I work in academia and love to travel around the globe for work or leisure (and connecting with kind souls while doing it).

Sept '24 Philippines
Island hopping, beaches, and lagoons
Coron, Palawan
Makati, Manila
Boracay, Aklan

April-May '24 🇺🇲
Exploring the Southern states of the USA
♥️ Tennessee (Nashville🎶, Chattanooga⛰️, Cades Cove)
♥️ Florida (Jacksonville)
♥️ Georgia (Savannah🏛, Atlanta)
♥️ South Carolina (Charleston🌅)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet and connect with people from other cultures, to expand my life experience, to make the world a kinder and more understanding place.

Interests

• running
• swimming
• road cycling
• hiking in the mountains
• cafe hopping
• fitness training

Music, Movies, and Books

Looove country music since as long as I can remember, mostly for the mood, the heartfelt lyrics, and the heart-tugging voices. Recently, I really enjoy Kacey Musgraves and Luke Combs.

The books that shaped my spirit for adventure are Mark Twain's The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn and Jon Krakauer's Into The Wild.

Gattaca and Seven Years in Tibet are two movies that I will never forget. I watched them as a teenager and they impacted me profoundly.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiking up mountains alone in Japan (including its five highest peaks), conquering my fear of heights, island hopping and solo camping in the wild. These experiences were very formative in building my self-confidence at the age of 37! It's never too late to bloom🌺🌺🌺 Thank you, Japan, for being such a safe country for a solo female traveler to reinvent herself🙇🏻‍♀️

Started to run at the age of 38 and finally got a chance to run at the Chicago Marathon in 2022 (my 7th marathon, my first World Marathon Majors)🏃🏻‍♀️

What I Can Share with Hosts

A friendly company, cultural exchange through cooking, an adventure buddy

Countries I’ve Visited

Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Indonesia, Japan, United States