CURRENT MISSION

my current mission is to love my wife
And to enjoy growing up our son.

ABOUT ME
We are a nice and happy family that lives in 🏡Moshav Kfar- Hess
(https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kfar_Hess)
-it is small and quiet village located
In a very beautiful countryside region.
25km northeast from tel-Aviv
(Just 20 minutes Train ride from tel-Aviv or 45 min by bus)
and 20 minutes from the wonderful poleg beach in Netanya.

Paz- Married to ravit and the father of Lavie.
Born and raised in the moshav.
I know almost everywhere in Israel after traveling by car, 4x4 jeep, bicycle and foot all across our amazing country
(and would love to recommend you where to go and what to see)
I have been traveling few times to south-east Asia (and even lived for a few months with locals friend of mine in there villages in Thailand)
I am a vegetarian since i was 3 years old (but you can eat meat at our house). For my thesis during my M.A studies, i did a very large research that helped developing many more mountain bike trails in Israel-
http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/IsraelExperience/Pages/Israel_nation_peddlers_5-Jul-2010.aspx

Ravit- was born and raised in kibbuts shoval at the south of Israel.
Lived for 5 years in Cameron and worked for Ngo ( an organization that saves animals from bushmeat hunters) with Gorillaz and chimpanzee.

Lavie- our amazing son {9 years old}, was born in 8/2014, 5th generation in Kfar hess.
Playing Rugby 🏉 and is a very friendly boy

We have 3 cat's that we love very much

PHILOSOPHY
We believe in sustainability environment
Being honest and humble
"Semper Fi"
Live and let live
Democrats

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

When i was backpacking in the far east i had many chances to stay with local people that invited me to there house just because they where friendly. And now i can carry on that tradition and give back to others.
We love to get to meet new people from different countries around the world (that I would not have a chance to meet in any other way)And I love the feeling that people all around the world comes to our living room (Its a small world after all)
to share ideas and
Cultures
to show you around our wonderful country
.And ...oh yeah-have fun!

Interests

mountain biking on weekend's, traveling, hiking, listening to music
and going to live shows, Israeli history, world history, cultures.
Gardening
American football-Steelers fan
Eating houmous and falafel
(at my favorite restaurant in our Muslims neighbors city - Tira)
Everything that got to do with environmental issues
Lavie plays rugby 🏉

Music, Movies, and Books

Israeli rock- rami fortis, amir lev,eran tzor
Mashina, where is the kid?, minimal compact
Orphaned Land

Rock: MetallicA ,megadeth,Ozzy,
Black sabbath
,Pantera,korn,sepltura, jimi hendrix

Movies-Forrest Gump, pulp fiction

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Israel national trail- it is one of the most beautiful trails in the world and you get to meet a lot of good people along the way.
Living for a few weeks at my Thai friends house in there small village in north east Thailand (Isan province).
Seen Ozzy live twice in Israel

Teach, Learn, Share

Israeli family host
The ultimate Israeli agriculture experiences
my knowledge as a veteran traveler, Local history, Preparing home compost
Some peace of mind in the quite moshav.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Travelling stories, understand what an Israeli moshav is
Funny stories
how to make Israeli food
*pick and eat our fresh strawberries*

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Lithuania, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Romania, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Israel