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Overview

  • 16 references 8 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Estonian; learning Finnish, German, Russian
  • 33, Female
  • Member since 2009
  • Doctor, specializing in infectious diseases
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About Me

I enjoy travelling a lot. My greatest trip was to South-East Asia - in 7 months me and my husband Erik went through many countries and got many unforgettable experiences. At the moment I am staying home with our small baby and not travelling so much.

I love to do different outdoor sports - my favorite ones being hiking (especially in Nepal :)), rock climbing, scuba diving, kayaking etc.

PHILOSOPHY

"There are certain things in life you can´t change and therefore you shouldn´t worry about these, you should concentrate on the things you actually can change instead. "
"The happiest people don´t have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything they have."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I believe Couchsurfing is a way to travel while being at home and a way to get a feel of home while travelling.
For me it is all about getting to know different people and actually taking the time to share some stories and get to know each other.

So far I have hosted people from France, Italy, Germany, United States, Trinidad and Tobago, Taiwan and Australia and surfed some couches on my trip to Spain, India and Israel. Great experiences!

Interests

  • reading
  • traveling
  • hiking
  • rock climbing
  • languages
  • medicine

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: "The Theory of Everything", "Imitation Game", "Gandhi"

Books: Jodi Picoult, Sofi Oksanen, E. M. Remarque, "Slave" Mende Nazer, ", "Exploring Cultures: Excercised, Stories and synthetic cultures", "Doctor on Everest: Emergency Medicine at the Top of the World" Kenneth Kamler, "Deadly Choices: How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Threatens Us All" Paul A. Offit, "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" Loung Ung, "The Rosie Project" Graeme Simsion, Celeste Ng "LIttle fires everywhere"

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Really can´t choose just one. :)
Kiiking - that is when you swing all 360 degrees, it was really amazing.
Parachute jump - it was totally scary, but cool at the same time!
Sleeping in a hammock in a remote rain forest in Brazil.
Rafting, canyoning and trekking in Nepal.
Measuring sea horses in Cambodia.
Hugging elephants in a rescue centre in Laos.
Scuba diving in Comodo National Park in Indonesia.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am always willing to teach you some great words from Estonian language like õueaiaäär or veoauto. ;)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Looking forward to share (travel) stories and life experience.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Estonia, Finland, Germany, Italy

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