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Overview

  • 5 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English; learning French, German, Spanish
  • 41, Male
  • Member since 2014
  • Installing electrical installations at events
  • bachelor in marketing and bachelor in business manegement
  • From Lummen, Flanders, Belgium
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

I'm on a very loosely planned 6 month trip. I'm not sure where it will take me but I find that exciting.

ABOUT ME

I´ve lived in a small town in Belgium for most of my life. After my studies in marketing and management it took me a while to find a job that I really liked. Probably because I don't really like marketing or management, so I found a job in the event sector. Working long and hard for a crapy wage but I loved it. Mostly because I got to visit all kind of different events like music festivals, sports games, corporate events,.... But also because I was able to travel around Europe to wherever the events were taking place.
After a few years I decided that I wanted to see the rest of the world as well. So I toke a sabbatical year, traveling from New York to Rio de Janeiro and I loved it!
So when I came back after one year I immediately started planning my next trip.

I did a few more long trips lasting between 1 and 2 years after realising I needed a more balanced lifestyle. So now I have deal with my employer that I work 6 months during the summer in Belgium after which I am free to travel the world for 6 months.

Overal I have been travelling for a large part of the last 9 years.

PHILOSOPHY

if you act normal for long enough you will automatically become special

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've couchsurfed 2 times. Once in Chile and once in Japan but both times it was with a friend and using their account.
This is the first time I'm trying it as a solo traveler.

Interests

Sports in general but for some weird reason especially ufc at the moment
I enjoy reading whatever I can find on the road.
movies
JRE and other podcasts
music and especially music festivals
Travel is of course my biggest passion.

  • books
  • music festivals
  • festivals
  • movies
  • traveling
  • music
  • sports
  • soccer
  • history
  • religion

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I spent 2,5 months hiking, hitch-hing and sleeping in a tent around New-Zealand

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Laos, Mauritania, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Senegal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, United States, Uruguay, Viet Nam, Zambia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium

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