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Clark, New Jersey, United States
@karen-clementine
Member since 2016
I’m the director of Eco Puppy GT, a street dog geared rescue at Eco Farms GT in San Felipe, 5 min outside of Antigua. I’ve been traveling for 5 years. I came to Guatemala to work on my Spanish and travel down central and South America, and with the goal of learning Spanish so I could go to veterinary school in Latin America, where it is infinitely cheaper. So I volunteered at Animal Aware and it was horrible - after leaving, I couldn’t live with myself and tried to find a solution - which became the Mayan Dog Rescue - but that didn’t work out (stay away from that project). I was left with 10,000$ worth of vet bills and 15 dogs. And then Emilio from Eco Farms asked me to run his dog project. So here I am! Working with amazing people helping dogs and cats! I’m not looking for couch surfing for myself, but for volunteers - we haven’t built housing yet. All questions welcome - let me know if you want to help :) I’m in need of volunteers! FB Karen clementine/Game of Thrones Puppies/ Eco Puppy GT IG: drdroolittle/game_of_thrones_pups/eco_puppy_gt En/Sp
Interested in Animals
Interested in Fitness
Fluent in English
Learning French
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
Talking to local people and making friends is the best way to experience a new place, and I like to meet like minded travelers and people. And I usually get to meet some cool pets too.
Music, Movies, and Books
Music: I like indie, punk, folk, electronica. Lots of stuff. Movies: true romance, inception, motorcycle diaries, rebel without a cause, get him to the Greek, & stepbrothers Books: franny & Zooey, welcome to the monkey house, the fountainhead, and those game of thrones books hot damn
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Climbed a sand mountain in the Sahara with a broken ankle - wasn’t going to pass that up for anything
Teach, Learn, Share
I can teach some vet stuff, to make friendship bracelets, lots of things.
What I Can Share With Hosts
If you need help, you can count on me.
My Interests
animals, ecotourism, respectful travel, the environment, conservation, languages, culture, travel, poetry & literature, music, science, hiking, exercise, nature, and a lot of other things