About me.. I would describe myself as an easy-going guy who is pretty open minded. I like travels that involve some challenge and adventure, and the nice thing about couchsurfing is that I get to meet a lot of like-minded people.

I did a fair share of hitchhiking and some on-the-spot couchsurfing in Europe, and I always found this to be the greatest memories of the bit of traveling I did. Meeting friendly people that help you out is just awesome.

Until recently I was traveling a lot for my work, but I quit my job and will travel together with a friend for 3 months before finding a job in my home town Groningen.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Until now, I did mainly surfing but also hosted some people on my houseboat in Groningen. I met some amazing people with CS, who not only offered me great hospitality, but sometimes also helped me on my way with my travels.

I think couchsurfing is a great initiative connecting people around the world.

Interests

Traveling! I kinda have a thing for Unesco World Heritage sites, I aim to have seen them all some day!

• traveling
• cycling
• surfing
• engineering
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

I really love the fact that series seem to become better and better, usually when it has a good score on IMDB, I like it.

I'm not much of a reader, but I recently read a book of Jeremy Clarkson, which really made me laugh a lot. It is offensive for everybody, it's well thought off, and I think it's funny.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

In the summer of 2010 I asked my brother the question "would you like to cycle 1000km in Italy without money?" and of course he replied with a quick yes. In Rome we bought two bicycles and we just went south. Arriving in Palermo on Sicily tree weeks later, we only spent money on repairing the bicycles.
Also a great adventure, one time I bought a motorbike in Jakarta together with a friend of mine. We drove it to Bali through all the crazy traffic; this was a lot of fun.
One time a friend came to me with another good idea, buying a horse in Mongolia. So this is exactly what we did in the summer of 2012. We made a nice trip of 200km along a river, with a lot of funny moments because we didn't know a thing about riding a horse, or the Mongolian language.

Last year, me and a friend drove our motorcycles from Alaska to Argentina. It took us three months to reach Buenos Aires.

Countries I’ve Visited

Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Oman, Palestine, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

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