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Overview

  • 4 references
  • Fluent in English, Hebrew (modern); learning French, Portuguese, Spanish
  • 37, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • I'm a cook, a fire dancer and, well, a lot of other thing...
  • Constantly.
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

When I travel people ask me, "are you on holiday or are you living here?" My answer to them is, "I don't live here, but I'm not on holiday. I'm just living in movement."

ABOUT ME

I try to be open to new people and experiences. I'm contemplative, but I also like to share a beer with friends. I love traveling and witnessing the amazing things that exist in this world of ours.

PHILOSOPHY

Three basic ideas come to mind:
1. When you're not searching for the good things in life, they will come to you.
2. Disappointment, pain, anger, loss, hate and all other negative feelings are the difference between reality (or experience) and expectation. The thing is, so are happiness and wonder.
3. When you truly project kindness and warmth, everyone you come in personal contact with will feel it and will almost always reciprocate. This, in my opinion, is basically the secret to peace on Earth.
4. I also find it imperative to always be learning and creating new things. It's called curiosity and we all have it.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've been a member of the website for some time, but I'm only recently really trying it out for myself. For now, while travelling, I'm just looking to make new friends and have some good experiences.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

While travelling in Europe, Asia and the US, I couch-surfed a lot, though not always "officially". It's by far the best way to make new friends in new places. At this time in my life I like to host because if I can't travel now, then at least I can bring the cool people to me. :)

Interests

My favorite things to do would be to spin fire, to read and write, to cook, to have that great philosophical argument till 3 in the morning and making stuff with my hands.

  • dancing
  • cooking
  • beer
  • traveling
  • rock climbing

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Collective Soul.
Movie: Garden State, August Rush.
Book: The Giver, Brave New World, A Fisherman of the Inland Sea, Mr. Vertigo.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Trekking through Abel Tasman national park in the south island of New Zealand in February of 2010.
Climbing the Statue of Liberty in New York city when I was 12 year old.
Seeing amazing Fire-Dancing in the south of Thailand in August of 2011. That got me spinning fire myself!
Burning Man 2012 and 2013! Midburn forever! Nowhere too! :)

Teach, Learn, Share

What I Can Teach: English language, Hebrew language, cooking, fire spinning! and anything else I know about.
What I Can Learn: How could I list all the things I don't know about? I would like to learn anything you'll teach me.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Cambodia, France, Israel, Laos, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Israel, United States

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