ABOUT ME

My name is Amanda Björk and I'm a 21 year old, I work as a photographer and have my own company in my hometown Umeå. Besides photography I love music, and in the summers I go to several festivals around the nordic countrys to take photos for big magazines in Sweden.

I also love travelling, my father and mother took me & my two older brothers out on backpack trips when I was a kid. So I think thats why it has become one of my main interests. I hate charter and all package deal offers there is in life.

Since I graduated from my gymnasium I have lived in Spain, in a town called Salamanca. There I read at the university, spanish and culture for half a year. And since then I been working in my own company, and been traveling to diffrent parts of the world like India, New Guinea, Bangkok, New york etc

PHILOSOPHY

Personal philosophy... enjoy life as much as you can, educate yourself and stand out of the crowd. Don't just follow.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I want to take people to my town, let them just barrow my couch or if they want show them around and make new intresting contact from around the world.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

At the moment: non. I joined this website when I was 18, I was going for a gap-year in Costa Rica but things happend at home so I haven't been on this site since then. But now, I'm up for it again and happy to be back!

Interests

Photography, music (jazz, indie, pop, blues, old music), art, museums, books, meeting people, history, do unexpected things at unexpected times, and of course travelling.

• arts
• culture
• books
• photography
• festivals
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• jazz
• blues
• backpacking
• scuba diving
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

http://www.lastfm.se/user/amandabjork (My music library and what I listen to at the moment)

I love Haruku Marukami, Sara Stridsberg, Tuesdays with morrie, Joyce Carol oates etc

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Seen the Taj Mahal.

Diving in the last paradise on earth, Raja Ampat in New Guinea on a liveaboard with national geographic crew.

Trekking in Norway.

Countries I’ve Visited

China, India, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Spain, Sweden

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