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Overview

  • 3 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Czech; learning English, German
  • 42, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • biology, nature conservation, environmental education
  • Msc. of biology
  • From Rohatec, South Moravian region, Czech republic
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

environmentalist freelancer

ABOUT ME

I come from South Moravia, the region known thanks to good wine and welcomming people. It is an amazing countryside beside the White Carpathian Mountains with lots of vineyards, orchards and flowering meadows surroundings.

Since I finished my master studies at university I've been working as a zoologist in Prague for three years. In 2012 I moved to New Zealand where I lived for one year. Between February and September 2013 I was working back in Prague for the agency for nature conservation. In fall 2013 I worked as a volunteer in Zambia Southern Province as a teacher at the local boarding school. Since 2014 I work as a environmentalist freelancer.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have only two experience as a couchsurfer and both were positive in general.

Interests

biology, ecology, environmental education, development awarness

fishing
wine and viticulture
travelling
cross country skiing, cycling, hiking, canoeing
piano, acustic guitar and slovak overtone flute playing
local cousine, customs, traditions and folklore

smiling

  • folklore
  • education
  • wine
  • traveling
  • guitar
  • piano
  • cycling
  • fishing
  • hiking
  • canoeing
  • skiing
  • biology
  • ecology
  • teaching
  • freelancing
  • volunteering
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

movies:
The Doors, Lost in Translation, In to The Wild, Yes Man, Good Bad and Ugly, The Abyss, Heat, My Blueberry nights

Int.music:
David Bowie, Eddie Vedder, Sofia Karlsson, Norah Jones, Tom Waits, The Doors, Beirut, Jose Gonzales

CZ music:
Psí vojáci, Hm..., Karel Plíhal, Vlasta Redl, Karel Kryl

books:
Small Prince (by Antoin de Saint-Exupéry), Johnatan Livingston Seagull (by Richard Bach, Paměti mystika /CZ/ by Eduard Tomáš, The Biology of Belief (by Bruce H. Lipton), Mutant Message Down Under (by Marlo Morgan)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Wild New Zealnd furseal pup kindergarden near Kaikoura /NZ/- I've never seen anything similar! It was just incredible!

My first home-made bread...can't believe how you can feel making that basic thing

My first experience with an indian sweat lodge. It moved me somewhere else..

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Croatia, Germany, Italy, Norway, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, New Zealand, Zambia

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