CURRENT MISSION

I am exploring and promoting responsible tourism around the world

ABOUT ME

I love meeting and seeing new people from different backgrounds and cultures.
I hope my friends will say I'm a friendly guy whom you can trust and rely upon, respectful, helpful, quiet, sense of humor, and also an independent pioneer and explorer.

PHILOSOPHY

Enjoy life in your own personal way, respecting other people

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

At the moment it's not convenient to host, sorry.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have had many great experiences in staying at peoples's homes in England, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Estonia, Russia and Ukraine, and we had many guests at my place.

Interests

discovering new places and meeting new people, making pictures, film; green / responsible tourism, walking along the beach and in nature; the sea, the coast, the sun, warmth etc etc

• walking
• tourism
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies or books about real people and cultures and personal relationships

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Walking between the buffalos, elephant, lion in Zimbabwe (around 1990, in good times)
Getting stuck with the car in a narrow valley in Kalahari desert... pushing the car... will there be lions around?
Entering in Russia, around 1983, illegally...
Walking on the Red Square in Moscow, looking at the Kremlin and Lenin's mausoleum.

Teach, Learn, Share

learning people from other countries than mine

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands