CURRENT MISSION

I want to understand this beautiful world, cultures, people... instead of hearing or seeing about it... I want to experience it... I want to meet interesting people, to show them my culture and for them to show their culture...

ABOUT ME

Some of the many things that I want to share with you and inspire you to experience:

Burning Man and alike transformational events...

Burning Man wiki

Burning Man documentary: Beyond Black Rock (2006) trailer
But it's really more about amazing power of festivals and alike events - here is a good insightful talk about them - TEDxVancouver - Jeet Kei Leung - Transformational Festivals

DMT / Ayahuasca - after birth and death the third most powerful experiences a human can have - one of the most important things I have done in my life...

Vine of the soul trailer

DMT - The Spirit Molecule Trailer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayahuasca

This will change your life...

fatsickandnearlydead.com

The Gerson Miracle //
The Beautiful Truth // Dying To Have Known

Power of thoughts - it is a remarkably powerful and simple: whatever you think about most - you begin to condition your self and the world around it for it come true and it does!

The Secret // The Living Matrix // What the #$*! Do We (K)now!?

The Most Astounding Fact

nyc499.com/fact/

Vipassana

this is a simple explanation // it's a gift from past students to new - it is for free worldwide - try it!

TED Talks... ideas worth spreading... I watch a dozen a week... amazing info...

Top 20 TED Talks...

I LOVE nature - if you have not experience the amazing adventure from hiking/trekking/camping ... and you want to - you could couchsurf my tent - I have all the equipment that we may need for 2x people ... and I would love to introduce you to this magnificent activity...

Video to get you inspired - Almost There

me on Santa Cruz trek in Peru ... quick mud :/

me trekking in Peru - watch the first minute :)

I enjoy making time-lapses - perhaps we can make one together - and I'll show/teach you all about it...

Video to get you inspired - Rapture 4K

Second video to get you inspired - TimeScapes 4K

one of most recent pix

March 12, 2014

India March 2013

Colombia Feb 2012:

I like:
Chichen Itza, Mexico

me with friends in Mongolia - September 2010

What I took with me:

About me:
I love this life and every moment of it! I think this life just very well might be heaven... we can do anything that we set our minds to... (and I smile a lot)

While being very optimistic and having a positive outlook on everything, I do have a very strong grasp on reality and the world around us ... with all the positives and negatives.

I am in constant search and exploration - seeing, trying and inventing new things and concepts...

I want to do a small section here that's: "some things about me in 50 pictures" (ideas and advice is welcome)

I LOVE sports, from

to

I am PADI certified

I'm addicted to p2p downloading:

like Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle:

ask me and I'll send you a link to .zip with .pdf and .mp3 :)

Loans that change lives

Free Hugs :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_hugs

PHILOSOPHY

* enjoy life
* do onto others as you would have them do onto you
* be honest with your self and others - else you are trying to be something you are not...

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Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Well now I am traveling, but host as much as possible - it's traveling without leaving your city!!!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

When I go on any group trips, friendships are created and countless times that my new friends visit me and I visit them, in other states and countries... but for my larger world wide trip I have discovered this gift: CouchSurfing!

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Interests

traveling - obviously since I'm on couchSurfing.com - but my parents got me used to it, and they said it's be best money ever spent - no one can take that investment away from you...

sports - from extremes to chess :)

computers - super geek here :)

nature - out doors, camping, hiking, expeditions...

movies - LOVE movies, documentaries

p2p downloading - I have unreal amount of media and etc... that I download and filter through...

Details:
=traveling=
* I have been traveling since I was small... more on this later or in person ...

=sports=
* in particular love skiing, snowboarding
* rollerblading
* scuba diving (PADI certified)

=computers= I'm a computer whiz - having worked on Wall St for 5+ years and in the industry for 10+ and general experience of --- well all my life I can sit and work for hours - until it's done... from hardware to software...)

* active sports: anything that involved action and adrenaline

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• culture
• documentaries
• festivals
• flying
• movies
• chess
• traveling
• hiking
• backpacking
• kayaking
• camping
• scuba diving
• skiing
• snowboarding
• sports
• cartography
• communications
• software
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

there are just sooooo many good movies to see and other media
IMDb top 250 is a good place to start - have seen about 50% from it...

Academy Awards is also a good list to look into...

I could recommend any of:

* Fight Club (1999)
* City of God (2002)
* Into the Wild (2007)
* The Big Lebowski (1998)
* Requiem for a Dream (2000)
* Pulp Fiction (1994)
* The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
* The Matrix (1999)

* 12 Angry Men (1957)
* The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
* The Godfather (1972)
* Schindler's List (1993)
* One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
* Casablanca (1942)
* Star Wars (1977)
* Shichinin no samurai (1954) [Six Samurai]
* The Usual Suspects (1995)

* Se7en (1995)
* Léon (1994)
* Apocalypse Now (1979)
* American Beauty (1999)
* Taxi Driver (1976)
* American History X (1998)
* Forrest Gump (1994)
* Alien (1979)
* A Clockwork Orange (1971)
* Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
* Saving Private Ryan (1998)
* The Departed (2006) but I like the original Hong Kong verison better - Infernal Affairs
* The Pianist (2002)
* Aliens (1986)
* Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
* L.A. Confidential (1997)
* Reservoir Dogs (1992)
* Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
* 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
* Back to the Future (1985)
* Braveheart (1995)
* Sin City (2005)
* Hotel Rwanda (2004)
* No Country for Old Men (2007)
* Gladiator (2000)
* Star Trek (2009)
* The Wrestler (2008)
* Die Hard (1988)
* Oldboy (2003)
* Cool Hand Luke (1967)

* Platoon (1986)
* Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
* Million Dollar Baby (2004)
* The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
* Snatch. (2000)
* (500) Days of summer
* Gandhi (1982)
* Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
* Trainspotting (1996)
* Scarface (1983)
* Groundhog Day (1993)
* The Terminator (1984)
* Toy Story (1995)
* The Incredibles (2004)

* Children of Men (2006)
* The Exorcist (1973)
* Rocky (1976)
* Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
* Crash (2004/I)
* Mystic River (2003)

* Das Leben der Anderen (2006) [The Lives of Others]

* Donnie Darko (2001)
* There Will Be Blood (2007)
* Twelve Monkeys (1995)
* Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
* Casino (1995)

* The Beach (2000)
* Heat (1995)
* Fargo (1996)

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One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Well I hope to tell you all about that in person...

like ask how I was departing from Oslo, Norway or what I did in Buenos Aires, Argentina :)))

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Teach, Learn, Share

I love computers and am very well rounded in them... I can help and/or teach you large spectrum of things from hardware to software to cracking iPhone or PSP to programming and etc...

- http://frugaltraveler.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/08/3-cushions-a-million-guests/ see the video till the end :)

Do you have any suggestions for this list?

http://wikitravel.org/ - Wikitravel

http://www.roughguides.com/ - Online Rough Guides

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/ - Lonely Planet Thorn Tree Travel Forum

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/ - Lonely Planet World Guide: Free Info, Photos, Maps

http://www.frommers.com/ - Frommer's Travel Guides and Advice

http://www.concierge.com/ - Concierge.com - inspired travel starts here

http://rolfpotts.com/index.html - Vagabonding with Rolf Potts

http://www.bootsnall.com/ - BootsnAll Travel Network

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ - National Geographic Magazine

http://outside.away.com/ - Outside Online

http://www.thebackpacker.com/ - Backpacking, Hiking and Camping

http://www.nationsonline.org/ - A Destination Guide to Countries and Nations of the World

http://www.worldtimeserver.com/ - The World Time Server: correct, current, local

http://www.virtualtourist.com/ - Travel Guides, Maps, Photos, Forums, Deals, more...

http://www.flickr.com/ - Share your photos. Watch the world.

http://www.learn4good.com/visa.htm - World wide visa information

http://www.russianvisa.org/ - Russian Visas

http://www.seat61.com/ - For the most up to date information on train and ferry travel around the world, ask Mark Smith, the Man in Seat Sixty-One.

http://www.wordtravels.com/Airports/ - Airport Guides: Our airport guides include information on getting to and from the airport, airport parking, contact details and a guide to the airport terminals and facilities.

http://www.airlinequality.com/ - Airline, Airport, Flight, and Seat Reviews

http://www.kayak.com/ - Cheap Flights, Airline Tickets, Discount Travel Deals

http://www.fly.com/ - Cheap Flights, Airfares and Discount Airline Tickets

http://www.sidestep.com/ - The Traveler's Search Engine

http://www.flycheapo.com/ - Cheap Flights with Low-Cost Airlines

http://www.statravel.com/ - Cheap airfares for students

http://www.skyscanner.net/ - SkyScanner: Cheap Flights and Free Flight Comparison

http://www.accuweather.com/ - The most accurate world weather forecasts available on the net.

http://www.xe.com - The World's Favorite Currency Conversion Site

http://www.gate2home.com - Gate2Home Virtual Keyboard - Type in YOUR language from anywhere!!!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, China, Costa Rica, France, Virgin Islands, British

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States