CURRENT MISSION

Connect with others in a real way.

ABOUT ME

I love to laugh. I like days where I meet different people and try new things and I also like days where I do nothing and relax. I can be introverted and extroverted.

PHILOSOPHY

We are all works in progress.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hosting when I can, surfing when I can :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I started CS when I went on a long backpacking trip in fall 2012 with a friend. We came to prefer it way more than staying in hostels! We were hosted by so many cool, amazing, friendly people that I have to pay it forward now in Istanbul!

Interests

Traveling, family, friends, eating, sleeping, laughing, social work & social problems, languages, being lazy?

• partying
• shopping
• traveling
• backpacking
• surfing
• languages
• social work

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: caramel, zoolander, john q., billy madison, life as a house, trade, devdas, crash, city of god, remember the titans
Music: bollywood music and a lot of mainstream music
Books: a fine balance, shantaram, travel guides, the joy luck club, the kite runner, i am charlotte simmons, a thousand splendid suns, the white tiger

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

World Refugee Day 2012, party on the Nostalgic Tramvay on Istiklal Caddesi in Istanbul...they attached an empty car to the tram and had bands play live while the tram moved up and down the busy shopping drag, so fun and incredible.
Driving around the Balkans, planned only to visit Croatia, but we added Bosnia & Montenegro on the spur of the moment as well, beautiful places with beautiful people.

Countries I’ve Visited

Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Lebanon, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ghana, Switzerland, Turkey, United States