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Overview
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