2018 Resignation and Leaving My Country

September 2018 – September 2019
• Lived and studied in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

October 2018
• Traveled to Palu, Sulawesi, spending three weeks at the earthquake epicenter.

January 2019
• Rode the Ha Giang Loop in Vietnam, completing a 1,000 km motorbike journey.

September – November 2019
• Taiwan: Hitchhiked around the country and climbed Yushan (Jade Mountain), the highest peak in Taiwan at 3,952 meters (12,966 feet).

2020 – 2024 | Australia
• Sydney: Worked as a skyscraper window cleaner, including at Crown Sydney, the city’s tallest building at 271 meters (889 feet).
• Western Australia (FIFO): Employed in the mining industry, specializing in rope access.

2023 – 2025 | Indonesia
• 2024: Traveled by motorbike from Yogyakarta to Timor-Leste, covering Java, Lombok, Sumbawa (NTB), NTT, Sumba, and East Timor. Along the way I ended up in hospitals on almost every island — including a burn injury and a spinal anesthesia surgery attempt in Sumba. (If you ever need advice about hospitals or medical care in these regions, feel free to reach out! - be careful of any open cuts ( not underestimates it as me - can get blood infections quickly )
• 2025: Rode across Java again, onto Bali and Lombok, before getting stopped by an unexpected enemy: amoeba infection. I lost 10 kg, battled three relapses, and swallowed more pills than I care to count (200+ antibiotics, 300+ other meds). Indonesia doesn’t always have the right drugs on hand, so I became my own lab rat in the fight against amoebas. Now, if anyone finds themselves in the same hell, I can probably guide you better than a doctor.)

- I have good travel insurance from Europe I hope they will not bankrupt because of me. ;)

,,If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you. “

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IG: @martin4ka
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Life track of my trips :
https://www.polarsteps.com/martin4ka

Warum ich bei Couchsurfing bin

I’m on my journey.
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a first step. The journey of a small traveler with the soul of adventurer. A goal to see unseen, hear the unheard, a journey to get to know the unknown."

Interessen

• traveling
• surfing
• snowboarding
• rock climbing
• paragliding
• ice climbing

Eine tolle Erfahrung, die ich gemacht habe

Trying to make the world a better place.

Länder, die ich besucht habe

Armenia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Malaysia, Morocco, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Slovenia, Swaziland, Taiwan, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam, Western Sahara

Länder, in denen ich gelebt habe

Australia, Indonesia, Slovakia