Cape Town, Western Cape, Republic of South Africa
@sven
Member since 2008
PERSONAL MISSION: Leave this world in a better state than I entered it ... CURRENT MISSION: Stop deforestation ... http://www.deforestationtreaty.org ABOUT ME: Trying to inspire CARE for nature, animals, each other ... to influence change ... for a peaceful society :) PHILOSOPHY: What I do TODAY ... creates the PAST ... and changes the FUTURE ! Do the BEST you can for as MANY as you can with WHAT you have for as LONG as you can right NOW ... with LOVE :)
Interested in Adventure Sports
Interested in Board games
Fluent in Afrikaans
Learning Swahili
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING Meeting CS'ers on my travels and sharing knowledge, ideas and experiences ... and a good laugh! COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE I have couchsurfed back in Africa ... awesome people !
Music, Movies, and Books
MOVIES: Avatar, Fear & Loathing, Toy Story, Shrek, Ratatouille, There's Something About Mary, The Gods must be Crazy, A Fish called Wanda, Meaning of Life, Nurse Betty, Scary Movie, Mars Attacks, Short Bus, As Good as it Gets, Shallow Hal, Meet Joe Black, Earthlings, Cowspiracy MUSIC: Trance / Dance / Rock / 70's Metal / Jazz (guitar) BOOKS: Atheism - a very short introduction (first book I ever read cover-to-cover!) / The Seven Habits of highly effective people / The World Peace Diet / Animal Farm
One Amazing Thing I've Done
🤷 Life ? bus trip around Europe 🚌 played guitar in a band 🎸 won a MX championship 🏆 raced triathlon 🏊 became VEGAN 🌱 110km cycle race under 3hrs🏅 hugged arch-bishop Tutu 🤗 featured in F1 advert in Finland 🎬 cycled (solo) through Africa 🌍 cycled through the Amazon 🌎
Teach, Learn, Share
TEACH: guitar / chess / PC skills ... + how to open a beer-bottle with another one ;) LEARN: permaculture / languages / juggling / (any useful skills) SHARE: whatever I have :)
What I Can Share With Hosts
cook a vegan meal to share help with PC problems fix (almost) anything yoga/stretching/massage bicycle advice/help teach guitar/chess practice/help speaking English
My Interests
nature / animals / people / cycling (any) / dance (movement) / computers and technology / psychology / philosophy / cooking (vegan)
