Hi! My name is Widodo Raharjo Budiman, you can call me Dodo. I'm second child in my family. Born in a small city in Central Java and growing up in the most romantic city in Indonesia, Yogyakarta.

My profession is being a CEO of my own company in Indonesia (if you wondering, Yes, I'm still very young)

I am a BIG dreamer, visioner, high achiever, independent, very confident, energetic, enthustiastic, open minded, easy going, good listener, a 40% talkative person but become 120% talkative when the topic is catching my passion, hangout friendly type person but also love to be alone and enjoying myself, I'm 100% authentic and always be my self. Either I'm very interested or not interested at all, if I don't like something I will not pretend to be liked it.

Other than my business, I'm passionate in travel, volunteering, social activities and meeting interesting people.
My travel style is backpacking and travelling cheap. Even if I have spare cash for a five star hotel room, I will still choose a budget hostel and a nice cheap coffee in the morning.

"The best way to appreciate life is to show gratitude for the blessing we had, and the best way to show gratitude is by humility, best practice to train humility is to live our life frugally."

I choose experience over material things.
I believe experiences last longer than material things, and its value increase in time to time.

I'm also a solo traveller, a minority in traveller's society, but I love to travel alone as travelling alone makes you get outta your comfort zone, meet new friends you wouldn't imagine before, know yourself better, and this is the best way to connect with the life.

" When you travel alone, you came back as a different person "

Things I looking for when I travel:
New experiences, crazy and challenging things that makes you get out from the confort zone, meeting with strangers or hangout with local people, exploring unknown place, wandering in the middle of bustling city at night, Photograph people at street, hiking some cool place, biking, etc.

Other than Travelling, my hobby is in Sports such as Basketball, swimming, gym etc.

And I'm also a proud talented hobbyists photographer.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To randomly, unexpectedly, beautifully meets an awesome person to hear and share some stories, knowing different culture, seeing the world from another perspective, experience new things and be friends for lifetime!
:)

P. S. If you want to meet up or hangout with me:

*I don't like negative person or self-absorbed person, other than than I'd love to meet other travellers, hearing and sharing stories over a cup of coffee.

*Because of my busy work I only can meet up in weekend or maybe at nighttime in weekday if I'm not working overnight.

Interests

Adventure, Travelling, Hiking, Mountaineering, Photography, Movies. Social activities

• culture
• photography
• cooking
• coffee
• running
• movies
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• mountaineering
• trail running
• sports
• basketball
• swimming
• business

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
VanceJoy - Georgia on my mind
The Script - The Man Who Can't Be Moved, Man on a wire
Ed Sheeran - New York, Cold Coffee, Photograph
Maroon 5 - Won't Go Home Without You, She Will Be Loved
Aditya Sofyan (Indonesian artist, if you haven't heard it, you should) - Gaze, Adelaide Sky

Movies:
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Warrior, The Apple of My eyes, Billionaire, 3 Idiots, The Lord of The Ring, The Hobbit, Pirates Carribean, Tarzan, How I meet your mother, Game of Thrones

Books: One Piece ( I read so many business books too btw ;) )

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

2012 - Promoting a small village to be "tourist village" and being officially made by the Government

2013 - Get a great high paid job at the top company in my country just after my graduation, and then I quit it to build my own business and pursuing my dream.

2013 - Create a Cafe that donates 100% profit to the people in needs (orphans, cancer victim, etc), we gain more than 1,000 USD profit to be donated every month.

2013 - Going to Vietnam alone
without knowing anything about vietnam.

2014 - Hiking alone in Phoenix mountain in Hongkong at midnight and seeing the first sunrise on my 25th birthday from the top of the mountain.

2015 - Hiking in Himalaya Nepal alone

2016 - Went to China by myself and start doing international business without knowing how to speak Chinese

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach how to cook nasi goreng, teach Bahasa Indonesia, teach about business (I'm good at it), and photography.
I'm learning new culture, new language (Mandarin, Japanesse)

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Macao, Malaysia, Nepal, Singapore, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Indonesia