CURRENT MISSION

summer

ABOUT ME

Hello. My name is Martin... I try to travel as much as I can to see as many corners of the world as possible, but somehow I always end up back home in the South-Western part of Copenhagen. But that's not the worst place to be, actually it's one of the best - so come visit! :-)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

hosting and surfing since march 2009

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

GREAT

Interests

To relax while listening to music. Food. To attend concerts. To walk through the streets of copenhagen shooting pictures. To hang out with my friends while cooking, eating, drinking beer, watching movies, listening to music.
And most important: To have fun and do stuff when I get tired of all the talking.

the ever-expanding list:
music, books, photography, hiking & walking, food, cooking, travel, thinking, sleeping, party, deserted places and buildings, coffee, make fire, night, beer, throw stuff, the woods, train rides, wine, walking without destination, to drive, politics (love/hate), mountains, to couchsurf, stray dogs, cemeteries, the sea, copenhagen, the sound of unknown languages, squash (both sport and vegetable), vinyl & record stores, camping & trangia-cooking, street art, hitchhiking, plants, maps, hammocks, the desert, roadtrips, lists, eating, football, random TV-movies, sunshine, the danish language, hotel rooms, fireworks, youtube, archives,

• dogs
• arts
• books
• street art
• photography
• concerts
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• beer
• coffee
• walking
• partying
• drinking
• politics
• movies
• tv
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• camping
• hunting
• surfing
• sports
• soccer
• racquetball
• cartography
• languages
• hitchhiking
• mountains
• squash

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Electronic music, dub & reggae, golden age/90's hip hop, old-skool soul/r&b, rock and pop in every sense, country, folk, jazz, blues, modern classical/composition - listening to music is a big part of my life, and I spend a lot of time exploring new genres and artists.
(for a more specific view on my music taste: www.last.fm/user/el-Toukhy)

Film: jim Jarmusch, stanley kubrick, michel gondry, scorcese, hitchcock, the coen brothers, haneke, lars von trier, jørgen leth, wes anderson, fatih akin, thomas vinterberg, kieslowski, david lynch, documentaries,

Books: hemingway, houellebecq, hesse, kundera, erland loe, bukowski, roberto bolaño, murakami, rushdie, auster, kerouac, alberto moravia, orwell, thoreau, whitman, camus, junot diaz and many more!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hitchhiking through Alaska

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, India, Italy, Lebanon, Malta, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bolivia, Denmark

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