CURRENT MISSION
:

Travel around the world in however long it takes

ABOUT ME
:

In short: Born in Sweden, grew up in Finland, lived in Spain and Greece and finally left Europe behind to explore the world!

I've been called "crazy" more than once... But not as in "Smells like pee and yells at birds" but rather like "That's a stupid idea, I'm in!"

Ever since I was a child I've always been fascinated about meeting people from different cultures and countries be it at home or when I'm traveling myself!

"For me, I am driven by two main philosophies:
know more today about the world than I knew
yesterday and lessen the suffering of others.
You'd be surprised how far that gets you."
- Neil deGrasse Tyson

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Because Couchsurfing is awesome. I both host and travel as much as I can!

Interests

Martial Arts, Languages, Intercultural Communication, Science and Teaching.
I also love learning new things, especially things that make me go "aaaah"

Oh and dogs. You can't go wrong with dogs. Especially dogs that make me go "awww"

• dogs
• horses
• photography
• yoga
• sauna
• traveling
• socializing
• survival
• hiking
• boxing
• martial arts
• jiu jitsu
• business
• history
• international relations
• languages
• science
• hitchhiking
• language exchange
• nature
• learning languages
• mma
• muay thai
• learning new languages
• language learning
• skinny dipping
• taekwondo
• countries
• foreign languages
• hitch-hiking
• bjj
• brazilian jiu jitsu
• stretching
• jiu-jitsu
• hitchhike
• jiujitsu

Music, Movies, and Books

Naming only one of each:
Favorite movie: Monty Python's Holy Grail
Musician: Sage Francis
Writer: Esko Valtaoja

^^^^
This was before kindle and audio books entered my life.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The scariest moment of my life was jumping the world's highest bungee jump in Verzasca, Switzerland. I'm afraid of heights and if I wouldn't be a little bit crazy I would never have agreed to do it.

...another amazing experience is the island of Papua. Something I cannot summarize into one small box. Jayapura is still my favorite city on earth.

More recently we bought horses with my brother and spent a few months traveling through Kyrgyzstan with them, sleeping under the stars with no tent, crossing rivers and mountain ranges and riding in breathtaking scenery! When winter came we sold the horses and are back traveling in more pedestrian fashion. For now.

Like hitch-hiking. So after working in both Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan I decided to hitch-hike from Dushanbe, Tajikistan to Kabul, Afghanistan. How did it go? Well, you'll have to meet me to find out. :)

Teach, Learn, Share

Sharing is caring, if there's something you feel that you can learn from me - just ask and I'll help you out!

Oh and if you know how to build a rudimentary airplane, helicopter or hot air balloon, please do contact me! I...I mean... a FRIEND wanted to build one out of scrap parts to do something crazy. *shady eyes*

What I Can Share with Hosts

A list of topics that I usually can't shut up about :

- Language Learning
- Foreign Languages
- Teaching
- History
- Martial Arts
- Countries
- Geography
- Science
- Business Ideas
- Running a Business
- Home Brewing and Distilling
- Whisky

...etc...

Alternatively I can also be completely quiet. I am from Finland after all.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Macedonia, Malaysia, Moldova, Mongolia, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Afghanistan, China, Finland, Greece, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Spain, Sweden