CURRENT MISSION

to enjoy life and live in the moment.

ABOUT ME

I've been traveling and living abroad for over 6 years now and just got back to Amsterdam. I'm planning to stay here for a little while. Over the past years I have had many different jobs, including yoga teacher, tour-leader, dive instructor, lodge manager, marine park ranger and vegetarian cook. Now my main things are yoga and cooking vegetarian food. I love nature and being outside, especially near the sea and underwater. I have too many interests and not enough time and find it challenging to find a balance between all these things.

I'm not a party person and don't drink much alcohol. I prefer a healthy lifestyle and getting out of bed early so I can do something with my day. This means if we do meet up, I will not be showing you Amsterdam's nightlife, neither take you to a coffeeshop. If you are interested in similar things I can show you some of my favorite places in Amsterdam.

PHILOSOPHY

Take things one step at a time, enjoy where you are because you're supposed to be here, surrender, love, travel, serve.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I meet up with people occasionally in Amsterdam. At the moment I don't host.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Met up with some people in Dominica and Chicago. Couch surfed in Mexico with some very nice people. And I met up with some visitors in Amsterdam.

Interests

Diving, traveling, conservation, photography, vegetarian food & cooking, yoga, meeting new people, meditation, kirtan, love, nature.

• photography
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• vegetarian
• yoga
• instructor
• meditation
• nightlife
• partying
• drinking
• traveling
• hiking
• surfing
• scuba diving
• rock climbing
• teaching
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: World music, Indie rock, Electronic jazz, Salsa, lounge, Bossa Nova, some pop music, kirtan.

Movies:The eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, Big fish, Pan's Labyrinth, LOTR, Moulin Rouge, Inglorious bastards, little miss sunshine, atonement, never ending story.

Books: I love books! Faves are books from Paulo Coelho, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Deepak Chopra, Jane Austen and Bill Bryson. Some random titles: Wild Swans, The Good Earth, Sophie's World, Shantaram, Harry Potter, LOTR, Eat Pray Love, Kite Runner, a Fine Balance.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I travel a lot and see amazing things everywhere I go. Hiking on the Great Wall in China, Seeing Mola Mola while diving on Bali, Dancing in Cuba, Diving cenotes in Mexico, seeing flowing lava in Guatemala, spending time at an ashram in the Bahamas, diving with humpack whales in Mozambique, climbing the sand dunes in Namibia etc.

Teach, Learn, Share

My skills: diving, photography, tourism, yoga, cooking, jewelry making. Would like to learn surfing, more photography, more cooking, anything creative.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Bahamas, Canada, China, Cuba, Egypt, Guatemala, Indonesia, Kenya, Martinique, Mexico, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, Saint Lucia, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Aruba, Cayman Islands, Morocco, Netherlands, Swaziland

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