hello there, my name is kate ~

I’m from a small island off the coast of new zealand, i’ve spent the past year travelling across japan and now I want to follow one of the trails of my favourite writers across turkey down to Iran.

i used to work in this half falling down secondhand bookstore in new zealand and i stopped and instead i wanted to live past the adventures i was reading.

i love to spend time in a single place and really be there, not as a tourist but to see things a bit more.

Somewhere on my adventures i picked up an old film camera from a junk shop. i started experimenting with it, creating small projects along the way - building stories around my own insights and discoveries...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To be able to meet local people on my travels. Share stories and laugh - a lot !

Interests

• film festivals
• hitchhiking
• film photography
• second hand shops
• exploring abandoned buildings
• writing on rooftops
• banned books
• daydreaming impossible things before breakfast
• rummaging for old photos at flea markets
• and i collect matchboxes

Music, Movies, and Books

favourites are so difficult.

The last film I watched was called the tin drum about a boy who just decides one day to stop growing and stay in a child's body.

books are my love, i never travel without one. when i was a teenager i found two books on my mother’s bookshelf that just changed the way i looked at things - one was Momo by michael ende and the other Sidhartha by herman hesse.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I travelled to these monasteries that seem to grow out of the himalayas, on a 2 week ride on the back of a motorbike all spontaneously planned in under an hour.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I think couchsurfing is all about sharing and I would love to exchange languages, stories, recipes, music, beautiful places, my hobbies, your hobbies...

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Australia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, India, Japan, New Zealand, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, New Zealand