Curiosity drives and amazes me. I love music, books, writing, racket sports, and adventures; mountain hikes, diving, climbing, biking, hammocks by the beach while grilling fish

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Couchsurfing has been a very nice way to meet people, getting to know local areas, cultures and subcultures, sharing stories and learning languages etc.

Interests

• books
• poetry
• festivals
• cooking
• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• hiking
• kayaking
• snorkeling
• sports
• languages
• beaches
• mountains
• art
• food
• creativity
• diving
• museums
• deserts
• games
• hammocks
• city walks
• carpentry

Music, Movies, and Books

Any sound out of Africa, electronic, rock, blues, punk, jazz, samba, salsa, merengue, rock steady, classical and techno

Ki-duk Kim, Wes Anderson, Dogme 95.
Trilogies: Kieślowski‘s "Blue-White-Red" and Ang Lee’s “Father knows best”

William Blake, Kafka, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kerouac, Isabel Allende, Ryszard Kapuściński, George Orwell, Y.N. Harari, Herman Hesse, Nabokov, Edward Said, Rimbaud, Oscar Wilde and Wangari Maathai

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories, food, music, energy, openness

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, England, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Laos, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Denmark, Egypt, Germany, Kenya, Uganda, United Arab Emirates