CURRENT MISSION

Working and Living the Life in Dubai!!

ABOUT ME

Too much to fit in here.

Things I like;
Getting new stamps in passport
Crashing rooftop bars for great views
Trotting around cities by foot
Walk through the nights with good music plugged in the ears
Weird experiences, where I can laugh about later
Traveling
Heineken
Nature
Great architecture
New challenges
Work hard
Play harder
Sharing Travel stories
Family
Friends
Dubai
India

some other stuff;
in '11 I graduated for my architectural engineering Bachelor, after a year of traveling I started studying again. Just finished that Uni as well, and right now living the life in Dubai

Sports;
Running
Fitness
Rugby
Cycling

Not a typical Dutchy ;);
I don't live in a windmill
Never been to the hookers
I don't walk on wooden shoes
I don't do drugs! (don't mind when people are using it around me)

Oke, I'm taller than average (1,91 m), blonde, blue eyes, simple love drinking Heineken, think Tiesto and Armin van Buuren are good DJ's got a Philips TV, get my gas at Shell and I got 2 bicycles.

PHILOSOPHY

No idea...

Karma?!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I hosted several people in Dubai from family and friends to travellers, to CS'ers that I met on previous trips, great experiences. Met some of the currently most important people in my life via couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

2011 - 11 Joe Muscat (Oman)
2011 - 12 Alaa Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
2011 - 12 Mohamed Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)
2011 - 12 Bradley Manama (Bahrain)
2012 - 6 Sinjat (New Zealand)
2012 - 6 Matt (New Zealand)
2012 - 7 Neil (USA)
2014 - Marc (UAE)
2014 - Ron (UAE)
2014 - Anastasia (UAE)
2014 - Pranay (UAE)
I surfed 11 couches so far, besides that, I met some awesome CS'ers on my trip.

Couchsurfing is the best

Interests

Traveling
Hiking
People
Participating in sports
Music
Movies
Family
Friends
Parties
Comedy Central!

Hates;
Sandflies
Grumpy people

• birds
• singing
• architecture
• full moon party
• dancing
• beer
• fitness
• running
• walking
• partying
• drinking
• boating
• movies
• tv
• traveling
• stamps
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• scuba diving
• bungee jumping
• sports
• rock climbing
• rugby
• swimming
• engineering
• hitchhiking
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies mostly thrillers, action, comedy and animation
Music Rock, Pop, Trance
Books only Harry Potter or books written by Dan Brown, at the moment I'm reading Shantaram, best book ever!!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climbing the Table mount in South-africa with a cooler with 16 bottles of cheap (horrible) champagne for christmas (fell five times on the way back, too drunk :P).

Diving with white sharks with two of my best friends in South Africa

Partying five evenings at the most exclusive places of Dubai (best parties ever)

Walking through the rise paddies in Sapa (Vietnam) with a couple of local hill tribes.

Ziplining through the jungle, Gibbon Experience @ Laos

Having a lunch, a couple of beers and a private show around at the Burj Al Arab (way to expensive, but worth the money)

Bungee jumping from the highest bungee bridge in the world

Tubing in Laos

Hitchhiking for one month in New Zealand, with a sign "I HAVE COOKIES"

Full moon party in Thailand

Crashing swimming pools in the Hilton and the Sheraton in Bangkok by pretending to be a guest.

Sleeping next to the fattest Indian guy I ever saw in what looked like a single bed sleeping bus, at the time it was horrible, right now its more than funny.

Took a shitload of pictures of the Taj Mahal without people (and ruined it for the other early birds who were planning the same ^^)

Running 31 k's through the mountains in Switzerland with 2000 others at 5 a.m.

Winning a Hitchhike competition to Paris, with my girl next door (5 hours, normally by car 4 1/2 hr)

Lost a million in the casino in Vietnam (local currency ;))

Getting drunk with local people on the slow boat in Laos.

Climbing the Merapi vulcano in Indonesia (Java) for the sunrise, which we completely missed due to way too many clouds

Sunrise at the Bromo vulcano Indonesia

Celebration Queensnight/ Queensday with 40 Dutchies in Cairns Australia, Mental...

Diving at the great Barrier Reef, visiting the Whitsundays/ Fraser Island, driving the Great Ocean Road and The Grampiens.

Tongariro crossing in New Zealand, the best hike I've ever done!!

Jumping out of a plane at 15.000 ft

Having a rooftop party in the middle of Brooklyn, the rooftop only could be reached by climbing through a window.

Studying with 81 people on an estate of 56 hectare with the best parties in a bar which was located in the basements of an old castle

Cycling through the Beverly Hills on a bike which broke down after a couple of km ^^

Taking an unofficial bus in Sri Lanka, only 4 chairs where not totally ruined, the other 3 were occupied by people that wanted to know everything about me, started drinking home-brewed alcohol with the driver as well. After two hours they all were totally waisted and started singing and dancing. Awesome!

Teach, Learn, Share

I have no idea,
Everyone can learn from one another,
find out!

Countries I’ve Visited

Antarctica, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Luxembourg, Macao, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Oman, Palestine, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Qatar, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, United Arab Emirates