Dutch Design Week special :) Our couch is here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MicfjzLhvjg

Read this first:

DO NOT CONTACT ME IF YOU ARE BORING. I'm serious. If you want to sit at home and read books find someone else.

ig: Sahare.Studios

I'm an internationally published fashion photographer and run my own architecture design studio. I used to be a TV host for Pioneer television but changed careers. I was born in The Netherlands and am a Dutch citizen. I was raised in London, UK and went to university there.

I organise workshops dealing with philosophy, psychology, metaphysics and lucid dreaming in Eindhoven in StrijpS and help expats settle in to Dutch life here. I am also volunteer teacher of English and Dutch language and Dutch lifestyle in The Hub Centre for Expats. Here we help people with daily tips and knowledge for having a good life in The Netherlands.

In my free time I take part in roadracing (motorcycle circuit racing) and deep sea diving.

Apart from that I always have way too many hobbies and projects and get excited too easily. Perhaps that's the reason I always lack sleep and never get really great in anything.

In my free time I try to organise private roof parties. As you probably already noticed, I'm a boring and responsible adult now, but if you have courage I'll still be able to show you some unexpected things that make you go WOW.

Maybe... I think I am a good listener now and then. I'm honestly interested in what keeps people awake at night.

PS: I get so many questions if this is my real house. The answer is yes! I'm an architect.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I lost a bet

Interests

• culture
• architecture
• photography
• clubbing
• movies
• scuba diving
• philosophy
• physics
• science
• ancient history
• fine arts
• motorsports
• motorcycle riding
• road racing
• circuit racing

Music, Movies, and Books

Favorite Music:
Electronic
Retrowave
Synthwave
80's
Hip hop

Favorite Books:
Tolstoy
Sydney Hopkins (Fynn)
Solzhenitsyn
Dovstoyevski

Favorite movie:
Senna (2010)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

ONE OF THESE 7 FACTS ABOUT ME IS A LIE

All the others are true.

Try to find the lie and message me which one you think it is.

1. I've been captured by the British SAS Special Forces when I silently snuck into Holland Park, London, at night while I was working as a journalist. The Greek embassy was taken hostage by terrorists and I had to have the winning picture. I actually got right up to the SAS soldiers and tapped one on his shoulder and asked him for a light before they surrounded me. Long story.

2. I personally started the urban legend that Chinese businessmen hold hands while they are on the toilet as a sign of mutual respect.

3. I almost drowned in Durban, South Africa after an Australian challenged me to an ocean swimming contest at a night rave. He knew the Indian ocean currents, I didn't...

4. I shared a military helicopter flight with the head of the national intelligence agency of a certain country without him knowing who I really was. Although it was in his best interests if he had done so.

5. I beat the San Marino national reserve team in football on my own. 11 vs 1

6. I've been airlifted by a helicopter, in a coma, after a particularly heavy Superbike accident, breaking most large bones apart from my left arm and right leg.

7. I stuffed seven hamburgers into my bulletproof flak jacket while I was in the army and ate them one by one, sitting in a tropical monsoon with no shelter.

Teach, Learn, Share

What kind of surfers do I like?

The kind of people that try not to think too much and act a little impulsive, even though they naturally tend to overthink everything. People who can recognise their own weakness and dare to face it, being able to separate their own emotions from their knowledge and reasoning. People who don't judge others, because they are so judgemental that they judge their own judgements first.

The combination of a high emotional intelligence and good intentions. Being able and willing to, at any moment, act happy and passionate. Being motivated by the urge to cheer up your surroundings stronger than the desire to receive sympathy and support from it. As long as we cheer each other up when we can and make sure our curiosity always wins from our fear.

What I Can Share with Hosts

6 meter IMAX 3D home cinema, Jacuzzi, WIFi 500mbit, Ebola, Syphilis, Novichok nerve agent, Polonium 210,.. Who reads this stuff?

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, South Africa, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Netherlands, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States