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Sint-Niklaas, Flanders, Belgium
@elinedhaen
Member since 2013
ABOUT ME Traveling is about culture, nature and food, but most of all, it's about people. You can't get to know a country without getting to know its inhabitants. That's why I love couchsurfing so much. Most of the time, I'm traveling with my boyfriend David, who is a photographer and always takes cool pictures of people and weird things, the kind of pictures that tourists generally don't take. He's also a musician. I like to explore the world and learn to know everything about the countries I visit. Just so you know: I'll ask you a lot of questions about your country, be prepared! ;-) PHILOSOPHY “Objection, evasion, joyous distrust, and love of irony are signs of health; everything absolute belongs to pathology.” (Nietzsche)
Interested in Adventure Sports
Interested in Books & Literature
Fluent in English
Fluent in French
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
I've met great people and made some friends for life thanks to couch surfing. It's a window to the world, even when you're not traveling yourself!
Music, Movies, and Books
Travels with myself and another (Martha Gellhorn) Die fröhliche Wissenschaft (Nietzsche) Walden (Henry David Thoreau) Travels with Charley (John Steinbeck)
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Traveling Pakistan's Karakoram Highway with AK47-armed police escorts Sleeping in Egypt's White Desert Swimming in the Guatemalan Jungle Eating alligator-on-a-stick in Louisiana Meeting Hezbollah warriors in Lebanon Playing my favorite card game in the Sahara Sleeping in the trunk of a car for weeks during a road trip in the USA Fighting with monkeys in India Finally getting my driving license :-)
What I Can Share With Hosts
A good talk, a hot shower, a warm bed, an introduction to Belgian cuisine and all night long discussions about life
My Interests
Philosophy, people, international politics, photography, discovering the world