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Overview

  • 38 references 22 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Indonesian; learning French, Japanese, Spanish
  • 40, Female
  • Member since 2010
  • Nutritionist, Health Specialist and Sociopreneur
  • Bachelor of Community Nutrition
  • From Jakarta, Indonesia
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

live life to the fullest

ABOUT ME

I'm a traveler who love to cycle, visiting cultural and historical places around the world, and sometimes I dive on my leisure time. Love cooking and eating as well experiencing culinary adventures. I'm a bit adrenaline-junkie for the stuff I haven't check on my list which is now only left to Bungee Jumping, Flying Trike and Wall climbing.

PHILOSOPHY
If life gives you bad things, now it depends on yourself how to make those bad things became beautiful

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I can provide accommodation, guides and sometimes means of transportation if you stayed at my house.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I surfed in many countries like Indonesia, Singapore, India, East Timor, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Jordan, Egypt, Turkey, Italy, Germany, Netherlands, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Montenegro, Croatia, France, Slovakia, Poland, Norway, Denmark, etc.

hosted: Danica (Germany), Asanti (Indonesia), Asina (Indonesia), Kyle (USA)

Interests

Cycling, Diving, Photography, Traveling, Foods and Cultures

  • photography
  • cooking
  • beer
  • traveling
  • cycling
  • backpacking
  • camping
  • scuba diving
  • tourism
  • culinary

Music, Movies, and Books

Lord of The Rings, Hobbits, Silmarillion, and other books by J.R.R Tolkien,
Paulo Coelho books
C.S. Lewis Books
Adventure books as well as philosophy books.
Khaleed Hossaini books.
Traveling books.

Music:
All kinds of music, I collect foreign music whenever I visit a country

Movies:
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
The Hobbit trilogy
The Chronicles of Narnia
Star Wars
Forrest Gump
A Thousands Splendid Sun
The Kite Runner
Saving Private Ryan
The Pianist
The Monuments Men
Under Tuscany Sun
A Very Long Engangement
Pride and Prejudice
Comedies, Adventures & Scifi

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Downhill cycling trips, islands tourings on bicycle
- Drift Divings, Wreck diving. Dove in one of the most deadly dive spot in the world Blue Hole - Dahab, Egypt
- Visited Southeast Asia's largest crater lake in Toba Lake in North Sumatra, Indonesia
- Visited 7th nature wonder of the world in Komodo island in Indonesia
- Visited Jeju Island - South Korea, one of the 7 Wonders of the World
- Visited Puerto Princessa underground river - Philippines, one of the 7 Wonders of the World
- Climbing up a 30 meters waterfall in Biliton with barefoot and arms
- Visited India's 7 wonder of the world - Taj Mahal
- Ride camels and camp under the moonlight night in Thar Desert, Rajasthan - India
- See the Himalayas range and trekked the Annapurna Circuit
- Flew with hot air baloon over Cappadocia - Turkey, a marvelous moon-jagged landscape
- Visited Petra - the Red Rose City, Jordan - one of 7 wonders of the ancient world
- Saw the Pyramids in Giza, Egypt - one of 7 wonders of the ancient world
- Float in the Dead Sea - Jordan
- Hike to Neuschwanstein castle during the heavy snow rain

Teach, Learn, Share

I can share about tips and tricks to visit places of interests in Indonesia and other countries that I had visited before
I'm expert about traveling to Lesser Sunda Islands (NTT), Lombok and Celebes, so you can ask me many things. Know some tour operator and rent car/motorbike in Indonesia too.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Souvenirs from Indonesia
Cookings and foods from Indonesia
Laughters, smiles and helping hands

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macao, Macedonia, Malaysia, Montenegro, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Palestine, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Korea, Sweden, Thailand, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Indonesia

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