You can find me on bewelcome under the nickname Virtakuono.

Due to the intense flood of poorly written requests, I have given up trying to maintain a 100% response rate. If you have a profile registered last week, no references and you want to stay with me with a friend on your hitchhiking trip, starting preferably yesterday, there is a high chance that I have something better to do than to type an elaborate and polite answer to you.

That being said, if

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet people, preferably the weird kind.

I do this through attending events, hosting and surfing, when time permits.

Interests

Lot of different activities, most of them have one thing in common: the outdoors. I don't shy away from any conversation topic and am willing to try out different things.

• bouldering
• trekking
• climbing
• bicycling

Music, Movies, and Books

When it comes to books, mostly non-fiction, on top of that, Chuck Palahniuk. In terms of movies, one word says it all: Tarantino.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Kayaking in pitch black darkness being freaked out by a beaver slapping his (her?) tail against my kayak, having no idea what the hell it was and only hearing the following day that there are plenty of beaver in the region.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to tie a bow tie.

Other stuff that I engage in:
Knitting, sewing, kayaking, hiking, climbing, hunting, shooting, mathematics, physics.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mongolia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Finland, Saudi Arabia