CURRENT MISSION

Traveling the world

ABOUT ME

A couple of years ago I decided I wanted to see the world so I did. Walked out the door, to the highway and stuck my thumb up. I traversed Europe, the middle east and Asia, then sailed across the Pacific to Alaska. After hitchhiking down through Canada I got myself a motorcycle and drove it down to Panama. Then drifted down the Amazon river in south America till I got to Guyana and decided 3,5 years and 54 countries were enough for the first trip. I'm now living in Hanoi doing an internship.

Check my website http://nielsoostveen.nl if you can read Dutch or have time to figure out google translate :)

PHILOSOPHY

Live your life, follow your dreams. Do it now!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed couches from China to Canada, from Kazakhstan to Korea and from Azerbaijan to Armenia.

Interests

Traveling by alternative means, meeting new people from all over the place, mountains, motorcycles.

• motorcycles
• boating
• traveling
• sailing
• hitchhiking
• mountains

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hitchhiking across the mountains of Tajikistan in midwinter at temperatures of -30ºC.
Driving a motorcycle through India into the Himalayas and through north and central America.
Trekking for 2 weeks through the Annapurna range in Nepal.
Sailing a sailboat from Japan to Alaska.
Traveling down the Amazon in my own boat, staying in the local villages along the river.

Teach, Learn, Share

Love to speak Spanish and keep it up.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, French Guiana, Georgia, Germany, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Serbia, Slovakia, South Korea, Suriname, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Burkina Faso, Netherlands, Viet Nam

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