CURRENT MISSION

to see as much of the world as possible and to make a difference whenever possible

ABOUT ME

I am a mature female with grown up children and now that they have all flown the nest I am fulfilling many of my dreams. I have taught English to foreign students for many years .
I have recently returned from S E Asia where I spent 6 months doing voluntary teaching and backpacking. I visited Thailand, Laos, Bali, Cambodia and Vietnam. I went to find out more about Buddhism and to "discover myself". I had a wonderful time and met some really inspirational people in every country.I believe everybody should do this journey at some point in their lives. It makes you appreciate what you have and how lucky we are in the West.
I was not aware of couch surfing when I was in Asia and stayed mostly in hostels.
Last September I went to India for 3 months and had an interesting and fulfilling trip until the last week, when I got dengue fever .....not nice !!!! However have now recovered and am in great anticipation of the next trip............

PHILOSOPHY

I believe in the law of attraction and try to always have a positive outlook and treat people as I want to be treated. Do not bear grudges as they are so self destructive ! and remember, people are all different...what you may enjoy, others may not !!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I can offer my couch in Hastings until I go travelling again but I would essentially like to offer a couch to help people on their journey and facilitate their travelling experience. I appreciate how finding an oasis in the unknown desert of the world can be a god send.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

4 times -- 3 ın India and 1 in Turkey...great times !! I have hosted 5 times.

Interests

Art, theatre, music, cinema ( especially French) travelling , meeting people and engaging in intelligent conversations. Laughing. Scrabble and chess.

• arts
• movies
• chess
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• backpacking
• camping
• surfing
• buddhist
• law

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies
Angela's Ashes, Body of Lies, It's complicated, The Hurricaine, Blood diamond, Analyse That, The Closet
Books
First they killed my father, How to be good, Land of a thousand suns, You the healer, Abraham Hicks Law of attraction, The Power of now
Music
Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac,Bob Marley, Prem Joshua ,Sting, opera, anything with sax in it everything really except country and western ....

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Angkor Wat ( Cambodia) Mae Sot refugee camp on Thai /Burmese border 40,000 people. Worked in an elephant sanctuary in Chiang Mai Thailand (32 rescue elephants) Visited the S21 prison in Pnom Penh (harrowing experience)Crossed the road in Vietnam ( quite an art actually 4 million motor bikes in Saigon, seems they are all on the road at the same time !!) Painted the interior of an orphanage for deaf and dumb kids in Bali

Teach, Learn, Share

I can share my home with travelers from anywhere in the world. I will hopefully be able to give advice and recommendations about the various places I have visited and also learn from my guests' travel experiences.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Italy, Jamaica, Kenya, Laos, Morocco, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom