CURRENT MISSION

To start a kick-ass international hostel, and an alternative to what they call the only reality

ABOUT ME

I've lived long enough to say; yeah, I like it. But not long enough to say I'm done. And gosh, it's so much more to see out there.
For 2009 my big project is the Deer Isle Hostel, which is going open in June.
It will be an international hostel, a community and a pocket of air for all those who need to breath in a world of concrete and consumption.
I really thought for the longest time that I'd return to Malmo eventually and who knows, but for now all I want is the island and the hostel.
The way of living that I´ll practice there hasbecome so much a part of me; the sustainability living, the nature. I don´t really like what an urban life has done to me and in order to keep my mind straight, I can't surround myself with traffic, electricity bills and work for someone elses profit. The vision and the certainty that an other world is in fact possible needs to be spread and I ´ve been offered the chance to start a place that will set an example and will, I´m sure, have a deep impact on many peoples life, and in the longer run; the whole world.

PHILOSOPHY

This is the only life you'll ever get. No time for dress rehearsal, no time for second chances. Now or never, do or die.
And don´t forget the person next to you. Spread the vibe, my dear, spread the vibe.

Por qué estoy en Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I did some sort of spontaneous couch-surfing while driving across America last year. No web-pages, no login. More down the line of meeting someone that didn't like the idea of me sleeping in my car and invited me to their couch or extra bed in hotel room or extra bunk bed in their truck. During the past six months, I´ve seen a good amount of travelers putting down their backpack in my living room, and CS has given me some of the best memories from this time around as a Malmo-citizen. The world depends on people like us.

Intereses

When I don't travel, I write. Those are the two passions in my life. Have a degree in Creative writing, have done free-lance, edit a book and been teaching others, to pass the bliss on.
Have a dream of living sustainable, in tuned with nature. To have a veggie-patch to get down and dirty in and not stressing the resources further. I want to cry everytime I flush a toilet.

• writing
• books
• running
• traveling
• backpacking
• surfing

Algo increíble que he hecho

After me and my Libyan friend Fathi climbed forever over that first sandy and then rocky almost 90 degrees hill out there in the south-western corner of the Lybian sahara desert we came over the ridge and the wind grabbed us and almost blew us down and the sand blinded us and made us mute but the sun set over the landscape out there, the rocks and the sand patches and as far as we could see and I've never been so close to an foreign planet as when looking ut over that valley.

Países que he visitado

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Guatemala, Lebanon, Libya, Mexico, Romania, Sweden, United States

Países en los que he vivido

United States

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