CURRENT MISSION

discover the world

ABOUT ME

i am always looking for new experiences, challenges and discoveries; in my private life as a traveller (>140 countries so far) and in my business life as a researcher. most people would consider me as funny and a little bit crazy (in a positive way). sometimes i end up in extreme situations, e.g. i was once lost in the jungle in costa rica for 3 nights, alone, with hardly any equipment. i seriously thought i would die there, but i made my own way out - and in the end it was by far the best experience in my life...

PHILOSOPHY

to live is the rarest thing in the world. most people exist, that is all. (O.W.)
if being sane is thinking there's something wrong with being different....i'd rather be completely fucking mental. (A.J.)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

always positive, sometimes amazing

Interests

travelling
scientific research
literature
sports

• literature
• traveling
• camping
• sports
• business

Music, Movies, and Books

pink floyd, rem, radiohead, coldplay, dire straits, u2, the killers, bruce springsteen, metallica, queen, yanni

movies by the coen brothers, tarantino; fight club,...; the simpsons

gabriel garcia-marquez, franz kafka, paul auster, milan kundera, fjodor dostojewski, t c boyle, henry miller

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- been to >140 countries
- survived the jungle in costa rica after getting lost for 3 nights
- hiked illimani in bolivia (6450m), ojos del salado in chile (6890m)
- travelled certain parts of europe with my sleeping bag just doing wild camping to get the experience of freedom

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Samoa, San Marino, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City State, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria