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Overview

  • 7 references 5 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English, German; learning French, Polish
  • 34, Male
  • Member since 2011
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About Me

Traveling at the moment, can't host!

I'm the type that loves adventures and challenges. Life is too short to do things you don't like, in my opinion ! I try to be friendly and helpful to others, the way I like to be treated too. In the end life is all about receiving and giving back!

I'm always up for it to try new things, I love impulsive decision making and not knowing what will happen in a few hours or days. On the other hand I also love to plan my trips and life carefully. I guess it all depends on my mood... I like to be lazy too sometimes though, sometimes even too much!

I'm trying to figure out at this point how I want my life to take shape, combing traveling and a sustainable way of living together with contributing something to make the world a better place (that's some deep shit, I know!)

When I'm not on the road traveling I'm mostly making plans or dreaming about far destinations.

PHILOSOPHY

I still haven't quite figured out what I truly stand for, but at the moment I'm vegan, thinking a lot about sustainability, animal rights, and alternative ways of living.

Always open for new experiences, opinions and cultures, but also the first one to question an opinion in a critical way. I'm always figuring out ways to keep my life from getting boring, not easy all the time!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I would rather host via BeWelcome for obvious reasons. If you can, contact me there! ;)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

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Interests

The attention I give to my interestes changes a lot, even from day to day, but in general I like: Running, the outdoors (hiking & climbing & orienteering), hitchhiking, photography, art, politics, (live) music, geography, sociology, veganism, dumpster-diving, anarchism, wild camping, sustainability, environment, and much more I can't come up with right now!

I'm really into hitchhiking, I see it as my primary way of transport and besides that as a nice adventure and possibility to meet lots of different and interesting persons.

  • animals
  • arts
  • photography
  • environment
  • dining
  • cooking
  • recipes
  • vegan
  • running
  • politics
  • traveling
  • music
  • outdoor activities
  • hiking
  • camping
  • rock climbing
  • geography
  • languages
  • sociology
  • hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

I love reading books, but somehow I never make time for it... Mostly reading non-fiction books about society, psychology or politics. Other than that I'm trying to get through a list of classic fiction...

Some bands I listen to a lot and that inspire me are Rise Against, Bad Religion, Strike Anywhere, Propagandhi, Ignite and Refused. I mostly listen to punk/hardcore music, absolutely love it and for me it's very closely connected to the values I find important. If I hear some catchy pop music I'll have my guilty pleasure and enjoy that too though ;)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Too much but still too little!

Teach, Learn, Share

Could teach you something vegan recipes, how to properly read and understand a map (and other navigational techniques+outdoor skills), hitchhiking, wild camping and a little bit about dumpster-diving.

I would love to learn some more languages and some vegan recipes. Recently I got into picking wild fruits/mushrooms/whatever, so it would be cool to learn some more about that.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Hitchhiking stories, vegan cooking, finding food for free, how to never get lost again when you have a map on you ;)

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Montenegro, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands

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