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Hey, I'm Daan! I'm a pretty laid-back guy and currently working as a freelance user experience and interface designer (UI/UX). I often alternate between Amsterdam and Singapore, thanks to being able to work and travel at the same time. After completing my studies in Interaction Design I served two years in the Singapore Armed Forces.

I prefer to host when I have free time in the weekend, so we can hangout together to see the city and have fun. I’d like to know my guest and interact with them as much as possible– I mean, that's the point of Couchsurfing, right?

Fully vaccinated :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

There's so many things to learn from people, but their culture, history and it's this sheer diversity that interests me so much about the world. It's free knowledge waiting to be learnt.

So if you’d like to have a higher chance to be hosted please add this password into your message to indicate that you have read my profile: Midnight City

Interests

When I'm not hiking the empty roads of the Mojave Desert, meditating on a mountainside in the Himalayas, or having a massive wipeout while surfing in Bali you'll find me doing photography, listening to 80's rock/psychedelic/synthwave or just chilling out with good company over a couple of beers.

I also enjoy Mexican, Indian and Mediterranean-style cooking.

• culture
• design
• photography
• meditation
• music
• guitar
• cycling
• hiking
• backpacking
• camping
• history
• philosophy
• hitchhiking
• solo travel
• trekking
• buddhism

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Ranging from dreampop, psychedelic and indie (M83, Django Django, Bombay Bicycle Club, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Tame Impala, Alt-J, Parcels, Khurangbin) to Classic Rock (The Doors, Bob Dylan, Queen, etc) and world music, Ravi Shankar, Dead Can Dance, etc

Movies: Into The Wild, Samsara, Baraka, Interstellar, Saving Private Ryan, and The Godfather are just a few of my favorites

Books: Novels by Paulo Coelho, Tom Clancy, George Orwell, Jon Krakauer, Yuval Noah Harari

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Completed the legendary Annapurna Circuit, and hiked to 5,416 meters in the Nepalese winter.

Survived a terrorist attack in Brussels.

Drove up the Pacific Coast Highway in California.

Wild camped in the woods in Portugal

Teach, Learn, Share

I think everyone's got an interesting tale to tell, so I'm looking forward to see where you've been and what crazy experiences you've had

I can also teach you a bit of guitar!

"There is no greater joy from our encounters with new experiences, than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun." - Christopher McCandless

"The secret to Happiness is Freedom. And the secret to Freedom is Courage" - Thucydides

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Croatia, Morocco, Netherlands, Singapore