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Overview

  • 5 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English; learning French, German, Portuguese, Spanish
  • 42, Other
  • Member since 2007
  • by working and dreaming about travelling
  • social worker
  • From Leuven
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

starting to travel 16/01/08 to southern America

ABOUT ME

We are an easy going couple, who like to meet people, exchange ideas, taste and smell other cultures ... at far away places or at home.

PHILOSOPHY

Live life to the fullest, don't waste your time complaning but go out to reach your own goals.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We just heard about this project an are excited to join. We would love to host and show people what Belgium is about. And we would like to have the same experience when we are travelling. We think it can give you so much more than staying at a hostel.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

We had our first experience in Belo Horizonte. It was great; Our host Amilcar and the meeting at the waterfall with 15 other surfers. After this we want to keep on going...

Interests

travel,reading,playing board games,going out for a drink and a chat, riding the motorcycle,

  • drinking
  • board games
  • reading
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • social work

Music, Movies, and Books

Daan:

The usual suspects ( movie )
Absynth minded ( music )
lonely planet (book)

Aag:

The eternal sunshine of a spotless mind (movie)
Faithless (music)
Het evangelie volgens Maria Magdalena, Marianne Fredrikson (book)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The most amazing thing we have seen is:
sundown in lençois de maranheses, sunrise in the pantanal(Brasil) and South Africa.
Daan has done a bunjee jump from the world highest bridge.
Working as volunteers in Salinas da Margarida, a little town in Brasil and making part of this wonderfull community.

Teach, Learn, Share

Aag: I work as a social worker so I spend a lot of time thinking about the social system of my country, I'm always interested to learn about the social structures in other countries. But I am maybe even more interested in the way other people live their lives and learning from them.

Daan: for me it's all about sharing. I think that if everybody's shares his knowlidge, his optimism, ... The world would be a better place.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, France, Guatemala, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, South Africa, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Brazil

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