Howdy Traveler,
welcome to my profile! I've been doing this for a loooong time so here's the thing: if you want me to host you, please don't...

...send a copy-paste request.
...have nothing or very little about yourself in your profile.
...send last-minute request.

Now, let's begin with some definitions:
- A traveler is a person open to new ideas.
- A tourist is a person looking for comfort and relaxation.

- A traveler does CS, eats, travels, laughs and cries with locals.
- A tourist goes to a hotel, buys souvenirs and takes package tours.

About me: 80% traveler, 20% tourist.

PHILOSOPHY
'Compare yourself to who you were yesterday not to who someone else is today.' (J. Peterson)
'Host also people whom you dislike.' (Angela H., a sheep farmer from New Zealand)

Don't let your phone distract you from the real world around you. Pick up hitch-hikers.
Don't be politically correct. Never trust your intuition.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I am an experienced couch surfer, I've done it 60+ times. I've had about 3 bizzare experiences but no bad ones really. I couch-surfed in many places around the world.

Apart from CS I've stayed with people whom I met on the spot. If you want me to host you, include in your message the following: I am a sheep from New Zealand.

I once got in trouble on a random Indonesian island where I was just about the only traveller. A young boy of 18 years helped me big time. Some years later he got brain tumour. He asked me to contribute for his surgery. I did. Today he's 36.

Interests

I practice Chinese tea ceremony (welcome to join in), I travel, I'm into sports (gym, swimming, hiking, cross-country-skiing). I read books, I walk fast and I play the jew's harp. I'm into psychology and evolutionary biology. I love cooking.

• wildlife
• culture
• cooking
• running
• traveling
• hiking
• skiing
• sports
• geography
• history
• psychology
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

When it comes to music I prefer silence.

Books that changed the way I look at the world: Guns, Germs and Steel (J. Diamond), Black Box Thinking (M. Syed), Outliers (M. Gladwell), Thinking fast and slow (D. Kahneman)

Films I can't stop thinking about: Eyes Wide Shut, Mullholland Drive, Grand Budapest Hotel.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Abandoning all travel plans has been an epiphany.

Teach, Learn, Share

Travel stories and random geography facts.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Genuine interest in meeting other travelers.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Fiji, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Oman, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tonga, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, New Zealand, Slovenia

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