Hey! AI says I'm an outdoorsy hermit and I suppose that's about right.

Always up for an adventure and love learning from others. From the island of Singapore. Bit of a nerd and clown. 🤡

‼️ NOT interested in dating/hookups, kindly fuck off if you're here for that

• Just back from a 5 month overland trip from Singapore across Asia, made it to Gilgit Baltistan (Northern Pakistan) and Central Asia
- Bit of hitchhiking, wild camping, trekking, and staying with locals families. Also diarrhea.

• Have been backpacking for a while and realized the highlights of every trip are not the tourist attractions but the people we meet along the way and the genuine connections and interactions with others (Also beautiful natural landscapes, and type 1, 2 and 3 fun).

On IG @yiuventuring

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Here to meet and learn from people and hear your stories :)

Interests

I love trying new stuff even though I may not be great at it! As a result I have a wide range of interests...

🥾 Hiked plenty of random trails (I'm slow tho)
🧗‍♂Beginner at rock climbing
🤿 Tried diving (not for me for now, but always up to try again next time) but realized I prefer land and air activities
🪂 Aiming to get a paragliding certification one day
🎨 I illustrate a bit of fun stuff and sell my own merch on the side

• cats
• dogs
• arts
• books
• photography
• movies
• hiking
• backpacking
• rock climbing
• urban exploration
• geocaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Love movies like The Father, The Mule, Mulholland Drive, Goodfellas, Trial of Chicago 7, miss Sloane,
other time travelling mind boggling mystery movies (Memento and Predestination used to be my favourites)

and books like Border Hacker, mystery/detective novels (used to like Keigo Higashino)

Music: Alt/Indie Rock (Sir Sly, Arctic Monkeys, Cage The Elephant, Alt J, P!ATD, The NBHD, MCR, 21 pilots... sorry I'm a bit basic LOL)
Classics like Guns & Roses, Green Day, Queen, Linkedin Park, Red hot chili peppers etc etc too

Used to be into manga too ✨

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

• Survive (and thrived) this long

• Met the most wonderful people on trails, through couchers/Couchsurfing, by randomly striking conversations and also through the "screw ups" while travelling...

• Missed a 13 hour bus ride, hitched rides in both Pakistan and India (crossed the wagah-attari land border! I have a thing for borders)

• Stayed overnight in the red light district of Tijuana, Baja California (Mexico) accidentally

• Not particularly amazing but did an actual "American backpacking" (had to rent a bear can and everything) in the Yosemite wilderness with friends, camped overnight and woke up to the best sunrise of my life

• The Peaks of Balkans is severely underrated with the most beautiful landscapes I've seen - and I'm honoured to have hiked and seen a small part of them with my very own eyes

Teach, Learn, Share

Anything and everything!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Great conversations and perhaps I could draw for you :D

Also worked at an animal behavioural rehab centre for a while and trained cats (and dogs) with science based techniques (DSCC, positive reinforcement) so perhaps I could share whatever I've learnt hajahah

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Montenegro, Nepal, Netherlands, Pakistan, Serbia, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, Singapore