* We wrote everything first in English and second in Spanish. For Spanish just scroll a little further down on the page : )
** Hola, espanol más abajo : )
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Carlo was working as a Online Marketing consultant and Anne just graduated and has now a BSc Political Science. We had so many options to do with our life and it is sometimes a bit mindblowing to know which direction to go. But we know one thing for sure, we do not want to buy a house (yet), start a family and spend all our time to build a career. So we gave ourselves the permission to leave everything behind and to figure out what we are going to do to live life to its fullest!

We have now started a big adventure in Santiago, Chili. We have bought a car here and converted the car with some storing space and a mattress. The first roughly three months will be our holiday. We will drive through Patagonia (it must be one of the beautifulest places of the world) towards "el fin del mundo" (the end of the world). Hopefully we can work on a boat towards Antartica (if so, it will be like a childhood dream will come true). After that we will drive north towards Buenos Aires to fullfill a promise we have made to a guest who stayed with his wife at our place in Amsterdam.

One of the aspects of our plan for our journey is to find different kinds of projects (non-governmental organisations, private activities or commercial activities) what will be at least innovative or improvement to the environment or socially bounding. We would like to help these projects to develop! We have expertise on different kind of fields, but also just like to work hard. We love to build, analyse, photograph, marketing, garden, organize, clean, brainstorm, host and to document. In return we would like it to receive a meal and/or sleeping place and/or gasoline... or an other crazy idea ; )

So as an example let us come back on the promise we made to our friend in Buenos Aires. We started talking about his project he is doing beside his 'daily' job. He recycles/transforms painting bins into compost bins who you even can keep on your balcony! But, he cannot develop this project into a real business because of his 'daily' job. Because he is so passionate about his project and he really tries to do something to help the environment we decided to come and help him We will not receive money, but a meal, a sleeping place, company and knowledge. So if you have a project on which you can use some help or you know some interesting projects who can use our help please inform us!

After Buenos Aires we will travel up through the rest of South-America and just see where the roads and people will take us. We want to spend our time during our journey to projects that matter, see countries, develop our own photography, filming, drawing, writing and Spanish and just to meet people!

ps. the photowebsite of Anne: http://amvanderwerf.portfoliobox.io/
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Hola! Trataremos escribir en Espanol : ) (Aprendemos muy duro!)

Carlo trabajó en mercadeo en línea y Anne graduó en Siencia Politica. En este momento tenemos muchos posibilidades en nuestro vida y a veces es dificil decidir cual direccion iremos. Pero es cierto no tenemos que comprar una casa (todavia no), no comenzar una familia y no trabajar para una carrera. Asi que abandonaremos todo en Holanda y descubrir lo que queremos hacer!

Ahora Comenzamos un viaje grande en Santiago de Chili. Compramos un auto aqui y convertamos el auto a un auto con lugar para nuestras cosas y un colchón. Vamos a conducir a través de Patagonia (debe ser uno de los lugares más hermosos en el mundo) hacia 'el fin del mundo'. Quizas podemos trabajar a un barco a Antartica. Es un sueño de nosotros! Despues conducimos a Buenos Aires y mantener una promesa a invitados quien se quedaron a nuestro casa en Amsterdam.

En nuestro viaje queremos encontrar diferentes tipos de proyectos (NGO's, proyectos privados o proyectos comercial) que son innovador y una mejora en el medio ambiente. Por ejemplo, trabajar para parques nacionales o estimular comunidades locales. Nos encanta ayudar a estos proyectos. Tenemos experienca en muchas cosas differentas, pero tambien nos gusta trabajar duro. Nos encanta construir, analizar, limpiar, fotografía, marketing, jardinería, organizar, documentar y mucho más :) A cambio nos gustaria una comida o lugar para dormir o gasolina o una otra cosa :)

Par ejemplo vamos a viajar a un amigo de neustro en Buenos Aires. Tiene un proyecta además de su trabajo. Recicla cubas de pintura en cubas de compost. Puedes ponerlos en su balcón! Pero, no puede desarrollar este proyecto en una empresa real porque su trabajo normal. Porque esta tan apasionado cerca de este proyecto y realmente quiere ayudar el medio ambiente, queremos venir a él y le ayudar. No aceptamos dinero, pero una comida, lugar para dormir, compañía y conocimiento. Asi que tienes un proyecto que necesita ayuda o sabes proyectos interesados por nosotros, déjanos saber!

Despues de Buenos Airos, viajaremos norte a través del resto de América del Sur. Veremes donde el camino nos llevará! Queremos gaster nuestros tiempo a proyectos que son importantes, ver países, mejorar nuestros fotografiá, rodar, pintar, escribir, mejorar nuestros español y solo conocer gente!

pd. el sitio fotografiá de Anne es: http://amvanderwerf.portfoliobox.io/

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

We love new adventures and Couchsurfing is just one way to do it!

We are used to get to know people through hitchhiking, hosting and being hosted through Couchsurfing and AirBnB and just through traveling. It is awesome when you have a connection together and you can share thoughts and experiences.
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Nos encanta aventuras nuevas y Couchsurfing es sólo una manera de hacerlo!

Estamos acostumbrados a conocer gente a través de autostop, hospedó gente, y viajar con Couchsurfing y AirBnB. Tambien viajamos mucho. Es increíble cuando tienes una conexión juntos y puedes compartir pensamientos y experiencas.

Interests

We love the outdoors: camping, hitch-hiking, rock-climbing, canoeing, walking, surfing, cycling, snowboarding, running and diving.
But also the arts: modern paintings, instelations, photography, music and films.
And when we go out we like to go to lunch, dine or to go to raves, day festivals or just a beer in the pub.
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Nos encanta la naturaleza: ir de acampada, autostop, escalada en rocas, piragüismo, ciclismo, snowboard, correr y bucear. Pero tambien nos gusta los artes modernes, fotografiá, la música y las peliculas. Cuando vamos salir nos gusta ir a comer, cenar, fiestas, festivales o solo una cerveza en un bar.

• arts
• writing
• photography
• festivals
• environment
• dining
• beer
• running
• walking
• pub crawls
• raves
• gardening
• boating
• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• painting
• drawing
• music
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• hiking
• canoeing
• camping
• hunting
• surfing
• scuba diving
• snowboarding
• rock climbing
• business
• political science
• science
• hitchhiking

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Seen the sunrise on the top of a volcano.
Diving with sea turtles.
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Ver la salida del sol en la cima de un volcán
Bucear con tortugas marinas

What I Can Share with Hosts

Don't worry, we do have references, but those were on our personal couchsurfing profiles :) Below you will find only a few of them until we have new ones on this profile!
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No te preocupes, tenemos referencias, pero son a nuestros perfiles de Couchsurfing personales. Debaja encontrará algunos hasta tendremos nuevos a este perfil (pero soló en Inglés)!

Francesco Sanfilippo
Sicily, Italy
November 2012
Meeting Anne was one of my best couchsurfing experiences !
her personality is very strong, positive and sunny !
Talking with her is extremely stimulant and deep.
She is a real person, honest, simple, and funny.
If you have the chance to host her or meet her don't think twice !!!
I wish to see you again one day !!
my best wishes
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Maciej
Gdansk, Poland
November 2012
It was really nice to host Carlo here in Gdańsk. He's a considerate and easy going surfer with whom you can discuss every topic with no problems. Sadly, I didn't have too much time to spend with him but we've managed to grab a veggie meal, talk about a role of Dutch Royal House in the public life, marvel at the amount of consonants and vowels in Polish language and finally decide that it was the shooting stars that brought us together. I recommend surfing with Carlo.
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Dalis N. Robinson
Mexico City, Mexico
April 2015
At first, I chose this place because of the bike option and the cool map on the wall. I got to their place and definetely, it's the best Amsterdam experience I could get, I'm totally coming back and stay here again, everything's clean and neat, it's very easy to use the public transport around here and the best part of this listing is the great couple you'll get as hosts, Carlo and Anne are the best hosts I've had and were very helpful with every single detail. They ended up being more than just hosts to me!
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Korryn
Texas, USA
July 2015
Staying with Carlo and Anne was perfect. They were excellent hosts who were more than willing to help you in any way that they can. They did a great job responding to any messages very quickly. Right off the bat they gave us several apps of the city including ones for the tram, train, and buses. They also lent us one of their bikes so we only had to rent one and saved us a lot of money. The room itself was a great size, had its own shower, and decorated simply and perfectly. Carlo and Anne were gracious hosts and I can't thank them enough for letting us stay there.
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Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Laos, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Montenegro, Myanmar, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands