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Overview

  • 4 references 4 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English, French; learning Finnish, Spanish
  • 33, Male
  • Member since 2013
  • Building my camper van , travelling , working , making li...
  • Stage Technical School
  • From Abidjan, Lagunes, Côte D'Ivoire
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About Me

I like to learn , to discover , to explore , to dream , to try without knowing what it will bring.
I am open minded for many things , while having a slightly conservative character (i will always take the same taste of ice cream :D ! ).
I question a lot , about the world , about myself.
I don't always agree with everything , and if there is action for a cause , i will be there.
I have plenty of interests , sometimes its hard to be focussed as my mind runs from here to there.
You can't call my shy, i have absolutely no problem or fear meeting others. I can be a little extravert , but in a good way, life knowing when to stop or otherwise everything becomes akward.

It's my believe we all have the right to be whoever we want to be , do whatever we want to do , as long as you are responsible for your actions and they don't inflict suffering on other living creatures.
O and i love good beer and food. Im a Belgian afterall.

PHILOSOPHY

O thats personal indeed . I believe we are all souls , who come to these dimensions to experience and to learn from these experiences . All the big , heavy , positive and negative experiences in life have an impact on this soul . The soul gets born and grows into circumstances perferable for the 'still to learn lessons' of universe. You might die and get reborn towards what you have learned / still have to learn. And the end of this cycle you can escape what we percieve as life/universe/world and move on to 'something else' .
Thats the very short version of it i guess.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Not that much , ive hosted a few times now , and ive surfed once .
Ofcourse i slept on many couches in the past, but those were of people i already knew , cant be that much difference :D
And there is this love for hitchhiking , isn't that and couchsurfing in the same field of 'life' ?

Interests

Music: all kinds with a special place in my heart for certain higher BPM electronic music styles with a lot of psychedelic effects, but i can enjoy a good heavy metal album aswell as i love reggae or classical music , as long as it feels music , not a product

I like photography , so digital SLR but also go around with my huge afghan box instant camera

I am a born activist , i prefer the harsh truth above sweet lies. I do not like the world being run upside down by big coorporations.

I love permaculture and sustainable living / building. It's my believe that these techniques is a part of the solution.

Lately i have been occupied with trying to develop my artistic side and some projects around that , involving spaces , light and sound and atmospheres.

Ow and i like technical things , repairing things , building things , creating things out of any kind of materials. A technical mind that wants to know how things work and how ideas can be realised.

  • photography
  • beauty
  • environment
  • dining
  • cooking
  • beer
  • running
  • partying
  • electronics
  • music
  • classical music
  • electronic music
  • guitar
  • cycling
  • boxing
  • software
  • hitchhiking
  • art
  • video
  • psychedelics
  • vj
  • mapping

Music, Movies, and Books

Music goes from AC/DC , Mozart , Soulfly , Gogol Bordello , Shpongle , oldschool goa trance , Ramones , Black Uhuru , Neil Young , Django Reinhardt , Buddy waters , Korn , as long as it has SOUL .

I do read books but not nearly as much as i would like too. Sometimes they are informative about certain topics , and i like some easy reading novel , if possible written by a slightly mad and or absurd writer , before sleeping time or on a holiday.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sunrise at lake saimaa on a psytrance forest party.
The most amazing visual morning i have ever seen so far.
Even the native Fins were struck by the intense beauty of nature.

See people help eachother , without expecting anything in return. Pass it forward is a good mentallity , the world could use a little more of it and it isn't hard..

Teach, Learn, Share

Learn some basic guitar playing , working with certain software and or computer help. I can learn you some about large format photography , great belgian cooking , how to build things , small electronics , sound and light technics.
Ive done a hell lot of jobs these last 6 years in different fields , so i picked up a thing or 2.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can teach you a trizzilion things , fo real !

Countries I’ve Visited

Croatia, Côte d'Ivoire, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Côte d'Ivoire, Finland

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