CURRENT MISSION

Figuring out where in the world I want to be and become very good at Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

ABOUT ME

I have been traveling a lot over the last few years. After living in New Zealand and Canada for a year each I'm now back in my own country, The Netherlands.

I'm easy going, though chaotic to the extreme. I have no prejudice (well, I probably do, but I try to ignore them) towards other people, so if you're white trash, gay, black or you have a beard to your waist and pray five times a day, don't hesitate to send me a request to stay on my couch. It would be cool to learn something from you and share worlds. It's all good.

PHILOSOPHY

Trust, but don't do it blindly.

No shame. Ever.

If you allow things to happen and give people space to be nice, good things will happen and people do tend to be rather nice.

Oh well... (When something bad does happen.)

Por qué estoy en Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

On my hitch-hiking trips and travels in general I had some great experiences with people who open their cars, houses and lives to you with a high level of trust. Now that I have my own place again I am in the position to return the favour and I hope CS will be a nice way to do so.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None so far.

Scratch that! Hosted my first Couch Surfer last week. Good times!

Scratch that, too! By now I have both hosted a number of surfers and surfed a bit myself.
Feeling is still the same, though: good times!

Intereses

Photography, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, snowboarding, whisky, traveling, diving, bushcraft, sailing, parkour.

This is my last big photography project, an Eendags_fotografie (translates roughly to "single day photography") project for a festival called European Dreams: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66QqUL_H8ZQ&list=UUjtk3VX0-DBlAi5W4pjPzvQ&index=1&feature=plcp

• photography
• festivals
• breakfast
• traveling
• cars
• hiking
• scuba diving
• sailing
• snowboarding
• swimming
• jiu jitsu
• hitchhiking
• beaches

Música, películas y libros

Movies:
12 Angry men,
Hero,
Black Snake Moan,
Brick,
King of California,
Thank you for smoking,
Grizzly man,
Choke,
The Wackness,
Blazing Saddles.

Music:
Seasick Steve,
Schradinova,
A Tribe Called Quest,
Ash Grunwald,
Cannonball Adderley,
Miles Davis,
Hiromi (The Trio Project).

Books,
Jonathan Livingston Seagull,
The Runner,
The Book of Five Rings
The Malazan Book of the Fallen (series)
Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman!
In search of Captain Zero
The Selfish Gene
The God Delusion
The End of Faith

These lists could be a lot longer, but this should give you an idea.

Algo increíble que he hecho

Wake up next to the beach, nobody around for miles, roll out of my van and into my dive suit, go for a dive, catch a lobster for breakfast.

That was a good one.

Swimming with an Eagle Ray (same spot and trip as above) with a wingspan wider than mine, that was cool too.

Enseña, aprende, comparte

Useful things for travellers that I can teach you:

I can tell you a thing or two about how to take better pictures while you're travelling, even with a basic compact camera.

How to make a simple and very light alcohol stove with a Swiss army knife for less than 1 euro (provided you already have the knife).

Basic navigation with a map and compass.

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