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Overview

  • 10 references 3 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English; learning Spanish
  • 46, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • advisor hydraulic engineering and morphology
  • Utrecht university netherlands
  • From utrecht
  • Profile 90% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

use my eyes to see the world, and the world to see myself

ABOUT ME

i left home to make my dream come true and explored south america for a year to learn from its people and cultures and learning spanish and was introduced to couchsurfing. I am now back in holland trying to build a life that makes some sence including a job and a place to live. I love salsa, like to practise my spanish, will try most things that are new or unknown, am always busy, trying to ride a motor, love sport, friends are very important to me.

PHILOSOPHY

I learn about life as i go along and try to be happy. I believe the way we look at the world is a reflection of ourselfs, thats why I say we have eyes to see the world, and the world to see ourselfs. I try to find happiness in this world in love, friendship and doing something meaningfull for the world.
everybody wants to be happy and we all deserve it, we just have different walks of life.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I got to now the couchsurfing project during my travel, its a fantastic idea. I hope to meet a lot more couchsurfers. I hope our understanding of eachothers cultures will help make this world a better place. hosting is difficult when living in a room the size of a shoebox, but always willing to help or share some time.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

surfed couch in chili, brasil, peru, colombia and venezuela and received my first couchsurfer december last year, which happened to be the same person as the first couchsurfer i ever met (coffee in rio de janeiro)
now participating in Utrecht comunity

Interests

traveling, meeting people, music, guitarplay, rockclimbing and mountaineering, picking up on that surfing again, i love spanish language, going out, dansing salsa (or on whatever rithm comes along), motorriding, diving, sharing travel stories, going out, nature

  • coffee
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • music
  • mountaineering
  • surfing
  • scuba diving
  • sports
  • rivers

Music, Movies, and Books

um monton de musica, ranging from old school rock, pop, jazz and blues, classic, samba, salsa, bossa nova. love guitar music;´unplugged´ concerts always do me good. let me listen to some of your music!
we´ll talk movies and books over coffee ;)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

South america brought everything. I have seen the highest 6000+ mountainpeaks from the top, the ocean from below and from a surfboard, climbed rocks in the desert, hicked mountainranges and glaciers, floated down rivers in the amazone on a raft. i partied with the best, got my hart stolen by the sweetest and discovered an amazing person who turned out to be me.

Teach, Learn, Share

what i do, know, learned, what makes me happy, and where i am going to, just ask i want to share it with you. maybe it enriches your life a little, as you are an enrichment to my life. i am curious about what makes you tick, what drives you, your passions, where you come from and where you are going. I can show you around town and maybe give a hand and make myself usefull somehow.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands

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