Hi! My name is Amy :) I’m a seasonal worker, flow artist, and backpacker. I’m currently on a 6 month backpacking trip of South America and my dream is to move somewhere off the Rocky Mountains when I return to the states. I love dancing with poi and am currently learning hula hoop (both of which I’m happy to share when hosting/hosted 😄).

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I’m on Couchsurfing because while I love campground and hostel culture, you’ll never meet the locals of an area in those places, and I really want to get to know the people of a place too 😊

Interests

• outdoor activities
• hiking
• backpacking
• camping
• languages
• poi
• national parks
• hula hooping
• spanish
• quilting
• aerial arts
• flow arts

Music, Movies, and Books

My favorite artist is Florence and the Machine but I love listening to basically any kind of music except country (I’m from Texas & it just got a little played out in my childhood 😅), and I especially love going out to listen to live music 😇

Current favorite movie is the Greatest Showman but I don’t have an all time favorite, I’m more into TV shows cause I love seeing an ongoing story and character development, and getting personally invested in characters/the storyline. Currently watching Black Sails and Narcos, but some of my old favs are Doctor Who, Supernatural, and Psych 😊

Harry Potter was my first love and will always be my favorite 😁 but I also love Neil Gaiman novels, historical fiction, and travel/hiking memoirs.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I camped, hitchhiked, and worked around New Zealand for 9 months on the working-holiday visa. Still convinced New Zealand is the most magical country in the world because of it 😄

Teach, Learn, Share

Happy to teach any of my hobbies such as Poi and Hula Hoop, and share any knowledge and stories I have (e.g. how to do working holiday visas, tips for backpacking S. America, etc). I love learning new hobbies, skills, topics, etc, so anything a guest/host is willing to share with me would be amazing, but the next specific things on my list to learn/self-teach are how to cook proper cuisine, aerial silks, and basic gardening :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can teach poi (a form of fire dance, but with LED lights instead of fire), the little I know of hula hoop, and , if someone wants to practice Spanish conversation, I’m straight out of South America right now and would be happy to practice conversation with my intermediate “gringo” spanish 😅. Of course also happy to help around the house with cleaning and/or cooking 😊

Countries I’ve Visited

Belize, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Kenya, New Zealand, Peru

Countries I’ve Lived In

New Zealand, United States