ABOUT ME

The first part of my round the world bicycle tour was riding around Las Americas, from the arctic ocean to the end of the world. I began heading south from Alaska on June 2007 and reached Ushuaia in December 2009 after 40000km and two and a half years. Then I went to Japan and slowly cycled the long way back home, back to Switzerland arriving in May 2012. And since then working as bike messenger in Lugano, Switzerland.

PHILOSOPHY

Seeing the world from two wheels so that I cause minimum pollution on the environment of our "pachamama"

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I started CouchSurfing while I was riding around Chile, I met always interesting people and is continuing so after been in Japan and South Korea.

Interests

Cycle touring, traveling, exploring off-the-beaten-track, eat locally, geography, mountain biking, snowboarding, volleyball, computer programming and technology

• environment
• technology
• traveling
• cycling
• snowboarding
• track and field
• volleyball
• geography

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
"Dr. Strangelove" by Stanley Kubrick.
"Apollo 13" by Ron Howard.
"Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain" by Jean-Pierre Jeunet.
Books:
"Never let me go" by Kazuo Ishiguro.
"Alive" by Piers Paul Read.
"My Journey to Lhasa" by Alexandra David-Neel.
Music:
Midnight Oil, Skiantos, Abba, ...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Still breathing (a lot!) after riding my bicycle up to a pass at 4900 meters on the dirt road through the highland desert of Southwest Bolivia, great landscapes and great memories.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, England, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Scotland, South Korea, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Switzerland