CURRENT MISSION

Explore. Dream. Discover.

ABOUT ME

I am a dreamer, I like challenges, I am average on everything but determination. When I decide to do something I am normally going to go all out. Further attributes that describe me: adventurous, passionate sportsman, spontaneous, addiction to two-wheels (motorbike, bicycle).

PHILOSOPHY

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."

---By Mark Twain

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So far I made only excellent experiences with couchsurfing hosts. Although not expected, all of them were very caring and took the time to show me around in their cities. Hopefully I will be in a position to contribute my part when they are in Europe.

Interests

Family & good friends, traveling, adventure lectures (www.explora.ch / www.luedo.ch), reading and writing, SPORTS (long endurance racing bike tours, MTB, motorbike, jogging, trekking, kayaking, snow hiking, snowboarding, diving).

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• writing
• reading
• traveling
• cycling
• hiking
• kayaking
• scuba diving
• sailing
• snowboarding
• sports
• tour de france
• study abroad
• tours

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Linkin Park, The Killers, Franz Ferdinand, Kasabian, Kaiser Chiefs, Mando Diao, Placebo, U2, Rata Blanca, Las Pastillas del Abuelo, Juanes BOOKS: Currently I am reading the diary of Alexander from Humboldt "Ansichten der Kordilleren und Monumente der eingeborenen Völker Amerikas" MOVIES: Walter Salles/The Motorcycle Diaries, David Lean/Lawrence of Arabia, Quentin Tarantino/Pulp Fiction, Guy Ritchie/Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Chuck Barris/Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Roberto Benigni/La Vita è Bella, Lindsay Davis/Rome

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Life is full of amazing things, just imagine a kid's smile. Other things that I assess as being a highlight:

■ Ligurische Grenzkammstrasse, Italy 2007
■ www.gigathlon.ch, Switzerland 2007
■ Bicycle tour across U.S.A./Canada 2006
■ West Coast Trail, Vancouver Island 2006
■ Outstanding hospitability of South Americans
■ Motorbike trip across Southamerica 2005/6
■ ERASMUS exchange student in Madrid 2005
■ Time trial Alpe d'Huez, Tour de France 2004
■ Preikestolen & Kjerag Bolten, Norway 2003
■ Parachuting in Locarno, Switzerland 2002
■ Wreck dive to SS Thistlegorm, Egypt 2001

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Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom

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