CURRENT MISSION

Keeping it simple...

ABOUT ME

I'd like to combine work and travel, and have sofar been pretty lucky doing just that.
I've traveled to the Americas, Australia, New Zealand, worked in Africa and Asia. Lived most recently in India and Singapore, and am now looking for a place to settle down (hopefully New Zealand!). :-)

I love the work I'm doing and hope to keeping doing it until the end of days. Would love to work a bit more with trees though in future.

PHILOSOPHY

Live light, live simple.

Breathe, smile and move slowly...

The more you take, the less you become...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

My first couchsurfing experience was with a wonderful couple on Waiheke Island, New Zealand. I couldn't have been more fortunate!
I'm hoping there will be many more of these encounters.
It's a great way to meet people and find out about the local ins & outs.

Interests

Traveling (of course!), hiking in the mountains, drinking rooibos tea with honey and installing solar panels.

• traveling
• hiking
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: "Guns, germs & steel" (Jared Diamond) is a favourite as is "Sapiens" by Yuval Harari and "The Hidden Life of Trees" by Peter Wohlleben.
Music: 70's, 80's 90's music.
Movies: As It Is In Heaven, Emma's Bliss, Ex_Machina, Her, I Daniel Blake, The Eagle Huntress, Racing Extinction, Suffragette, The Broken Circle Breakdown.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Installing solar systems in the remotest corners of India and the Pacific, Swimming with sea turtles in Hawaii and seeing them lay eggs on a beach in Sri Lanka.
Working in South-Sudan for MSF, one of the most remote places on earth I've ever been to.

Teach, Learn, Share

https://www.facebook.com/josvandenakker

What I Can Share with Hosts

Hopefully a good conversation about life and the universe! :-)

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Micronesia, Federated States of, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Venezuela, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, India, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States