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Overview

  • 21 references 19 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English, French, German, Spanish; learning Portuguese
  • 42, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • Waiter
  • Bachelor in international sales
  • From Middelburg, The Netherlands
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Living Colombian style!!

ABOUT ME

I am a seasonal worker, working the summers in a beachrestaurant in holland, or a winter in the alps. When I am not working I am enjoying freedom for several months, somewhere in the world.

Colombia is sofar the greatest country I visited and I would love to spend more time to get to know the culture and its people more.

I try to get the fullest out of life, therefore we will work, travel, live cheap and meet as many interesting people I can. This combination is a guarantee for a good time!

PHILOSOPHY

'Life is like a box of chocolate, you never know what you gonna get!'(Forrest Gump)

'The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart.'(le petit prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

After surfing couches for 2 months in Brazil, I Started hosting people in my hometown. Unfortunately my job doesn't allow me to have a lot of time off. Therefore in the six months i hosted i only received two couples.

I guess it is important that you have an opportunity to bond with the people you meet, that´s what makes this project so beautiful.'

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I started couchsurfing for real in Brazil, with my first couch I thought I was just very lucky having such a nice family as my host... Now I realize after meeting a few hosts and surfers that couchsurfing just rocks!!!

Interests

Travel, learning languages, cultural exchange, meeting new people, create new friendships, football, chess, food, surfing and helping travelers..

  • culture
  • dining
  • cooking
  • chocolate
  • beer
  • coffee
  • chess
  • traveling
  • surfing
  • boxing
  • soccer
  • languages
  • hitchhiking
  • tours

Music, Movies, and Books

Books; Shantaram, the white tiger, life of Pi, Le petit Prince
Movies/tv; Forrest gump, big fish, fight club, Django libre (all of tarantino), The Sopranos series, irreversible, snatch, lock stock... and many more

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

crossing the sea from Colombia to panama by sailboat!
4 Weeks on a motorcycle from Saigon to Hanoi, Vietnam.
Hitchhiking Laos.
All the trekkings with `Shaul tours` in LaPaz.
Hitchhiking germany and austria

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach : Cooking, opening beers with a lighter like it´s champagne, tips and tricks to hitchhike

Learm : cooking, culture, languages and whatever you can teach us.

Share : I can make some damn good coffee with our italian coffeemaker we are traveling with!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Laos, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Netherlands, Spain

Old School Badges

  • 4 Vouches

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