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Overview
About Me
Always seeking for impulsive adventures! Meeting people from all walks of life.
I get inspired by travelling, mountains, oceans, I admire other cultures and languages. I love to go to local places and adapt to the place.
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
As I admire other cultures and languages, I find it so inspiring to see and experience how others live, eat, talk, there are always beautiful stories to be told. I don't care too much about the must-sees, the hot-spots, I prefer to see and to feel the real and pure culture. To live it like it's lived by the locals!
Interests
The world!!! Travelling, languages, other cultures, graphic design, design, arts, photography, yoga, spirituality, meditation, outdoor sports, rock climbing, kayaking, nature, adventure. And herbs.
- arts
- culture
- design
- graphic design
- photography
- yoga
- meditation
- traveling
- outdoor activities
- kayaking
- sports
- rock climbing
- languages
- mountains
Music, Movies, and Books
Movies: Captain Fantastic, Eat Pray Love, La La Land, The Croods, Mr. Nobody, Amélie, Samsara
To me, there are no such things as favorites, I like so many movies, books, colours, foods, people, countries, languages, music, you can't compare apples with oranges, I don't do favorites. ;)
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
- I did a foreign internship as a graphic designer in Bangkok for 6 months, I met wonderful people and worked for an incredibly creative company.
- I taught English in Thailand and lived super locally, squat toilet, cold shower, basically my bedroom was a shed where they fixed motorcycles. Every day I was surrounded by Thai people and I learnt so much more about their culture.
- I couchsurfed in Malaysia and stayed with a Chinese man in his jettyhouse (wooden house above the sea), it was incredible to see how they lived there and the toilet was simply a squared hole in the floor so anything that had to leave your body would fall 1,5 meter down into the sea.
- Spending Christmas with a big Mexican family, hitting piñatas!
- I saw the bioluminiscencia on Isla Holbox, Mexico, simply amazing...
- I started rock climbing in Tonsai, Thailand, and now I've got a climbing addiction!
Teach, Learn, Share
Teaching and learning languages or graphic design, sharing travel experiences, listening to life-changing stories.
What I Can Share with Hosts
Good talks, and if you're a bit crazy we'll laugh a lot! It really depends on what you like to do and see! I'm adaptable!
Countries I’ve Visited
Belgium, Cambodia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom
Countries I’ve Lived In
Malaysia, Netherlands, Thailand