"House on back, home in my heart" I like to say.
I was born in South Africa, my passport is German and I did most my schooling in Portugal: where are you from? is a question I answer with 'I am a citizen if the world!'
I like the Buddhist philosophy, not the religion, I don't follow any religion. I always carry a book around, no matter where I am going. I carry my journal and music everywhere too. I like sending postcards. I like watching movie trailers nearly more then the actual movie. I like all physical activity, specially Thai boxing.
If I catch somebody looking at me, I can't help but smile. I laugh a lot, mostly at myself.
I am very interested in why we are who we are and not somebody else, genes, culture, society?
I am very good at following my intuition. I prefer traveling alone but enjoy joining somebody or a group for a few days.
I think I'm very diplomatic person. I might not like the way somebody does or says something but I will keep it to "this I don't like" not "I don't like you". And I'm fine with not agreeing. I think THERE IS BEAUTY IN DIFFERENCE AS LONG AS THERE IS RESPECT TOO. I hate it when people try to blend in.

Что привело меня на Couchsurfing

Even though I pick up languages quickly, it is still difficult to meet locals with whom I can have a conversation that goes beyond which country? you married? you like my country? Couch surfing is perfect for that. Insider tips. Interesting people. More understanding of people at home, not just casual street acquaintances. Meet more people with a free(er?) spirit, broaden horizons.

Интересы

Pushing my boundaries! Thai boxing. Vipassana.
Understanding physical gestures and body language, the message beyond the language. Learning to communicate in different cultures.
(and of course traveling, reading, talking, music...)

Музыка, кино и книги

MUSIC: Julia and Angus Stone, Mumford and Sons, The Tallest Man on Earth, Bright Eyes, Coldplay, Tracy Chapman, Johnny Cash, Alex Turner, Boyce Avenue, Rodriguez, Azure Ray, alt-J, Bob Dylan, ...

MOVIES: Fight Club, 12 Monkeys, Mr. Nobody, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Cloud Atlas, Matrix, V for Vendetta, Black Swan, Anna Karenina, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, The Godfather, The Shawshank Redemption, Inception, Forrest Gump, Life is Beautiful, Leon the Professional, all Hannibal movies, Memento, The Untouchables, Amelie, American Beauty, Dangerous Beauty, Good Will Hunting, Seven, Million Dollar Baby, Perfume,

SERIES: Dexter!, House, True Detective

BOOKS: The Hungry Tide, Immortality, Ventricle Atrium, The Outsider, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, The Other Side of Silence, Baltazar e Blimunda, Of Love and Shadow, Im Schatten des Zwielichts, Life of Pi, Pride ad Prejudice, War and Peace, 1984, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Poisenwood Bible, Small Island, Long Walk to Freedom, The Kite Runner, The Millennium Trilogy Sophies' World, Maya, A Suitable Boy, The God of Small Things, Americanah, Norwegian Wood

Классная вещь, которую я сделал(-а)

Climbed up an 8m tower of knives at the Ngan Kin Je (vegetarian festival) in Thailand.

Won a kickboxing fight.

Traveled overnight in General class from Aurangabad to Bombay - you have to fight your way in, for those who don't know: ever seen a pic of an Indian train with people on the roof and hanging out the doors? Something like that

2 nights of snow on a Himalayan trek

Paragliding over the Dhauladar ranges in HP, Indian Himalaya!!

Diving course in Koh Tao

Учу, учусь, делюсь опытом и информацией

I can teach some macrame, love to learn foreign expressions and when/why use them and have many stories to share

Где я побывал(-а)

India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Spain, Sri Lanka, Thailand

Где я жил(-а)

Germany, India, Portugal, South Africa