Ciao everyone! 🪷🥰🐱🌍✨

I am - wander_girl_travel - on Instagram where I share a lot about all my adventures around the world!!! 🌎✨✈️

And my travel blog is wander-girl-travel.com !❤️

I'm Elisa, a 26 years old Italian girl from Imola, near Bologna. On September 15th 2023 I've graduated from the University of Bologna in a magistrale (5 years) of Foreign languages (French, English and Spanish) and Modern, comparative and postcolonial literatures. 

I'm currently backpacking through Latin America and l've been living the life of my dreams for almost 2 years! After 3 months in Brazil and Costa Rica, a wee pause of 2 months between Italy, France and the Maldives, then I've spent 9 months travelling in Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, South Korea, Indonesia, India, Oman, India again, Uzbekistan, United Arab Emirates... then I went to Guatemala and Belize for the Christmas vacations, then I volunteered for one month in the beautiful Zanzibar, Tanzania, then in March/April 2025 I travelled in England, Malta, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany, Slovakia, Austria, Iceland... and now I'm in Perù after spending one and a half months in Panama, another one and a half in Costa Rica, one month in Brazil again (with a one day trip to Argentina for the amazing Iguazú waterfalls), and 10 days in Paraguay (the country that really stole my heart!), more than 2 months in Bolivia, one month between Chile and Argentina... then I'm heading to the Carribbean... And then, who knows!

Since February 2020 for 5 years I worked with continuity as a journalist (I used to write cultural articles, I interview artists, writers, dancers, musicians...) for a local newspaper called Il Nuovo Diario Messaggero.

I lived/worked abroad many times: 

-England: for 6 years I went to a language school every summer to learn English and I lived with host families or in college for 3/4 weeks each time

-Ireland: 3 months as au pair girl taking care of the 3 children, the cats and the house of my host family in the countryside of Bray, 2018

-India: 2 months of volunteering. I lived with a host family and worked as a English teacher in the family's primary school Mary's School in the small village of Tindivanam, Tamil Nadu, 2019

-France: 8 months of Erasmus in Aix-en-Provence, 2019/2020

-Scotland: 3 months of Erasmus in Glasgow, 2022/2023

-Brazil: end of 2023, hosted by Brazilian families for two months working as a social media manager in the ONG Prossica that helps the kids and the adolescents of the favelas of Fortaleza. I went there as a volunteer for the international volunteer association AIESEC

-Costa Rica: my first Workaway experience, 2 weeks in December 2023, I worked in the Bolita naked hostel in the tropical Corcovado forest living in full contact with nature and animals, having the opportunity to meet everyday people from all over the world and collaborate with the other volunteers to keep the hostel running great!

-Sri Lanka: English teacher with children of about 10 years in a Buddhist monastery in the rural area near the sacred city of Anuradhapura

-Malaysia: I worked as a social media manager for 3 weeks in Nomad Adventure Camp in the forest near Gopeng

-South Korea: receptionist and housekeeper in Time Traveler Relax social hostel in Seoul for 3 weeks

-Zanzibar: volunteer in the school Amici di Zanzibar e del Mondo with children from 2 to 5 years old for one month

-Panama: volunteer in the Bodhi hostel & lounge en el Valle de Antón for 2 weeks organising activities for the guests, like hikes, games, movie nights

-Panama: volunteer for 2 weeks at Discover Coiba Panama, as a translator from Spanish to English of the guide during the snorkeling tours to Coiba National Park, and as a painter for the company

-Panama: volunteer in the reception for 2 weeks in the guesthouse La Lune Topaz in Boquete

-Costa Rica: volunteer as a receptionist at El Clan Hostel in Puerto Viejo on the Carribbean coast for one month

-Bolivia: one month of volunteering in Cochabamba at the Asociación Adelante Mujer, which creates events, cooking classes and empowerment classes for local women victims of violence. My tasks were to keep the association clean and tidy, help and participate during the events, play with the kids and create connections with the warmis, the local women

Plus, I worked as a babysitter and language teacher for several months, but without continuity, in the past years, in my hometown, Imola. I also have some experience as a travel guide and kindergarten teacher. 

My mother always took me with her to make amazing travels around the world, I'm very lucky and grateful for having had this great opportunity that opened my horizons and eyes.

I have many cats and I love animals and nature, I use to practice yoga and have walks in parks and forests, I love writing and reading books (in the last 5 years I read more than 200 books), swimming in the sea, I like to draw and paint, travel, visit museums, learn languages (I speak fluently Italian, English, French, Spanish and Portuguese). 

I visited 67 countries till now, mostly Europe and Asia, but also Africa and America:

Europe: Italy, Vatican, San Marino, France, Spain, Portugal, United Kingdom, Ireland, Austria, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Czech Republic, Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia ed Erzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, Malta, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Slovakia, Iceland

Asia: Turkey, Jordan, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, China, Japan, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, South Korea, Indonesia, Oman, Uzbekistan, United Arab Emirates

Africa: Marocco, Egitto, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania

Americas: United States (Florida and Alaska), Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Belize, Panama, Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, Chile, Perú

One of my goals is to visit all countries, so that's why when I finished University I started this journey to explore the world, live new experiences, apply for different jobs, learn new skills and expand my knowledge. 

In the future I would love to become a travel journalist and a writer. 

I do collaborations as a model to promote places, organisations and other things... For example in Brazil I've done shoots to promote a boat tour company, and in Costa Rica to promote a brand-new forest lodge!

I don't smoke, use drugs or drink alcohol. I prefer eating vegetarian but don't say no to fish or meat sometimes if it's good quality food. I am very calm, responsible, sweet, honest, curious, creative, flexible, intelligent, determined and polite. I'm really the kind of person you can rely on. 

My life philosophy is that I only get one life, so I am doing my best to make the most out of it, don't have regrets, follow my dreams, value human connections, do as many experiences as I can and live the most extraordinary and memorable life I can!!!

I hope to find beautiful people to connect with and grow together in the incredible journey that is life! 🥰🏞️🌄

See you soon! 🧳🌍💕🐾🏞️🐱🪻🌅🌈🐞🦋

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

'Cause my obsession is travelling the world, meeting people from every culture and learning everything I can!✈️🌏🧳

Interests

• animals
• camping
• journalism
• cinema
• hippie
• sea
• learning new languages
• nature walks
• hiking in nature
• travel,
• buddism
• food lover
• reading and writing
• travelling and meeting new people

Music, Movies, and Books

Ohhhh I read so much. I love big classics like Hugo, Balzac, Dostoevsky, Nabokov, Tolstoj, Hosseini, Gibran, Murakami, Terzani, Coelho, Allende, King, Follett... But really any kind of good literature from all over the world! I read a lot in foreign languages as well📚📖📝

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I worked in a naked hostel in the tropical forest of Costa Rica and saved the life of a poor French guy who was bitten by a poisonous snake!!!🐍

I'll tell you the full story and all my other crazy adventures if you want!🗺️💥

What I Can Share with Hosts

A lot of amazing travel stories! ✨🥰🐱

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Liechtenstein, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, England, France, India, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Panama, Scotland, South Korea, Tanzania