CURRENT MISSION

To create positive meaningful change.

ABOUT ME

I want to travel as much as possible, meet as many awesome people as possible and just generally learn who I am.

I'm studied civil engineering to learn how things work, in my heart I am an architect and by trade I am a sustainability consultant. I'm a creative guy who's very happy go lucky. A little bit of a hippie and just very happy to enjoy the moment.

My facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/marcus.strang

PHILOSOPHY

'Life is the longest thing you have, we all have the same amount of time, the difference lies in how you use it.'

'Not all those who wander are lost.'

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

By hosting when I'm in Munich and then surfing when I'm not.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Many people have recommenced couch surfing to me and it sounds like a terrific way to travel and meet new people.

Interests

I enjoy travelling, drawing, hiking, rock climbing, playing guitar, and jogging.
Getting out and about, but also spending quality time with a good beer and mates.

• architecture
• sketching
• festivals
• cooking
• beer
• marathon
• running
• crafts
• traveling
• drawing
• guitar
• hiking
• camping
• surfing
• rock climbing
• engineering
• hitchhiking
• anything sustainability
• anything german

Music, Movies, and Books

BOOKS

Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne
The Wind-up Bird Chronicles- Haruko Murakami
The Snow Leapard- Peter Matthiessen
Shantaram- Gregory David Roberts
Contact- Carl Sagan
The Fates of Human Societies- Jarryd Diamond
Tenzing; Hero of Everest- Ed Douglas
The Name of the Wind- Patrick Rothfuss

MOVIES
Into the Wild- Sean Penn
Avatar- James Cameron
District 9- Peter Jackson
Man of Tai Chi- Keunu Reeves
Cowspiracy- Kip Anderson
Kung Fu Hustle- Stephen Chow

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

There is no one thing, but I have a few highlights, such as...

Surfing on Munich's standing wave on the Eisbach River
Hiking up Germany's highest mountain in a day
Rafting for a month along the Marañon River to challenge the construction of 20 hydro dams.
Cycling 4000km from Melbourne to Cairns to raise funds for cancer research.
Running a full marathon in dress shorts and a belt through the beautiful town of Lucerne in Switzerland.
Having a hitch-hiking race across Europe and often sleeping in mossy forests off the Autobahns.
Getting my Freegan on and dumpster-diving in Munich.
Spontaneously deciding to climb Morocco's highest mountain, relying of a local's hand-drawn map.
A house party with true gypsy pirates and sighting goats high in trees in Morroco.
Sky-diving, Bungee-diving and cliff diving in New Zealand
A month of solitude trekking in the Himilayas climbing Annapurna and Everest base camp .
Being the only Westerner at a mountain top Sherpa Festival.
Walking across the entire country of Liechtenstein.
Spending evenings jogging through the Black Forest in South Germany.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm happy to learn about anything and everything!
Any knowledge I have is my pleasure to share; guitar, anything sustainability, anything German, sketching, crafts, cooking etc...

What I Can Share with Hosts

Optimism, Experiences, Knowledge, Happy-go-lucky attitude.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Germany, Thailand