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Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand
@cathydanks
Member since 2013
ABOUT ME Honest, loyal, fun, love life and give anything a go. Open, caring and direct. Interested in people, different cultures,travelling the world and NZ and a bit crazy sometimes. Sometimes quiet and sometimes talk to much. Bit of a retro/hippy gal too. Love animals and this beautiful world we live in.
Interested in Animals
Interested in Dancing
Fluent in English
Learning Spanish
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE New but keen to meet different people Haha , not so new now. Have hosted a ton of really interesting cool people from all over the world. Now people from everywhere are hanging out on my deck and sharing our lives and travels, opinions etc, etc
Music, Movies, and Books
Music - reggae, rock, blues, latino - salsa, bachata, cumbia, samba, reggaeton, soul, black music, African drums, music from the Pacific Islands, Six60, Supergroove and Batucada Sound Machine, Gypsy Kings. So many that I am still discovering - Kandy drummers, Berber, bodu beru Don't get time to read books but recently read the Kite Runner (think it was called) haunting Fave movies - Ghost, Braveheart, Red Dog, Once Were Warriors, The Intouchables, Apocalypto, First Blood, Whale Rider and action movies. Movies with a story and that make me laugh or cry GOT
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Sailing and snorkelling around the Maldives on an 80 year old Turkish boat Doing bodu beru on the sand in 35 degree heat on a local Muslim island in the Maldives - google bodu beru Being at the 2011 Rugby World Cup Final in NZ, whoa that was a heart stopper Swum with manta rays in the Yasawas Swim with humpback whales in Tonga Sailing around the Komodo Islands, Indonesia Borneo
Teach, Learn, Share
I don't think I have met a person yet where I haven't learnt something from them My house, my country, my life and travels. I have lived in the north of NZ all my life so know the area very well Trying to learn Español
My Interests
Dancing, dancing and more dancing especially cuban salsa and Hawaiian and Cook Island hula. Music, walking, travel, food and people. The ocean - on in or near. Love travelling - seem to end up on islands and boats Love animals and very interested in other cultures Really want to do more yoga an meditation
