CURRENT MISSION

To experience new places and cultures authentically and responsibly, hopefully having a positive impact on the people I meet and places I visit

ABOUT ME

I am a photographer who loves to travel, but I don't see myself as a tourist. I visit places hoping to have authentic experiences of culture and nature, rather than simply consuming every must-do and must-see.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
I love traveling and learning about culture from locals. I think the best way to get to know a place is to get to know the people that live there.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
I have only couchsurfed twice so far, but I love the idea of it and I am hoping to add many experiences in the future!

Interests

I like: books, cameras, nature, landscape photography, tea, NPR, thought-provoking movies, bird-watching, reusing & recycling, learning languages, literary "tourism", Ansel Adams, maps, flags, Impressionist paintings, Khan Academy, roadtrips, becoming friends with people of other cultures, small surprises (good ones!), Jane Austen, hiking, ecotourism, camping, wilderness, organized chaos, small towns, visiting art museums, board games, food from other countries, lightning storms, mountains, wine, elephants, riding trains & going to new places, whether near or far.

• culture
• reading
• traveling
• piano
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Books:
Harry Potter, LOTR & The Hobbit, Sherlock Holmes, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Road
Lord of the Flies, The Giver, 1984, Animal Farm, Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451, Ender's Game
Cry the Beloved Country & Long Walk to Freedom, books about South Africa
The Book Thief, Maus, The Stone Gods, Jane Eyre, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Little Prince, Life of Pi
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, Me Before You, The Phantom Tollbooth, Before I Go To Sleep
East (my favorite book that no one has heard of)
Edgar Allan Poe, Neil Gaiman, Agatha Christie, Jane Austen, Neal Shusterman
Roald Dahl, John Green, Lois Lowry, Shirin Ebadi
dystopian fiction & sci-fi, classic books
well-written children's books, especially Oliver Jeffers & Kate DiCamillo
When Helping Hurts!

Movies:
Star Wars, Harry Potter, LOTR, Star Trek, Monty Python & the Holy Grail, Indiana Jones
Pride & Prejudice, Midnight in Paris, It's A Wonderful Life, Dan in Real Life, Australia
Get Out, V for Vendetta, Blade Runner, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Inception
Wes Anderson, Hayao Miyazaki, Alfred Hitchcock, Tim Burton
Disney & Pixar animated films
Films in languages other than English

TV:
Breaking Bad, Stranger Things, Sherlock, Broadchurch, The Missing, Father Brown
Parks & Rec, New Girl, Psych, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Jane the Virgin
Downton Abbey, Call the Midwife, Victoria, The Paradise
Fawlty Towers, As Time Goes By, original Star Trek, All Creatures Great & Small
Doc Martin, Gilmore Girls, Freaks & Geeks, Friends

Comedians:
Trevor Noah, John Oliver, Hasan Minhaj, Jimmy Fallon

Music:
City & Colour, Paper Route, Bastille, Michael Jackson, OneRepublic, fun., The Format, Coldplay, Jon Foreman,
Grizzly Bear, The Beatles, Marc Cohn, Imogen Heap, Jack Johnson, Jason Mraz, The Killers, The Strokes,
Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, Justin Timberlake, David Bisbal, John Mayer, Muse, Panic at the Disco,
Sufjan Stevens, The Temper Trap
Chopin & Smetana | Goat Rodeo Sessions

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Seeing a leopard up close in Saint Lucia, South Africa :D

What I Can Share with Hosts

We can offer to hosts a *hopefully* hassle free and fun stay! We clean up after ourselves and are completely willing to be flexible or help out. We love hearing about other people's adventures, so hopefully we can also offer some good listening and sharing of our own stories.

Unfortunately we cannot host others right now because we are living in a small apartment :( But, we hope to be able to welcome people from around the world someday when we have a bigger place!

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahrain, Canada, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominican Republic, England, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Jamaica, Lesotho, Mexico, Scotland, South Africa, Swaziland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Vatican City State, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

South Africa, United States