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Overview

  • 9 references 6 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English
  • 33, Male
  • Member since 2015
  • Researcher
  • Forestry and nature conservation
  • No hometown listed
  • Profile 85% complete

About Me

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Couchsurfing seems to be a perfect way of travelling. Just giving and receiving hospitality with cool people around the globe. Basically I have been couchsurfing during all my travels, just with people I met on the spot. So why not use the internet as a tool to accomodate this a bit easier. I'm not a big fan of computers and machines in general but sometimes the internet can be used in a very positive way, couchsurfing seems to do just that.

Interests

  • photography
  • music festivals
  • raw food
  • vegetarian
  • yoga
  • meditation
  • gardening
  • chess
  • reading
  • traveling
  • survival
  • music
  • hiking
  • backpacking
  • camping
  • spiritual
  • martial arts
  • ecology
  • history
  • philosophy
  • psychology
  • mountains
  • nature
  • mythology
  • spirituality
  • bushcraft
  • mma
  • activism
  • hugs
  • fantasy
  • jamming
  • paganism
  • sjamaniasm
  • life on earth
  • psychedelic culture
  • sword fighting
  • nature conservation
  • medieval culture
  • pantheism
  • buddism
  • biodiversity

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: I really like music, almost never have I not liked a song(but all that modern pop music can get a little boring and uninspired). Some of my favorite bands right now are: Xavier Rudd, Amon Amarth, Falkenbach, Bonobo, Eluveitie, Korpiklaani, Alestorm, Ensiferum, Folkearth, Les ramoneurs de Menhirs, Astrix, Aioaska, Atmos, Shane Gobi, Deuter, Karunesh, Medwyn Goodal, Minilogue, Shpongle, Kvelertak, Iron Maiden, Terry Reid, Rob Zombie, Manowar, Rät N Frikk, Welle:Erdball, Feindflug, Dune, DJ Paul Elstak, Panda Dub, Infected Mushroom, Venetian Snares, Squarepusher, Heidevolk, Rage Against The Machine, Arch Enemy, Bathory, Knife Party, Wardruna, Medicine For The People, Deep Forest, Omnia, Beltaine, Bob, Julian, Damian and Stephen Marley, Sen I, Manu Chao, Bombino, Pasaje Universo, Amon Tobin, Old Crow Medicine Show just to name a few. I can play a little mouth harp, bag pipe, drums and djembe.

Movies: I don't watch too many movies but some nice ones are Lord Of The Rings, Fight Club, Boondock Saints, Avatar, dances with wolves, kingdom of heaven, 12 years a slave, Pans Labyrinth, Matrix, Into the Wild.

Books: Lord Of The Rings again, A Song Of Ice And Fire, Musashi, Edda, The communist manifesto, everything that has to do with world mythology and a lot fantasy novels that i don't feel like writing all down.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

That is a weird question there are so many canidates for this one. Its like choosing between children. But a recent one is hiking in the middle of the night in the snow covered mountains in Norway while the northern lights above me where reflected in the snow, thus turning the whole area in a green oasis.

Also I recently encountered a mother bear with two baby's in the Romanian mountains on about 20 meters distance. The moment when she stood up on two legs and growled at me was my biggest adrenaline rush ever.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bulgaria, Greece, Netherlands, Norway, Romania

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