Hey to everyone, I'm Bene from Berlin. I'm a friendly person, language study so I can speak English, Spanish, French and German and I am currently learning Dutch and Mandarine. I really like to meet up with nice, interesting people, discover new places, cultures and habits and share nice moments and experiences.

After one year of volunteerwork in a little NGO in Cali (South Colombia) and another year of travel and various internships to create a kind of network between the Colombian and other NGOs in Argentina, Chile and Bolivia - I am studying the Bachelor "International Relations and International Organization" in the Netherlands since September 2016. Moreover, I have just founded a small German NGO working in the area of Careleavers supporting projects in Germany as well as Colombia (https://www.facebook.com/FellowshipForFuture/).

At the moment I am studying for one semester at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), where I will be until early January 2019. I am very excited to meet many interesting people and to get tons of new impressions. Moreover, I will definitely try to discover neighboring countries such as Japan to also discover their culture and people. :)

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Hola a todos, soy Ben un estudiante de Berlin (Alemania).
Después de haber trabajado con jóvenes un año como voluntario en la Fundación Formación D´Futuros en Cali (Colombia) y otro año de viaje y pequeñas practicas para establecer una red entre la fundación de FFF y otras en Argentina, Chile y Bolivia - ahora estudio el Bachelor "Relaciones Internacionales" en Groningen (Paises Bajos). Desde septiembre 2018 hasta enero 2019 estaré en Hong Kong para estudiar en la University of Hong Kong (HKU). En este momento estoy estudiando por un semestre en Hong Kong.

CURRENT MISSION

Travel - Discover - Meet nice people

Viajar - Conocer - Encontrar buena gente - Vivir :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Couchsurfing is a perfect place to meet gorgeous and highly inspiring people and really learn about other cultures. You get new points of view and learn a 1001 ways how other people live their life -- happy and satisfied.
Furthermore people always are open minded and interested in helping others - an idea I truly share.

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Couchsurfing es perfecto para conocer buena gente y aprender de verdad sobre otras culturas. Encuentras muchos nuevos puntos de vista y 1001 formas como vivir su vida de manera feliz y satisfecha.
Ademas personas por acá siempre son de buena onda, interesados en ayudar a los démas - un valor que yo realmente comparto!!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

At the moment I especially did a lot of Couchsurfing in Colombia as well as other South-American places such as Argentina, Chile and Ecuador. Many nice experiences and people! But too much and too different to describe them here :)

Until yet I only hosted a several times , but definitely will continue doing it!!

Hasta ahora la mayoria de mis experiencias en couchsurfing ha sido en Colombia, algunas veces también en Argentina y Ecuador. Muchas muy buenas experiencias, gente increible y maravillosa..
A mi casa he recibido poquitos hasta ahora, pero de todos modos van ser muchos más en el futuro - así que bienvenidos! ;)

Interests

Open minded so interested in many things.
I really love travelling, meeting people, discovering new things, languages and being involved in social work! Show places to other people also is one of my favourite activities.
In the past I did a lot of different sports like soccer, climbing, swimming and especially hiking.

Me encantan muchas cosas, así que dificil nombrarlas todas. Viajar, conocer gente, conversar, tocar instrumentos, viajar a dedo, idiomas, aprender de cada cultura sus costumbres, el bailer, hacer amigos y el trabajo social con jóvenes.

En el pasado he hecho muchos deportes distintos: 11 años en un club de futból, la escalada, la natación y caminatas largas en la montaña.

• culture
• dancing
• cooking
• traveling
• volunteer work
• socializing
• hiking
• languages
• social work
• hitchhiking
• mountains
• share
• sunsets
• discovering new places

Music, Movies, and Books

-- Always depends where and with whom! --

Salsa - Celia Cruz, Grupo Niche, Hector Lavoe, Willie Colon, Ruben Blades, Marc Anthony
Electronic music - Tinush, Melokind ...
Classical music - I played the violoncello for 10 years.
Balcan music

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-- De todo --> siempre depende del lugar, ambiente y de la gente --

La Salsa - obvio después de haber vivido 12 meses en Cali, la capital mundial de la salsa
música electrónica
música clásica - 10 años tocando el violoncello
música del balcan

etc...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Travecia del Pacifico 2014 en Colombia
Huayna Potosí - 6088 m y el Salar de Uyuni en Bolivia
Hitchhiked from "Tierra del Fuego" (Patagonia) about 4000 km to the North of Chile

What I Can Share with Hosts

Some Colombian plates
Salsa
Travel stories

Cocina Colombiana jaja
Historias de viaje
Salsa
Buenas vibras

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, England, Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Luxembourg, Macao, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Colombia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Netherlands