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Overview

  • 21 references 10 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German; learning French
  • 44, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • Globetrotter / IT Consultant
  • MBA / MSc.
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION
meeting interesting open minded people and experiencing the local culture

ABOUT ME
Half German, Half Czech Globetrotter who lived in the US (N.Y.C & Oregon), Europe (Switzerland, Germany and England), Asia (Pakistan and Malaysia) and most recently Mexico.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

pleasant encounters with terrific people going out of their way showing me their city, sharing their culture, just being very helpful overall and sometimes even offering me a comfortable sleeping place as well as!

Interests

  • culture
  • traveling
  • tennis
  • golf
  • business
  • sightseeing

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Soul, Jazz, House
Movies: 12 angry men (with Henry Fonda), Heat, Bourne Trilogy, Hangover 1 and 2, and many more..

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Started on my "world trip" in February 2011. Traveled across all of Russia, from Moscow to Ulan Ude on the trans Siberian train by myself. (Of course I had the help of many couch surfers to keep me alive once I got off the train!! :) Then continued on the Trans Mongolian train to Mongolia, Ulan Bator, spent 4 weeks there including a 10 day trip to the Gobi Desert. Then again by train headed all the way to Beijing where I spent 6 weeks traveling through China, and then crossing from Hong Kong over to Vietnam. Spent 2 months in Vietnam going from Saigon to Hanoi on a motor bike. After some amazing sightseeing I travelled to Cambodia and then onto Thailand. Finally made it to Australia, Perth, and then also Melbourne where I lived for 6 months. Headed off to Moscow at the end of 2012 and started working in Business Development for an IT company in January of 2013. That was one "big circle" covering approx. half the world :)

Teach, Learn, Share

Be nice and giving to others, and often you will have the favor returned!

Educate yourself NOW on precious metals, silver and gold. A huge economic armaggadon is heading our way, be prepared. Have a lot of interesting info... just ask me.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Estonia, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Maldives, Mongolia, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, Venezuela, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Germany, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

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