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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
Explore new cultures from an insider's perspective, promote environmental responsibility, peace, and cultural sensitivity.
ABOUT US:
Easy-going, intellectual, responsible, mature, experienced travellers.
TRAVEL EXPERIENCE:
Backpacked: India, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador, Ecuador and Galapagos Islands, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Czech Republic, Russia, Turkey, Namibia, South Africa, Qatar, Morocco.
Bicycled: ~3,500km from Paris to Stockholm; ~3,500km down the Rhine River and Netherlands; ~3,600km in NW Europe (UK, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark); New Zealand.
Lived: Canada, United States, the Netherlands (Amsterdam), U.K (London), Russia (St. Petersburg).
We are very flexible, low impact guests. When we stay somewhere, we try to help out and have it be less work overall than if we were away. :)
PHILOSOPHY
Live and let live. We consider ourselves extremely open-minded and tolerant of about any ideology, and want to share and learn with others.
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
Connect with like-minded people that share at least some of the same goals, interests, world-views, etc. We value genuine connection and friendship. Throughout the years, people we met via Couchsurfing became our long-term friends.
Interests
Rob: Travel, bicycling, snorkelling, scuba diving, communication (shortwave/worldband radio, CB; ham radio, etc.), science (astronomy, cosmology, physics), environment, travel photography.
Anna: Travel, marine life exploration, wildlife preservation, foreign languages, world history, art, indigenous cultures, human rights, politics, literature.
- wildlife
- arts
- literature
- photography
- environment
- human rights
- politics
- traveling
- blogging
- scuba diving
- snorkeling
- astronomy
- history
- languages
- physics
- science
Music, Movies, and Books
Rob: Non-fiction documentaries, quirky and extreme topics.
Anna: The Hours, Painted Veil, Fracture, Lincoln Lawyer, Kill Bill, Enough, Gone with the Wind.
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
We've travelled a lot and there have been countless amazing experiences over the years. If interested, our blog contains some of the documentation:
http://www.robandanna.blogspot.com
What I Can Share with Hosts
Rob: Knowledge of many technical topics.
Anna: Language, travel info, literature, art.
Both: Alternate lifestyles involving lots of travelling!
We also invite our hosts to visit us in our home when we are not traveling. :)
Countries I’ve Visited
Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Laos, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam
Countries I’ve Lived In
Canada, Netherlands, Russian Federation, United Kingdom, United States