Konnichiwa, Salam Alaikum, Shalom 🤗

Traveling has always been a big part of my life. As a teacher, I used to explore the world during school breaks with my daughter but time was always too short. So in July 2023, just before she started school, we set off on a year-long journey.

We traveled overland and sea (mostly) from Switzerland to Japan through Europe, the Caucasus, the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. We shared meals with strangers, rode buses and hitchhiked, stayed in mountain villages, wandered through busy cities, and heard incredible stories. Along the way, travelers introduced us to Couchsurfing and it changed everything.

Thanks to this amazing community, we met locals, shared laughter, made friends, and created memories that will last forever. Since returning to Zürich in August 2024, we’ve started giving back by hosting. And since October 2024, my partner from Sri Lanka is also part of our little family here.

We host with the same spirit we surfed: open-minded, curious, and full of joy for real connection. But here’s something important: we take hosting seriously. That means we really appreciate when people take a few minutes to read our profile and write something personal. If you don’t mention our names (I’m Jackie 👋), or why you’d like to stay with us, chances are we won’t say yes.

We believe in kindness, curiosity, and in the idea that “a stranger is just a friend you haven’t met yet.” Whether we meet as surfer, host, or just for a tea, we love sharing stories, ideas, and smiles. I want to show my daughter that the world is full of wonder and that we can find friends wherever we go. 🥰

Feel free to reach out—we’d love to hear from you!

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

To connect with people around the world. Learn from each other 🤗

兴趣

I love being active and in nature 💚

• animals
• education
• hiking
• mountains
• food
• meeting people
• new cultures
• family
• via ferrata
• brazilian jiu jitsu
• thai boxing

音乐、电影和书籍

Imagine (John Lennon)

Thousand splendid suns (Khaled Housseini)

Slumdog Millionaire

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Decided spontaneously to travel from India to Kyrgyzstan and wasn't equipped for any multiple day hikes. Ended up doing amazing multiple days hike to Ala Kul and many more hikes - many by myself.

Hitchhiked through Central Asia, Patagonia, Georgia to Iran

Went to Afghanistan, Wakhan Corridor, and then visited an NGO by myself.

Travelled with my daughter from Zürich (Switzerland) to Muscat (Oman) and then from Malaysia to Japan (Tokyo) all by land and sea 🌏

教，学，和分享

I'm happy to teach you anything I can. I teach economics and law at a vocational baccalaureate school and can share the basics with you. One of my dreams is to support women in becoming economically independent. Therefore, I'm trying to help people with their business ideas, building a framework of knowledge to pass on.I can also help you with languages through conversation practice and would love to improve my own foreign language skills.

Additionally, I can show you hiking routes in Switzerland, practice yoga with you, and share dishes I know while learning new recipes (though I'm not great at seasoning) 🫣👩🏽‍🍳

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

I can prepare breakfast, meals, or dessert 🤗 it might not look instagram-able, but I will try my best 😉 I can help you learn a language through conversation and share some travel stories with you 💜

Language exchange is also close to my heart, and as a teacher of economics and law, I can explain a lot in this area. We can discuss all sorts of things, play "Gämsch" or simply practice yoga together.

My daughter loves crafting and painting and would be very happy if we played games together.

我游览过的国家

Afghanistan, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Liechtenstein, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Oman, Philippines, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates

我居住过的国家

Philippines, Switzerland, Thailand