CURRENT MISSION

Vivre sa vie

ABOUT ME

I enjoy adventure. Might it be on the city streets, nearby forest or in some far corner of some forgotten country. I enjoy unexpected encounterings too: "People are the greatest fun" as Arthur Lee put it.

PHILOSOPHY

Dance tonight, revolution tomorrow.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'd be glad to give back all the kindness and hospitality I've received on my travels.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Just beginning...

Interests

I'm interested in all aspects of culture: urban, indigenous, religions/philosophies, music, cinema, nature, technical etc. More or less most of my hobbies and profession(s) belong to this continuously expanding mass of things I'm trying to comprehend.

Bikes, running, hiking, photography.

• culture
• photography
• dancing
• running
• clubbing
• movies
• music
• hiking
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

// Books: The Idiot, LOTR, The Reader, Ulysses, Kim, Seitsemän veljestä, Dharma Bums etc.
// Movies: L'Atalante, Sunrise, Pulp Fiction, Ugetsu monogatari, Some Like It Hot, Zerkalo, Distant Voices/Still Lives, Gummo etc.
// Music: Love, British (psychedelic) folk, Led Zeppelin, Van Morrison, Bob Dylan etc. Right now listening to: Darkside, Julia Holter, Fucked Up, Yo La Tengo, Disclosure, Leonard Cohen...
// Music Festivals: Primavera Sound, Way Out West, Kuudes Aisti, Ilmiö, Pori Jazz.
// Food: Indian and Nepalese (I'm pretty good at preparing these too!), Thai food, pastas.
// TV-shows: The Wire, Mad Men, Twin Peaks, Fawlty Towers, Girls, Coupling, Sherlock Holmes (BBC and Granada)
// Photographers: W. Eugene Smith and Steve McCurry.
// Comics: Corto Maltese, From Hell, Julius Corentin Aqfaq, Watchmen.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Seeing Annapurna II up close when trekking in Nepal. Crossing the Eurasian continent in the footsteps of Marco Polo.

Teach, Learn, Share

I host movie clubs in my home regularly, surfers feel welcome to join!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, India, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, San Marino, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland