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Overview

  • 5 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Afrikaans, French, German, Indonesian
  • 34, Female
  • Member since 2015
  • No occupation listed
  • MEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering University of Bath
  • From Umhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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About Me

I am originally from South Africa and am part Swedish. I have been living between London and Indonesia (Bali & Lombok) pre pandemic. I was happily stuck in South Africa due to the Pandemic. (I was there visiting friends and family and ended up staying because at the time I thought it would be better to be with family and in Nature & ended up helping run a surf and yoga camp and doing tours around the country with surfing, hiking, foraging, fishing, Freediving, whale tours. Shark cage diving…. This past year I travelled to Miami which was super fun and have just arrived back in London.

I used to live in the UNESCO world heritage city of Bath, England where I studied Chemical Engineering.
I really love travelling and make a point of doing a solo adventure at least once a year. I enjoy exploring new cities but also love hiking, camping, climbing and being in nature. I am a very active person and have a lot of energy but I also like to relax and spend time learning new skills online.. Currently I'm learning to code and I do yoga everyday and have practiced for over 12 years. I also love weightlifting, Surfing, Scuba diving, Cycling. I also love gardening & making compost lol.
I'm really looking forward to travelling again now that the world is more open . I would love to spend more time in Asia, South East Asia and eventually South & central & more of North America.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm on couchsurfing to meet wonderful people from different cultures in their cities. I would love to learn a little about their cities from a "local" perspective.
I am also interesting in taking part in new activities and learning new skills or discovering new hobbies or also simply making new friends and having nice meals together.

Interests

I love exercise - weightlifting, Yoga, hiking, cycling, Surfing(learning), skateboarding, Scuba diving, Free Diving. I love eating and cooking. I especially love salty liquorice!!
I really enjoy music and dancing, everything from festivals and techno nights to Salsa and Bachata. I love learning new things and often take online courses. photography. Interested in Crypto and learning more about it. I would like to learn to ski/snowboard.

I love science and technology and am currently learning to code. Also looking to do a yoga teacher training soon and my dive masters.

  • animals
  • arts
  • festivals
  • dancing
  • bachata
  • dining
  • wine
  • coffee
  • fitness
  • yoga
  • walking
  • crafts
  • traveling
  • music
  • fishing
  • hiking
  • camping
  • surfing
  • engineering
  • adventure travel
  • mountains
  • nature
  • adventure
  • gym
  • wild camping
  • weightlifting
  • scuba-diving
  • camfires

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Amelie, Moulin Rouge, Romeo and Juliet, Across the Universe, Perfume, The Great Gatsby, The Prestige, Requiem for a Dream, American beauty, Boyhood, Eyes Wide Shut, Imitation Game, Pulp Fiction, Samsara, Billy Elliot, Foxcatcher, Interstellar, Into the Wild, Titanic, Nothing Hill.....

Series: Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Penn & Teller, Nip Tuck, Dexter, Frozen Planet, Megastructures, Sense8, Better Call Saul, extraordinary attorney woo, Queens Gambit.

Music: I really love music of most types, from classical to techno, trance, house, old school, drum and bass etc..
Solomun, Nicholas Jaar, Paul Kalkbrenner, Bakermat, Wanklemut, Goldfish, Sven Vath, Marcel Detmann, Ben Clock, Villalobos, Radiohead, Portishead, Massive Attack, Fatboy Slim, The Beatles, Arctic monkeys, Pink Floyd. XX, Sigur Ros, Neelix, Infected Mushroom, Vanessa Mae, Yann Tiersen, The Cinematic Orchestra, Morcheeba, Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, Alan Parsons Project, Klavinsky ...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Spent a week Scuba-diving on a liva-aboard diving boat in Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, Truly the last paradise.

Drove around the entirety of Bali and Lombok Island on a scooter. Stopping to eat local food, surf, dive and hike.

I have climbed 4 Volcanoes.

I canoed down the orange river for 6 days for the Duke of Edinburgh award camping and cooking on the river banks.

I hitchiked from Bath to Paris to raise money for charity with my university RAG society.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach about weightlifting and bodybuilding training, Surfing, Yoga, Cooking, Arts and Crafts.

I am a sponge for new skills and knowledge. I love learning new sports, outdoor activities, arts and crafts and mechanics. Love to problem solve, I’m very interested in science & technology. Always curious. Love podcasts, hidden Brain, 99% invisible, radio lab, Joe Rogan and more.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can cook, yoga, training, help with gardens, I’m very easy going so can tag along with just about anything but also respect peoples time & space & am very comfortable doing my own thing too. I can share many travel stories and tips.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mauritius, Namibia, Netherlands, Poland, Qatar, Scotland, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, England, Indonesia, South Africa

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