CURRENT MISSION

to travel around and experience People

ABOUT ME

I am a social worker traveling the world with my partner! We started our round the world trip in July 2016 and hope to spend a year seeing new things and experiencing new communities! I'm clean, quiet, and pretty laid back--as is Ashley. We both have traveled extensively--Ashley used to live in Australia and has traveled all through SE Asia, Central and South America, as well as Africa. I traveled in Central America for 6 months and have also been to South America, Europe, and the Pacific!

We volunteered first in Northern Ireland on a conflict resolution center and now we are headed to Scotland to volunteer at a community center as a housekeeper and group worker!

We are very excited for this experience and are looking to both meet new people and cut down costs through couch surfing!

Since we are social workers in therapy practice, we have websites that can also vouch for who we are!
MPuchon.com
Ashleycurl.net

PHILOSOPHY

Live life as best you can. Take all the chances you can. Remember that each day is one day less.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I do not have any couchsurfing experiences but I have friends who have done it and they seem to enjoy it!

Most recently, I seem to have a friend who couchsurfed through Guatemala and found it to be such an enjoyable experience!

I'm all about creating a bigger community!

Interests

rock climbing; running; playing musical instruments (banjo and currently in a marching band playing the clarinet!); cooking and making dinners/brunches for people; drinking lots of coffee and tea; people-watching; reading; eating and trying new foods!; meeting new people; listening to good live music; and having new adventures!

• pets
• books
• cooking
• coffee
• running
• drinking
• reading
• traveling
• crochet
• knitting
• music
• live music
• surfing
• rock climbing
• social work
• volunteering
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

I enjoy reading Haruki Murakami -- most all of his books especially 1Q84! I'm in a science fiction book club that meets once a month and we've read Octavia Butler and Octavia's Brood recently, which were phenomenal!

Movies--I watch a few movies here in there, but am primarily big on TV shows using Netflix and Hulu! Ashley and I are watching the Big Love series from HBO (yes it's old and out dated!) and enjoy the newest: New Girl; Modern Family; Downton Abbey; The Fall; Orphan Black; and Sherlock!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I loved my time roadtripping across a few countries in Europe a few years ago with two friends. We flew stand-by and ended up in Germany, our bags ended up in Scotland, and we hopped on a train to Amsterdam--where a friend picked us up and traveled with us through Belgium, Amsterdam, France, and Spain. It was quite a whirlwind!

I also enjoyed my time in Central America--I backpacked solo across Guatemala, to Mexico, Belize, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica! I hopped on chicken buses, caught a ride on a hostel bus that traveled from Nicaragua to Costa Rica, learned Spanish, worked at a domestic violence shelter in Xela, and lounged around on beaches most days.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach people knitting and crochet--probably also clarinet, but I just picked up this instrument after 15 years of not playing.

I'm all about learning new things--I learned how to weave in Guatemala and to create accordion books in Oaxaca.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can cook and clean for you all! I can also bring gifts, water plants, take out pets for walks, and straighten up :)

Otherwise, I can be friendly, kind, respectful, clean, and entertaining with conversation!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Ecuador, England, France, Germany, Guam, Guatemala, Italy, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Micronesia, Federated States of, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Northern Ireland, Panama, Spain, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Marshall Islands, United States