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  • Fluent in Danish, English; learning French, German
  • 39, Male
  • Member since 2012
  • Being creative, social and travelling.
  • Character Animation, The Animation Workshop
  • From I grew up all over the world. But I come from Zealand (DK)
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To transform my Hippi-bus into the most awsome and ultimate roadtrip bus ever!

ABOUT ME

I'm open and interested in meeting people. I love to travel and have experiences with different cultures. I don't take myself serious and I like to joke and fool around. I also love to discuss environmental, cultural and political issues. I have many different interests so I never run out of talking material. I love spontainious events and ideas. I'm not afraid to throw myself into new situations. I do impulsive stuff for the fun of it.

PHILOSOPHY

It's okay to make mistakes and fuck up, thats how the wisest people become wise!

Help people if you can and don't be afraid to ask for help yourself, you will always find it!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I move around alot and travel when ever I can. I'm a good companion and love arranging trips.

But due to having a tight scheduele the last year, because of the bachelor film I haven't been able to take much initiative on doing fun stuff. So I'm very happy when my friends (that isn't tied up like me) come up with ideas to get out of the daily rutine.

The fall of 2012 will be busy too with exam preporation and a 3D sculpting course, so I'll need breaks in the weekend alot.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm a beginner.

Interests

I'm creative character and when I have time I love to sit and draw and come up with concepts and character designs. I'm currently (but almost finished) doing my Bachelor of Arts in Animation. In juni the 15 our Bachelor film will be finished. We have used a year on developing the story and design so I've had a very busy year also preparing myself for a proffesional life in the Animation Industry.

  • arts
  • design
  • running
  • drinking
  • boating
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • drawing
  • swimming
  • animation
  • tourism

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

1# "Humpback whales in Australia"
After highschool/ danish gymnasium I travelled alone to Australia. I worked while travelling and had many wild experiences there. One of the wildest things I've ever experienced was on a boat trip on the Coral Sea on the coast of Queensland. We went out to see humpback whales on a turist trip. There was a couple of Humpback whales that came up close to our boat and swam right under us and beside us! There were actually close enough for us to touch, but they didn't hit the boat or do anything but swim around us! It was mind blowing to be that close to such enormous creatures and at the same time be so exposed on the big ocean.

2# "Pissed off elephant"
Another travelling experience was on a safari with my family in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). We were early up in the morning and drove through a reserve area where there were buffaloes, snakes and elephants. At the end of our trip we encountered a grumpy old male elephant.
He was pissed off and started to tear up trees with his trunk. He was angry, but for some reason the driver stopped the engine probably because the noise annoyed it. Suddenly the elephant charged towards us! I truely thought that we were going to die becuase there was no escape. But as the elephant came closer to us, the travel guide lifted his arm while making a high yell. The elephant stopped and went the other way. That was a real scary experience.

3# "Being the first in line on The Tube"
The first time I was in London I bought a bottle of "White Lighting" (10% cider). After drinking the whole bottle of 3 liters. I went down into the subway and used the middle part of the escalator as a sliding ramp. I was too drunk to notice the small sign(designed to ruin my act) at the end of of the escalator, so I tripped over it and slammed onto the tile floor. My fellow classmates that I had overtaken gave me huge applause for my heroic act! But the local Londoner's that were on their way up just shook their heads.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Egypt, France, Germany, Lebanon, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Yemen

Countries I’ve Lived In

Denmark, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore

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