*****NOTICE
I will be traveling from 2nd of April, so I can't host anybody :(

■■■■CURRENT MISSION■■■■

Travel around the world
Help to build a library in Africa
Study about distribution about all fruits.
Meet my facebook friends in each countries.
Learning art curving.
Traveling with lover who travel with hitchhiking, couchsurfing.

■■■■■■ABOUT ME■■■■■■

Hello.
I'm Rba from Korea, who is traveling around the world.
I had been traveling Asia, Middle East and Europe for 9 months and stayed in Denmark for 8 months as a chef in Japanese restaurant. And now I'm living in London.

My major was publication design, but I had been a counselor of telecommunication for 4 years before I started traveling.

I usually try to cook for my host and guests, if you are not rude.

[Countries] I have been 27 countries

[Hitchhiking] 138 times / 5,214.4 km

[Couchsurfing] Surf 55 times / Host 43 times

[Traveling T-shirt] 155 messages / 44 languages have collected
Arabic 2 / Armenian 1 / Azerbaijani 1 / Austrian 1
Cantonese 3 / Chinese 2 / Czech 3
Danish 15 / English 10 / Filipino 3 / French 8
Georgian 1 / German 4
Hebrew 2 / Hindi 3 / Hungarian 2
Indonesian 1 / Icelandic 1 / Irish 1 / Italiano 3
Japanese 1 / Kazakh 1 / Korean 31
Latin 1 / Lithuanian 1 / Malaysian 1 / Nepali 1
Polish 7 / Portugues 2 / Romanian 5 / Russian 1
Slovak 3 / Slovenian 2 / Spanish 4 / Swedish 1 / Swiss-German 2
Taiwanese 1 / Telugu 1 / Tibetan 1 / Thai 2 / Turkish 15
Ukrainian 1 / Vietnamese 1 / Welsh 1

■□■□■□ I have been to ■□■□■□

*Korea
*Saipan
*Philippines(Manila, Clark)
*Thailand(Bangkok, Pataya, Chiang Mai, Pai, Udonthani)
*Laos(Luang Phrabang, Vang Vieng)
*Malaysia(Kuala Lumpur, Perhentian Island, Kuala Selengor)
*Singapore
*India(Kochi, Bengaluru, Coimbatore, Tatanagar, Ranchi, Kolkata, Darjeeling, Varanasi, Jhansi, Orachha, Gwalior, Agra, New Delhi, Mumbai)
*Nepal(Kathmandu, Phokara, Annapurna Base Camp)
*Oman(Muscat)
*UAE(Dubai, Abudabi, Sharjah)
*Armenia(Yerevan, Sevan, Dilijan)
*Georgia(Tbilisi, Kutaisi, Kobuleti, Batumi)
*Turkey(Trabzon, Samsun, Safranbolu, Ankara, Izmit, Gebze, Bursa, Istanbul)
*Hongkong
*UK(London, Hemel Hempstead, Luton, Richmond, Brighton, Eastbourne, Cambridge, Melton Mowbray, Nottingham, Sheffield, Leeds, York, Harrogate, Knaresborough, Scarborough, Whitby, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Coleraine, Gaint's Causeway, Carrick-a-Rede, Belfast)
*Iceland(Reykjavik, Skaftafell, Jökulsárlón, Blue Lagoon Spa)
*Switzerland(Geneva, Nyon, Morges, Lausanne, Montreux, Gruyères, Bern, Spiez, Interlaken, Luzern, Sargans)
*Liechtenstein(Vaduz)
*Austria(Salzburg)
*Czech Republic(České Budějovice, Praha)
*Germany(Munich, Dresden, Berlin, Hamburg)
*Serbia(Beograd)
*Denmark(Aarhus, Odense, Copenhagen)
*Ireland(Dublin)
*Sweden(Malmö, Trelleborg)
*Qatar(Doha)

■■■■■■■■PHILOSOPHY■■■■■■■■

'You may be rich than me, but you can't be free than me.
I do what I want immediately!
Explore!
Don't restrict by myself!

■□■□[***2014 Surfing***]■□■□(*Night)(12)

27~31 Aug / Bangkok, Thailand (Winwoo)

3~4 Sep / Chiang Mai, Thailand (Jean)
18 Sep / Bangkok, Thailand (Winwoo)
19 Sep / Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Muluk)

15~17 Nov / Muscat, Oman (Riel)

9 Dec / Kobuleti, Georgia (Merabi)* Hitchhiking
14~15 Dec / Trabzon, Turkey (Yiğit)
16 Dec / Çınarlık, Turkey (Olcay)* Hitchhiking
17~19 Dec / Samsun, Turkey (Irem)
20~22 Dec / Safranbolu, Turkey (Öznur)
23~24 Dec / Avcılar, Istanbul, Turkey (Umut)
25~31 Dec / Beşiktaş, Istanbul, Turkey (Abbas)

■□■□[***2015 Surfing***]■□■□(*Night)(35)

1~3 Jan / Sultan Ahmet, Istanbul, Turkey (Salim)
4 Jan / Gebze, Turkey (Ilhan)
5~6 Jan / Kartal, Istanbul, Turkey (Nurgül)
7 Jan / Kartal, Istanbul, Turkey (Yeter Sahin)
8 Jan / Üsküdar, Istanbul, Turkey (Tugba)
9 Jan / Ümraniye, Istanbul, Turkey (Özlem)
10 Jan / Üsküdar, Istanbul, Turkey (Tugba)
11~13 Jan / Gebze, Turkey (Ilhan)
14 Jan / Safranbolu, Turkey (Avni)
15 Jan / Ankara, Turkey (Gokhan)
16 Jan / Busra, Turkey (Isa)
17 Jan / Izmit, Turkey (Irham and skv's flat)

6~8 Feb / London, UK (Susanne)
9 Feb / Hemel Hempstead (Tony)
10, 14 Feb / Reyjkavik, Iceland (Joseph)
15~17 Feb / Reyjkavik, Iceland (Guillaume)
19~20 Feb / Geneva, Switzerland (Alex)
21~25 Feb / Morges, Switzerland (Patricia)
26~28 Feb, 1 March / Bern, Switzerland (Philipp)

2~4 March / Luzern, Switzerland (Miriam)
5 March / Luzern, Switzerland (Ilona)
6~7 March / Sargans, Switzerland (Stefan)
8~15 March / Munich, Germany (Jil)
16~17 March / Salzburg, Austria (Bastian)
18 March / České Budějovice, Czech (Daniela)
19~21 March / Prague, Czech (Garry)
22~23 March / Prague, Czech (James)
24~26 March / Dresden, Germany (Simeon)
27 ~ 30 March / Berlin, Germany (Amanda)
31 March ~ 6 Apr / Hamburg, Germany (Jonathan)

7~8 Apr / Aarhus, Denmark (Simon)
9 Apr / Odense, Denmark (Dennis)
10~12 Apr / Copenhagen, Denmark (Martin)

15~16 Sep / Hamburg, Germany (Richard)

5~8 Nov / Dublin, Ireland (Eva)

■□■□[***2015 Hosting***]■□■□(*Night)(27)

9~11 Aug / Copenhagen, Denmark (Jil)

13~14 Sep / Copenhahen, Denmark (Agata)
13~14 Sep / Copenhahen, Denmark (Gyuheon Joe)
24~25 Sep / Copenhagen, Denmark(Nikol)
24~25 Sep / Copenhagen, Denmark(Triana)
27 Sep / Copenhagen, Denmark(Lilly)
27 Sep / Copenhagen, Denmark(Sophie)
30 Sep ~ 1 Oct / Copenhagen, Denmark(Monika)
30 Sep ~ 1 Oct / Copenhagen, Denmark(Patrik)

3 Oct / Copenhagen, Denmark(Easter)
5 Oct / Copenhagen, Denmark(Eunyoung) - inviting dinner
18 Oct / Copenhagen, Denmark(Kelly)
19~20 Oct / Copenhagen, Denmark(Soheon)
19~20 Oct / Copenhagen, Denmark(Yein)
28 Oct / Copenhagen, Denmark(Aja)
28~30 Oct / Copenhagen, Denmark(Tara)
30~31 Oct / Copenhagen, Denmark(Gia)

2~4 Nov / Copenhagen, Denmark(Wonmin)
2~4 Nov / Copenhagen, Denmark(Isin)
14~16 Nov / Copenhagen, Denmark(Andrea)
14~16 Nov / Copenhagen, Denmark(Monica)
16 Nov / Copenhagen, Denmark(Hannah)
20~29 Nov / Copenhagen, Denmark(Ola)

3~5 Dec / Copenhagen, Denmark(Rinae)
24~29 Dec / London, United Kingdom(Agata)
26 Dec 15 ~ 1 Jan 16 / London, United Kingdom(Jinmyeong)
28 Dec 15 ~ 10 Jan 16 / London, United Kingdom(Gyungjin)
29 Dec 15 ~ 1 Jan 16 / London, United Kingdom(Eileen, Noemie)

■□■□[***2016 Surfing***]■□■□(*Night)(9)

18 Mar 16 / Brighton, United Kingdom(Kasia)

2~5 Apr 16 / Cambridge, United Kingdom(Artyom)
5~8 Apr 16 / Nottingham, United Kingdom(Aleksandra)
8~9 Apr 16 / Sheffield, United Kingdom(Cesar)
10~13 Apr 16 / Leeds, United Kingdom(Jade)
15~16 Apr 16 / Scarborough, United Kingdom(Lewis)
17~18 Apr 16 / Edinburgh, United Kingdom(Nicolas)
19~22 Apr 16 / Edinburgh, United Kingdom(Tony Jhang)
29,30 Apr ~ 1 May / Windsor, Unitrd Kingdom(Adrian)

■□■□[***2016 Hosting***]■□■□(*Night)(16)

8~11 Jan 16 / London, United Kingdom(Maddalena, Kuba)
11~13, 14~15 Jan 16 / London, United Kingdom(Giwoon)
14~16 Jan 16 / London, United Kingdom(Hogyun)
15~17 Jan 16 / London, United Kingdom(Jinmyeong)
16~18 Jan 16 / London, United Kingdom(Haelim, Eunji)
20~23 Jan 16 / London, United Kingdom(Youkyung)
20~27 Jan 16 / London, United Kingdom(Borut, Taya)
23~31 Jan 16 / London, United Kingdom(Jake)
24~25 Jan 16 / London, United Kingdom(Jinmyeong)
26~28 Jan 16 / London, United Kingdom(Eunhye, Jimin)
28~29 Jan 16 / London, United Kingdom(Kasper)
29 Jan ~ 1 Feb 16 / London, United Kingdom(Lenka, Lukash, Lubo)

24 ~ 27 Feb 16 / London, United Kingdom(Prisca, Leo, Giulia)
25 ~ 29 Feb 16 / London, United Kingdom(Paulina)

3 ~ 6 Mar 16 / London, United Kingdom(Jacqueline, Ines)
4 ~ 6 Mar 16 / London, United Kingdom(Seojin)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

It's good way to meet new and nice people like a hitchhiking

Interests

I love to travel and learn new things!
espeacilly, traveling nature part is awesome.
I want to eat and study all fruits in the world during my traveling.

I learned salsa, bachata, kizomba, hiphop, poppin, house. but I'm not good at dancing becuase I almost forgot.

Decoration food, Dancing, Sound engineering, Listening music, Cooking, Drawing, Hitchhiking, Couchsurfing, Learning English, Spanish and Turkish, Collecting good designed pictures for ads. Watching entertainment TV show program.

Music, Movies, and Books

[Music]
*Hiphop - A tribe called quest, Memphis bleek, Flo rida, Trey songz, Chris brown, Craig david, Tyga
*Kizomba - Mika mendes
*Bachata - Prince royce, Aventura, Xtreme
*Latin - Reik, Don omar, David bisbal
*House - Bopstar, Itamar sagi, Davide west & Ida engberg
*Lounge - Miguel migs, Blue six
*Pop - Pentatonix, Kelly clarkson, BSB, Laurence pagé, Jeff Bernat, Lucia zogbi, Aziatix
*Electronic - Kygo, Skrillex, Headhunterz, Aaren san, Felguk
*Rock - Cold play, M83
*Instrument - Casiopea, Steve barakatt, Kevin kern, Depapepe
*CCM - Hillsong, Planet shakers, CCC, CHC
*Etc - Enya
*K pop - AKMU, JYP, MBM, Hellojojo

Book -
Robinson Crusoe

Movie -
Click, A moment to remember

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

*My first traveling abroad(Singapore / Jan 2005)

*Going to Saipan for free(Saipan / May 2011)

*Traveling with family(Thailand / Dec 2011)

*Traveling with family(Malaysia / July 2013)

*Meeting my facebook friends who hosted me(Philippines / May 2014)

*Bicycle traveling in Korea(Korea / July 2014)

*My first CS in Bangkok(Thailand / Aug 2014)

*Awesome Chiangmai and Pai(Thailand / Sep 2014)

*Laos(Sep 2014)

*I lost my last bus goes to airport, so I had hitchhiking, the family from Bangladesh, took me on their car, even it was at midnight!(Malaysia / Sep 2014)

*My facebook friend paid hostel for me and I earned the money from Casino game LOL(Sep 2014)

*I took second-class train for 3 days(India / Oct 2014)

*Amazing Darjeeling!(India / Oct 2014)

*Trekking Mt. Annapurna(Nepal / Oct 2014)

*My travelmate was stolen his bag and passport, money but owner of hostel and policeman gave some money to him!(India / Nov 2014)

*Holy Holy Holy, there is very quite, so it was nice!(Oman / Nov 2014)

*Camping on the Jumeirah public beach(Dubia, UAE / Nov 2014)

*My best country! Start Hitchhiking!(226 km / 9 times / Armenia / Nov 2014)

*I had hitchhiking and ask to driver for hosting me and then their family invited me and treated good meal, I got family(419 km / 8 times / Georgia / Dec 2014)

*I met all my facebook friend who lives in the city where I visited and they hosted me. I had hitchhiking in Turkey(1,564 km / 30 times / Turkey / Dec 2014 / Jan 2015)

*Hongkong / Feb 2015

*47km / 2times / London, UK / Feb 2015

*I had hitchhiking from Reyjkavik to Jokulsarlon(south-eastern part) in winter
and I saw beautiful and nice kitchen! There is swimming pool with hot water(783.2km / 5times / Feb 2015)

*So kind Swiss people! when I said about my destination, they just went there and said to me "oh here is not too far from my destination" and I had 26 times hitchhiking. the half of them took me like that!
BY THE WAY ***It's not allowed catching a car entrance of highway in Switzerland(It's fine in other countries)***
Swiss Policeman took me twice because I stood in there.
-Awesome nature!(553.8km / 26 times / Switzerland / Feb 2015)

*Liechtenstein / Mar 2015

*I like Salzburg(52.1km / 2 times / Austria / Mar 2015)

*I visited my friend who I met at CS event in Chiang Mai, Thailand
(140km / 5 times / Germany / Mar 2015)

*227km / 3 times / Austria / Mar 2015

*I met nice CS hosts in Prague and Ceske Budejovice, It was difficult to hitchhike(60.3km / 2 times / Czech / Mar 2015)

*Germany sauna +_+ (312km / 3 times / Germay / Mar 2015)

*Working, living and hosting People in Denmark(2.2km / 1 time / Denmark / Apr~Dec 2015)

*I just got the flight via Beograd, Serbia for 4 hours and decided to hitchhike to city center from airport. So I had 2 times and looked around the city and back.
(17.9km / 2 time / Serbia / Sep 2015)

*When I traveled Hamburg, I lost last bus goes to bus terminal, had hitchhiking.(1.9 km / 1 time / Hamburg, Germany / Sep 2015)

*Making Korean food with Dublin Host, Eva, Mathias and Natanelle
(Dublin / Nov 2015)

*Sweden Hitchhiking Trip with Ola
( 75.6km / 5 times / from Copenhagen via Malmo to Trelleborg / Nov 2015)

*Living in Copenhagen, Denmark, working at the sushi restaurant as a chef.
(8th April ~ 20th December 2015)

*Living in London, United Kingdom, helping opening guesthouse, working korean restaurant as a chef.
(20th December 2015 ~ )

What I Can Share with Hosts

Food and cooking & washing dishes, cleaning +_+
And memories

If you are not rude people, I usually try to cook for my guest and host.

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Georgia, Germany, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Ireland, Laos, Liechtenstein, Malaysia, Nepal, Northern Ireland, Northern Mariana Islands, Oman, Philippines, Qatar, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Denmark, South Korea, United Kingdom