CURRENT MISSION

pushing horizons - mostly my own:)

ABOUT ME

I'm a wanderer by heart, always curious to see, experience and meet new people and places. I'm studying cultural anthropology and can't get enough of traveling and staying with people to see how they live. I like exploring, getting lost and doing things on my own. Love meeting friends and making new ones!

PHILOSOPHY

I truly believe that we can create a good place to live together if we are openminded, humble, loving and kind to each other. Be honest to both yourself and the people around you. Realize your inner peace and happiness!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Providing a temporary home for other travellers, globetrotters and explorers

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So far I've had the luck to accidentally stumble upon a lovely and immediately welcoming Couchsurfing-Host in Chiang Mai, Thailand. I also hosted a very friendly german fellow in my home in Amsterdam last year. I'm eager to see what more joyful things couchsurfing can bring!

Interests

Travelling. Writing. Music. Art. Food. Nature. Movies. Flea Markets. Cities. People. Yoga. New Places. Hiking. Big forests. Drawing. Dancing. Mountains. Night out.

• arts
• culture
• writing
• festivals
• holi festival
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• vegetarian
• yoga
• movies
• traveling
• painting
• drawing
• music
• live music
• hiking
• buddhist
• paragliding
• anthropology
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Favourite writers: Haruki Murakami, Jack Kerouac, Douglas Coupland

Music: Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Spinvis, Beirut, Fleet Foxes, Moby, Yann Tiersen, Edvard Grieg, Fleetwood Mac, The Beatles, Phish, Joan Baez, Billie Holiday, Laura Marling, Arctic Monkeys, The Last Shadow Puppets, Alela Diane, Pendulum, Angus and Julia Stone, Bombay Bicycle Club, The National, Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Edith Piaf, Mumford and Sons, Massive Attack, Flying Lotus, St Germain, A.R. Rahman, Tycho, Air, Bonobo, Die Antwoord, DIIV, St. Paul and the Broken Bones - I could go on forever:):):) live music is the best!

Movies: Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Lost in Translation, Fight Club, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Into The Wild, Trainspotting, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Little Miss Sunshine, Control, Garden State, The Shining, The Big Lebowski, In Bruges, Central do Brasil, I'm not there, La vie en Rose, I Heart Huckabees, Miyazaki anime movies, Exils, O Brother Where Art Thou, Drive, Blanca Nieves, The Cave of the Yellow Dog, True Romance

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Spending a week in a Tibetan monastery on a paradise hill above Kathmandu to learn about Buddhism and meeting so many lovely people
- Celebrating the Thai newyear, Songkran, by throwing buckets of water around and getting soaked myself in Chiang Mai
- Driving a shamefully big pickup through Monument Valley, Utah
- Paragliding above Pokhara, Nepal with a view over the Himalayas
- Holi festival in Kathmandu: getting soaked in colour and dance, dance, dance
- Kumbh Mela festival 2013 in Allahabad, India: 30 million people together bathing in the Ganges
- Fuji Rock festival 2013, Japan: amazing live music in big forests between the mountains

Teach, Learn, Share

Can teach a little yoga, drawing/painting, sewing, some Dutch if you'd like!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Always love cooking for people! Mostly simple but delicious vegetarian stuff. And share some of my crazy travel stories - with a healthy dosis of humor, adventure, romance and culture ;)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Nepal, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, Netherlands