Update: Not hosting at the moment but would love to meet travelers and locals in Istanbul!

I have always thought it'd be more courteous to at least tell people why I reject their requests, but honestly, I'm tired of doing it, especially when my inbox is flooded with impersonal requests asking a free couch to crash. THAT IS NOT THE GOAL OF COUCHSURFING, PEOPLE. Even if you want to save money, at least let me know what we have in common?
Well I just want to complain but I guess I can't change the world...
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Hi CSers! My name is Fei (pronounced "Fey," like Santa Fe in Spanish, Feyza in Turkish, Faye in English). Grew up in China and lived in California for 6+ years, I moved to Istanbul for work in 2025

I love doing neighborhood traveling, city traveling, camping (in car and in tent), international traveling, thrifty traveling...only have not done time traveling!

FUN FACT: I have lost both the beanie and the scarf you see in my profile picture. But I still have the green sweater; in fact, you might see me wear it when we meet

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

To help travelers save money. If I have a free couch and we can get along, why would you want to pay for a hostel/hotel??? But don't use me as just a free hotel. We are on this platform to connect

As to why I'm on CS as a surfer: To understand a place from the local's eyes through the most ordinary things. Take me to your errand runs, to see your friends, to visit your mom/uncle/cousin!

兴趣

• anyone actually looks at this section?

音乐、电影和书籍

Music: lofi and lounge, played at barely audible volume; but I will blast "focus" music to drown out noise

Books: I've been struggling to finish a book........ Strangers in Their Own Land, The Other Significant Others, Useful Delusions, The Hidden Brain, Dopamine Nation, Salt Acid Fat Heat, Educated, Cathedral, The Flea Palace

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

- Got a free ride from the police because I couldn't get a taxi on the highway in the rain

- Spent an 18hr overnight layover in Kiev, Ukraine, climbing onto rooftops, staying up all night waiting for the sunrise with my amazing host @Marianna Ianovska

- Hiked Mt. Whitney (highest peak in continental USA), Rim-to-Rim in the Grand Canyon, climbed Half Dome in Yosemite (honestly it was just okay lol), did a sunrise hike by myself at 2am to Clouds Rest (it's better than Half Dome), walked from one end of Los Angeles to the other, did Camino de Santiago - Inglés, and hiked from one end of the Catalina Island to the other in 2.5 days

- Can stay in in frigid lakes and 33F/0.5C water without complaining

- Am a junior ranger of many national parks in the US!

教，学，和分享

Can teach you how to tie your shoes 40% faster than the typical way. I am also very proud of my way of burrito-folding clothes and they never fall apart in my luggage

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

Adventurous cooking.
My signature dishes include tahini+soy sauce, cucumber in Nutella, soy sauce latte, lentil cinnamon hummus

我游览过的国家

Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Macao, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States

我居住过的国家

China, Germany, Turkey, United States