo, Morondava, Tsingy de Bemaraha, Ranomafana, Antananarivo, Andasibe ☑❖SOUTHERN AFRICA II❖ Jan~Mar'19 🇦🇴ANGOLA: Luanda, Malanje, Kalandula falls, Pedras Negras, Benguela, Lobito, Lubango 🇳🇦NAMIBIA: Etosha, Caprivi strait, Swakopmund, Walvis Bay, Windhoek, Sossusvlei, Luderitz 🇿🇲ZAMBIA: Livingstone 🇿🇼ZIMBABWE: Victoria Falls 🇧🇼BOTSWANA: Kasane, Chobe, Maun / Okavango Delta, Ghanzi ☑❖CENTRAL ASIA❖ Jul~Sep'18 🇰🇿KAZAKHSTAN: Astana / Nur Sultan, Karaganda, Balkhash, Almaty, Charyn Canyon 🇰🇬KYRGYZSTAN: Bishkek, Osh, Sary-Tash 🇹🇯TAJIKISTAN: GBAO, Dushanbe, Fann Mountains 🇺🇿UZBEKISTAN: Samarkand, Tashkent, Bukhara, Khiva, Nukus, Moynaq / Aral Sea ☑❖SOUTHERN AFRICA❖ Jan~Mar'18 🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA: Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Gansbaai, Cape Agulhas, Port Shepstone, Durban, Sodwana Bay, Hluhluwe Imfolozi, Kruger 🇱🇸LESOTHO: Maseru, Semonkong 🇸🇿SWAZILAND: Mbabane, Hlane Royal 🇲🇿MOZAMBIQUE: Maputo, Inhambane, Tofo 🇸🇨SEYCHELLES: Mahé ☑❖NORTHERN ATLANTIC❖ Jul~Aug'17 🇩🇪GERMANY: Bremen, Hamburg, Lüneburg 🇩🇰DENMARK: Odense, Copenhagen 🇫🇴⊛FAROE ISLANDS: Vágar/Sørvágur, Thorshavn, Saksun, Gjogv, Klaksvik 🇬🇱⊛GREENLAND: Kangerlussuaq 🇮🇸ICELAND: Seydisfjordur, Lake Myvatn, Djupivogur, Jokulsarlon, Vik, Skogar, Thorsmork, Reykjavik ☑❖AFRICA OVERLAND❖ Nov'16~Jul'17 🇹🇳TUNISIA: Djerba, Tataouine, Gabes, Sfax, Sousse, Kairouan 🇸🇳SENEGAL: Dakar, Lac Retba, Mbour, Joal-Fadiouth, Palmarin, Toubacouta, Ziguinchor, Oussouye 🇬🇲THE GAMBIA: Banjul, Serekunda, Kartong, Georgetown 🇬🇼GUINEA-BISSAU: Bissau, Bijagós archp. (Bubaque, Canhabaque, Bolama), Bafatá, Gabu 🇬🇳GUINEA: Koundara, Conakry, Iles de Los 🇸🇱SIERRA LEONE: Freetown, Bo, Kenema 🇱🇷LIBERIA: Robertsport, Monrovia, Buchanan 🇨🇮COTE D'IVOIRE: Man, Yamoussoukro, Abidjan, Grand Bassam 🇬🇭GHANA: Ankasa, Takoradi, Elmina, Cape Coast, Kumasi, Accra, Wechiau, Larabanga, Mole NP, Tamale, Bolga, Paga 🇧🇫BURKINA FASO: Tiébélé, Ouagadougou, Bobo-Dioulasso, Banfora, Sindou, Bani 🇧🇯BENIN: Tanguietá, Atakora, Abomey, Ganvié, Cotonou, Porto Novo, Ouidah, Grand Popo 🇹🇬TOGO: Lac Togo, Aného, Lomé, Kpalimé, Koutammakou 🇸🇹SAO TOME AND PRÍNCIPE: São Tomé, Príncipe 🇬🇦GABON: Libreville, Lambaréne, Bitam 🇨🇲CAMEROON: Yaoundé, Douala, Buea/Mount Cameroon, Limbe 🇰🇪KENYA: Nairobi, Mombasa, Watamu, Lamu 🇹🇿TANZANIA: Tanga, Arusha, Mto Wa Bu/Lake Manyara, Crater Highlands/Lake Natron, Ngorongoro, Kigoma/Lake Tanganyika 🇷🇼RWANDA: Kigali, Gisenyi/Lake Kivu 🇺🇬UGANDA: Lake Bunyonyi, Kampala 🇲🇦MOROCCO: Rabat, Meknès, Fez, Asilah, Tangier ☑❖CHINA•SE ASIA•OCEANIA❖ Jul'15~Sep'16 🇨🇳CHINA: Guangxi, Guizhou, Chongqing, Sichuan 🇲🇾MALAYSIA: KL, Penang 🇮🇩INDONESIA: Jakarta, Bandung, Purwokerto, Dieng, Yogyakarta, Bromo, Ijen, Bali, Lombok/Gili, Sumbawa, Flores/Komodo, Sumba, Timor, Kalimantan-Banjarmasin, Sumatra-Medan Danau Toba 🇹🇱EAST TIMOR: Dili, Liquica, Ramelau 🇦🇺AUSTRALIA: Darwin, Alice Springs, Uluru, Coober Pedy, Adelaide, Great Ocean Road, Melbourne, Tasmania 🇳🇿NEW ZEALAND: Christchurch, Oamaru, Dunedin, Invercargill, Te Anau, Milford Sound, Wanaka, West Coast/Glaciers/Greymouth, Karamea, Nelson, Kaikoura, Wellington, New Plymouth/Taranaki, Auckland, Tiritiri Matangi, Whangarei ⛵ 🇫🇷⊛NEW CALEDONIA: Noumea 🇻🇺VANUATU: Tanna, Ambrym, Port Vila, Pentecost, Espiritu Santo 🇸🇧SOLOMON ISLANDS: Honiara/Guadalcanal, Marovo Lagoon, Gizo, Choiseul, Shortlands 🇵🇬PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Bougainville 🇫🇯FIJI: Nadi, Sigatoka, Pacific Harbour, Beqa, Suva, Levuka, Vanua Levu 🇦🇺AUSTRALIA: Brisbane, Glass House Mountains, Gold Coast, Byron Bay, Port Macquarie, Newcastle, Sydney, Blue Mountains, Canberra ☑❖EURO WINTER❅❖ Jan~Mar'15 🇵🇱POLAND: Gdansk, Gdynia, Sopot, Malbork 🇲🇪MONTENEGRO: Podgorica, Cetinj, Budva, Kotor, Strogod, Bijelo Polje 🇽🇰⊛KOSOVO: Peja, Pristina, Prizren 🇲🇰MACEDONIA: Skopje 🇬🇷GREECE: Meteora, Thessaloniki 🇨🇾CYPRUS: Paphos, Troodos, Limassol, Nicosia ⊛NORTH CYPRUS: Kyrenia, Famagusta ☑❖NORTHEAST ASIA❖ Jul~Sep'14 🇨🇳:SanQing Shan, Huang Shan/Hong Cun, Nanjing, PingYao, Datong/Hengshan/Yungang, Erlian, Chengde, Beijing, Jinan, Taishan, Qingdao 🇲🇳MONGOLIA: Ulaanbaatar, Kahrkhorin, the Mongolian steppe and desert 🇰🇷SOUTH KOREA: Incheon, Seoul, Seoraksan, Samcheok, Gyeongju, Daegu, Haemi, Suwon ☑❖PHILIPPINES • MALAYSIA❖ Jan~Feb'14 🇵🇭THE PHILIPPINES: Cebu-Sinulog festival; Manila, Baguio-Panagbenga festival, Vigan, Sagada, Bananue, Kabayan 🇲🇾MALAYSIA: Sabah ☑❖EUROPE➜CAUCASUS➜ASIA❖ May~Sep'13 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Southampton, Salisbury•Stonehenge, Bristol, Bath 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿WALES: Cardiff, Caerphily 🇲🇹MALTA: Valletta, St. Julians, Mellieha, Gozo, Comino 🇪🇸Valencia, Barcelona 🇦🇩ANDORRA: Andorra la Vella 🇵🇹Setubal, Arrabida, Sesimbra, Sagres, Lagos, Faro 🇨🇭Geneva, Zurich 🇱🇮LIECHTENSTEIN: Vaduz, Schaan 🇩🇪Ulm, Wurzburg, Nuremberg, Bayreuth CZECH REPUBLIC:Prague, Ostrava 🇵🇱Bielsko-Biala, Zywiec, Katowice 🇬🇪GEORGIA: Kutaisi, Tbilisi, Kazbegi, Vardzia, Borjomi, Gori, Chiatura, Mtskheta, Shatili, Batumi, Zestafoni ⊛ABKHAZIA 🇦🇲ARMENIA: Gyumri, Yerevan, Garni/Geghard, Khor Virap, Goris, Tatev, Khndzoresk, Sevan, Alaverdi/Sanahin/Haghpat ⊛NAGORNO-KARABAKH/ARTSAKH 🇦🇿AZERBAIJAN: Naftalan, Baku, Gobustan 🇦🇪Dubai 🇨🇳HK, Macau, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Guilin/Yangshuo, Shanghai, Suzhou, Lijiang, Dali, Kunming ☑❖NORTH/CENTRAL AMERICA • CARIBBEAN❖ May'12~May'13 🇺🇲Boston, New York, Washington DC, Charlotte, Atlanta, Jacksonville, Orlando, Ft Lauderdale 🇸🇻EL SALVADOR: San Salvador, Santa Ana y la Ruta de las Flores [Ahuachapan, Ataco, Juayua], Alegria 🇭🇳HONDURAS: Choluteca, Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula, Puerto Cortez 🇳🇮NICARAGUA: León, Somoto, Esteli, Matagalpa, Managua, Masaya, Chinandega, Granada, Isla Ometepe 🇨🇷COSTA RICA: Montezuma, Manuel Antonio, San Jose 🇬🇹GUATEMALA: Puerto Barrios 🇧🇿BELIZE: Punta Gorda, Placencia, Belmopan, San Ignacio, Caracol, Belize City, Corozal 🇨🇺CUBA: Havana, Cienfuegos, Trinidad, Sancti Spiritus, Santiago de Cuba, Bayamo, Camaguey, Bahia de Cochinos/Bay of Pigs 🇲🇽MEXICO: Laguna Bacalar, Tulum, Playa del Carmen, Cancun, Valladolid/Chichen Itza/Ek Balam, Holbox island, Merida, Uxmal, Campeche, Palenque, San Cristobal de las Casas, Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Puebla, Angangueo, Morelia, Patzcuaro, Uruapan/Paricutin, Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta, Zacatecas, Real de 14, San Luis Potosi, Queretaro, Bernal/Sierra Gorda de Queretaro/Bucareli/Jalpan/Xilitla, Guanajuato, Dolores Hidalgo, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico City, Cuernavaca, Oaxaca, Villahermosa 🛳️ 🇵🇷⊛PUERTO RICO: Aguadilla, San Juan, El Yunque 🇻🇮⊛US VIRGIN ISLANDS: St. Thomas 🇸🇽/🇫🇷⊛ST. MAARTEN/⊛SAINT MARTIN:Philipsburg, Marigot 🇱🇨ST. LUCIA: Castries, Pitons Nat.Park 🇰🇳ST. KITTS and NEVIS: Basseterre 🇵🇹PORTUGAL: Azores-S.Miguel ☑❖CHINA TO TURKEY (OVERLAND)❖ Jan~May'12 🇨🇳KunMing, YuanYang, XiShuangBanNa 🇱🇦Luang Prabang, Vientiane 🇹🇭Udon Thani, Bangkok 🇲🇲MYANMAR: Yangon, Mandalay/Amarapura, Bagan, Inle Lake, Mawlamyine, Kyaiktiyo 🇮🇳W.Bengal, Sikkim, Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Assam, Meghalaya, Odisha, Bihar, Delhi, Punjab 🇧🇩BANGLADESH: Paharpur, Bogra, Dhaka, Khulna/Bagerhat/Sundarbans, Chittagong, Cox's Bazaar 🇵🇰PAKISTAN: Lahore, Jhelum, Islamabad/Rawalpindi, Multan, Bahawalpur, Derawar, Karachi 🇧🇭BAHRAIN: Manama 🇶🇦QATAR: Doha 🇦🇪UAE: Dubai, Fujairah 🇮🇷IRAN: Shiraz, Yazd, Esfahan, Tehran, Tabriz 🇹🇷TURKEY: Van, Dıyarbakır, Mardin, Nemrut Dagı, Adana, Ankara ☑❖ASIA • SILK ROAD❖ Jul'09~Sep'11 🇨🇳Wuhan, Xiahe, Lanzhou, Korla, Baicheng, Kashgar, Turpan, Urumqi, Dunhuang, Jiayuguan, Zhangye, Tianshui, Xi'An, HuaShan, Luoyang, Kaifeng, Zhengzhou, Shaoguan, Macau, Kaiping, Guangzhou/Foshan, Fenghuang, Zhangjiajie/Wulingyuan, Chinese New Year@Guilin, Yangshuo, Harbin [Ice and snow festival], Beijing, Hangzhou, Shenyang, Dandong, WudangShan, Shenzhen, HK 🇰🇿KAZAKHSTAN: Almaty, Turkestan, Shymkent, Charyn Canyon 🇰🇬KYRGYZSTAN: Bishkek, Issyk-Kul, Cholpon-Ata, Karakol, Osh, Sary-Tash 🇰🇵NORTH KOREA: Pyongyang, Kaesong, Pamjunson/DMZ 🇯🇵JAPAN: Osaka, Kobe, Hiroshima/Kure, Nara, Kyoto, Tokyo, Nikko, Matsumoto/Azumino, Nagano, Kofu/Yamanashi, Shizuoka, Iga, Fukuoka, Beppu, Nagasaki, Unzen, Kagoshima, Kumamoto/Aso 🇹🇼⊛TAIWAN: Lunar New Year@Taipei, HsinChu, Tainan, Kaohsiung 🇲🇾Kuala Lumpur, Penang/Georgetown, Johor Bahru, Pulao Tioman, Kota Kinabalu, Sipadan 🇵🇭Manila, Donsol, Legazpi, Puerto Galera, Mt. Pinatubo, Cebu, Bohol 🇱🇰SRI LANKA: Negombo, Anuradhapura, Pollonaruwa, Sigiriya, Dambulla, Kandy, Ella, Uda Walawa national park, Matara, Kogalla, Unawatuna, Galle, Colombo 🇮🇩Jakarta, Bali (Ubud, Sanur, Kuta, Seminyak, Jimbaran), Krakatoa, Manado/Pulau Bunaken, Lembeh 🇧🇳BRUNEI: Kuala Belait, Bandar Seri Begawan 🇲🇾Borneo-Sarawak, Sabah 🇸🇬SINGAPORE 🇹🇭THAILAND: Bangkok (continued below...)

Important note for guests: On weekdays, I leave home around 7:00–7:15 a.m. and usually return around 7:00 p.m. Guests need to be comfortable following this schedule. If it does not work for you, I may not be able to host you on workdays. I am native Cantonese. In my free time, I enjoy travelling, hiking and trekking. I am also passionate about landscape and cultural photography, and I love meeting people along the way. I have travelled across Nepal, Indonesia, Myanmar, Japan, Kamchatka, the Philippines, Malaysia, Qatar, Kenya, Tanzania, Egypt, Portugal, Spain and nearly every region of China. I have also made brief visits to Vietnam and Singapore. After walking the Camino through Portugal and Spain, I thought more deeply about what I could give to—and what I hoped to find in—the Couchsurfing community: sharing and learning. I am deeply grateful that Couchsurfing has introduced me to so many kind and friendly people. For me, it is much more than finding a place to sleep; it is about genuine cultural exchange and seeing the world through different perspectives. Meeting friends from different countries feels a little like filling a Pokémon Pokédex—every friendship opens a new window onto the world. It is always a pleasure to meet you. Good thoughts, good words, good deeds. Instagram: @havenzyen

My name is Wang Zhiyang, you can call me Yangzai or wang. Born in 1992, I grew up in Chongqing after being born in Hebei and now live in Foshan with my wife. I’ve been a couch host for ten years and rarely stay at others’ places as a guest. I used to work as a sound and lighting technician for live shows, and now I mainly run cloud warehouses across the country selling and renting microphones for concerts. In my spare time, I enjoy traveling, working out, cycling, playing football and basketball. I love meeting interesting, vibrant and soulful people. My wife Dongdong and I live in a four-bedroom house. You’re more than welcome to stay! My wechat:wangzhiyangyangzai