I am Canadian biologist and I love to travel. I breed corn snakes and foster a cat for half the year.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I like the idea of meeting people when I travel. I want to find a way to travel that really shows me the nature, culture and people in the area as well as helps maintain that culture and the local environment. I feel like couch surfing as a way of traveling is less impactful that going on a cruise or staying at a resort so I appreciate that and the entire experience of it being more personal.

I love to host people to return the favour and hear the stories from other travelers.

Interests

• birds
• reptiles
• amphibians
• arts
• photography
• running
• music
• hiking
• canoeing
• kayaking
• biology
• history
• nature
• plants
• medicinal plants
• nature conservation
• mountain hiking

Music, Movies, and Books

I love Terry Pratchett books among many others but that is what I am reading now that I love (the Discworld series).

I have a wide variety of taste in movies, music and tv shows. For music anything from rock, folk, electronic, metal- I'm note very picky. I like comedy, action, fantasy, sci-fi and/or thriller for movies and tv shows.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I lived in Japan for a year- that was pretty amazing.

Teach, Learn, Share

As a guest I would love to learn new languages (or practice them since I am very bad at learning languages actually) and see where the locals go to eat, drink, etc.

I love to cook so we can exchange recipes and teach each other more about our language/culture.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share my experiences traveling so far and my love of biology and culture.

Countries I’ve Visited

Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, France, Honduras, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Costa Rica, Japan