CURRENT MISSION

I have finally finished my engineering degree course. i hated it and am really happy to have finally commenced a biology course to eventually become a marine biologist. It's tough at the moment, as its the second degree i am doing and have to fund everything myself, so I'm a bit stressed out with balancing sophisticated uni courses and work. my motivation is endless though, as i am finally doing something i love.

I am really trying to reduce my environmental footprint while travelling right now. I am not using planes within europe anymore. this weekend-city-trip-jetting-around has no appeal to me anymore.

ABOUT ME

you will drink a beer with me and find out

PHILOSOPHY

life/human existence doesn't make sense most of the time.

never trust people who wear sunglasses indoors.

always trust guys who say they love fat girls. they won't lie.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

taking and learning from the community by surfing, giving back by hosting

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

surfed all over the world and hosted people (mostly europeans)

best experiences: surfing in the pacific region, surfing in africa

most challenging experiences: surfing in africa

Interests

Travelling has been my number one hobby during the past 10 years. I'm really fascinated by weird and exotic destinations/travel routes and have developed a taste for overland travels.

Hiking and diving.

Am very much into environmental and nature conservation.

Am also a big fan of Oldschool Reggae/dancehall and Jamaican Rocksteady and Ska music.

• drinking
• traveling
• music
• scuba diving
• environment and conservation

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Reggae, Dancehall, Rocksteady, Ska

Movie: The salt of the earth (documentary movie about the work of photographer Sebastiao Salgado. What can I say, the emotions this film is creating are just insane)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- riding the train from germany to north korea
- visiting north korea and bowing down in the
mausoleum in front of the 2 dead kims
- travelling through the jungles of guyana
- crossing africa from indian to atlantic ocean
involving travelling through dr congo an living on a
cargo boat going down the congo river for 7 weeks
- seeing the mountain gorillas in dr congo
- kayaking for a week through the Rock Islands of the small Pacific island nation
of Palau
- diving in the great barrier reef, australia and raja ampat, indonesia
- travelling through Papua New Guinea and crossing over to the Solomon
islands via the sea route
- nighttime spear fishing with quite a few sharks around us in Marovo Lagoon, Solomon islands
- long distance hiking in the alps over several days

etc.
... to be continued

Teach, Learn, Share

each one teach one

What I Can Share with Hosts

Loads of info on travelling to some really crazy destinations and will always buy my host a beer (or soft drink of course if she/he doesnt drink ;-)

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Barbados, Belarus, Brunei Darussalam, Burundi, China, Congo, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, Gabon, Guinea, Guyana, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Latvia, Liberia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Korea, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Poland, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Spain, Suriname, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Germany, Tanzania

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