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ABOUT ME

Hi, I'm Marco, an open minded young professional working for central government in the Netherlands. I try to be good for the people around me, enjoy life and to add som

PHILOSOPHY

'The core of man's spirit comes from new experiences' (McCandless, 1992).

'Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travellers don’t know where they’re going' (Paul Theroux).

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've had great Couchsurfing experiences in Russa, Latvia and Estonia with a great Manu Chao concert and a Wolga dive in Kazan, getting vodka drunk in Moscow and cycling through the night in St. Petersburg. With a morning dive in the Baltic sea in Tallinn and a great sauna party in Riga I ended the couchsurfing trip through Kazachstan, Russia and the Baltic States!

Next to that I have been:
- ..teaching children in India
- ..surfing in Rio de Janeiro
- ..visiting numerous institutional organizations in Japan
- ..learning about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Jeruzalem and the West Bank
- ..spending good times with my love in Chile and Argentina

Looking forward to Iran as my next destination!

Interests

I'm very interested in society, cultural diversity and human development in general. How people get a long and try to make a living next to others. Philosophical questions about 'why and how' keep rising up..

• concerts
• sauna
• partying
• cycling
• surfing

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Almost everything (Favorite artists: Broken Bells, Eddie Vedder, Nirvana, The Tallest Man on Earth, José Gonzalez, Muse, the National, Jeff Buckley, Kings of Convenience, Crystal Fighters, Manu Chao, Massive Attack, Faithless, Michael Jackson, etc.)
Books: Dan Brown, Lev Tolstoj, Theroux
Movies: Again almost everything (Melancholia, Tree of Life, City of God, American Beauty, Se7en, Into the Wild, Man on Fire, and ofcourse Quintin Tarantino)

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, China, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Palestine, Russian Federation

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, India, Netherlands