My reply rate is way above 50%. Couchsurfing is going to change how they calculate that. I'd say you have a 90% chance of feedback from me within 2 days. (Update 2021 CS tells me I have a 66% reply rate. I don't know how they calculate that still. I'd say you have a 90% chance of feedback from me within 2 days, and pretty near 100% if I'm not traveling myself).

I have lived in Sweden since 1964 (when I was 18)

I'm not very good at small talk. In general I can be relatively quiet. But when I get going on a subject that I am passionate about, I can get caught up in ALL the things I've found that most people don't know that I would like to present. But just stop me with a question or by telling me what is important for you! (It can be good to know that most [399 of 400 according till Marshall Rosenberg] people that are talking more than you feel like listening to just then, would like you to break them off!)

I have 5 children. I am living with my wife (since 1995). Our 2 children (born 1995 and 1998) got their own places 2017. This makes it more possible to offer a "couch" here.

Our house is rather small. If we don't have room, or feel the house is too disorganized at the moment, we have a fair sized yard, so a tent could be set up there.

I have had Covid. I was quite sick for 3 weeks, but stayed at home. I now have natural antibodies. Though I have survived MANY vaccinations from the time I believed in them, I no longer have that belief. ( https://tupomedia.se/kanslomassigt-om-vaccin/ )

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I like to travel and meet new people, especially people that would chose to "couchhost". I don't like the atmosphere in a hotel - people running around trying to carry my stuff, etc.

The cost is, of course, an issue also.

And I can meet new people at home by "couch hosting".

Interests

Alternative health through nutrition, cleaning out stressfull memories in our subconsious, avoiding unnecessary synthetic chemicals and their side effects, exercise.

I love learning new things.

The multitude of life forms in nature. Fascinating new (and old!) technology. Possibilities to increase cooperation.

Music- I'm not a natural talent, but I have played guitar and sung so long that sometimes people think I am musical.

I love gardening.

• animals
• performing arts
• dancing
• education
• environment
• ethics
• vegetarian
• vegan
• exercise
• yoga
• gardening
• technology
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• kite surfing
• snorkeling
• teaching
• mathematics
• physics
• psychology
• kitesurfing
• deep conversations
• kitesurf
• alternative medicine
• acroyoga
• nutrition
• psychedelics
• energy
• kiteboarding
• plant based
• whole foods

Music, Movies, and Books

(old) Bob Dylan, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Jackson Brown, Cat Stevens, Missippi John Hurt, Leadbelly, Joni Mitchell, Tracy Chapman, Pete Seeger, .... and many more modern stuff ...... and Jan Johanson - Visa från Utanmyra, Ravells Bolero & ......

Comedians: Louis CK, Dave Chapelle, Ricky Gervais

I love films- Modern times, Inside Out, 2001 Space Odessy, Up, Fantasia, Coen brothers stuff ("The Big Lebowski", "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"), Pay it forward, The gods must be crazy, 3 Amigos, Robin Williams, One flew over the cuckoos nest, the Good Lie, A Hard Days night, Help

Books: Monsters and Magical sticks, Be here now, Sometimes a great notion, The Mind of the Dolphin, Catch 22, ...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I find it amazing that when I cut myself, my body amazingly puts itself back together! (I'm sure your body does the same thing, but it is still amazing) I even made a short video about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw1RSYF5qI0

When I was about 55yr and started feeling OLD and seeing the downward slope of increasing pain etc. Because of things I've learned about the body and mind, I , now at 77 (2022), am stronger, have my weight down to where I want, no longer have to have eyeglasses when I drive, feel generally empowered and optimistic.

I have lived for many years "off the electric power grid" while experimenting with wind, solar, biogas and biomass in both Sweden and Tanzania.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach Physics and Math (my formal past profession)

I want to teach how to get control of troubling programs in our subconscious that make us feel bad, scared, sick and miss our goals. (I have studied EFT and have certificates up to Level 3 in FasterEFT) See http://www.fasterEFT.se

I have some YouTube channels http://www.youtube.com/swahili77 /TupoMedia /SläppBördan

I have a homepage with a bunch of my interests: http://www.TupoMedia.se (Alternative health, education, technology, IT,... which also links to my FasterEFT.se site.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I am passionate for helping people use their mind-body connection to release pain, fear, performance blockages. I have a homepage about the method I use most: www.fasterEFT.se. (Mostly in Swedish but there is an English page which also has a link for (google) translating the rest. It won't be perfect, but can give you an idea.)

I am quite technically adept- from carpentry, plumbing, electricity (even solar el), mechanics to computer related stuff.

I am used to and like doing garden work- weeding, thinning, planting, harvesting - and preserving by dehydration and fermenting (and freezing and root-cellering). I can help with home slaughter and butchering of animals that have lived a good life. I have done it with chickens, sheep and pigs. I don't like doing the killing, though I would like to try a way to calmly painlessly kill a chicken if it is going to die anyway.

I also believe that, besides stress relief mentioned above, nutrition and exercise are the best ways to maintain and regain health. I eat a predominantly plant based diet and try to decrease industrial food products. There is a lot of evidence for a vegan WHOLE FOOD (not vegan "coke and chips") way of eating being good for our health (as well as our ethics and the environment. I'm near 100%. (On rare occasions I might with others have some products that can have milk in them (usually ice cream)). I'm not against using honey. I used to have bees and really tried to help them survive. ) I use some leather (usually second hand) stuff like belts and shoes.

I can check something you've written, maybe your CS profile, to improve the English.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Canada, China, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Norway, Poland, Rwanda, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Sweden, Tanzania, United States