I am design student currently on an exchange year abroad in the beer capital of the world Munich, the choice of city is somewhat self explanatory :).

In New Zealand I grew up in a family of jazz musicians and after considering my parents incomes, opted for a marginally more employable career in design, rather than follow in their footsteps.

I'm an easy going dude with not all too much on my plate besides rent and a couple of classes a week, so have plenty of time to drink, talk shite and see interesting things.

If I were to describe myself using a bunch of adjectives some of them would probably be:
Relaxed, openminded, motivated, sociable, nerdy, easy going and skint.

If you're interested I've also made a fair few videos of my travels, which you can see here https://www.youtube.com/user/jtvd94/videos

Por qué estoy en Couchsurfing

Coming from New Zealand, I am unusually tech savvy for a hobbit and so decided to join couchsurfing as a way to meet friendly people, add to my fellowship and have wicked adventures during my time in middle earth.

I previously hosted on AirBnB and had an awesome time meeting and showing people around, unfortunately due to a change in apartment, I no longer have the same space to offer paying guests and so decided to do it for free instead :).

Intereses

Pretty much everything besides rightwing politics and the various other forms of negativity.

If I were to highlight a few of my favourites though.
Beer, photography, live music, tea, watching movies, hiking, craft beer, football, pool, chilling, wine, chess, and good conversation.

I also do a bit of photography, if you were interested you can check out some of my older stuff here
https://www.behance.net/jayvandijk

• design
• photography
• wine
• beer
• drinking
• boating
• politics
• technology
• movies
• chess
• billiards
• music
• live music
• jazz
• hiking
• soccer
• mountains

Música, películas y libros

With music I'm eclectic with a hint of pretentiousness, that being said I'll give anything a listen, some all time favourites would be: Taylor McFerrin (groove), Tigran Hamasyan (jazz), Death Grips (rap), Gjallarhorn (world), AME (techno), Pelorus (electronic), Sonnymoon (pop), Mars Volta (rock), Snarky Puppy (fusion)

I'm also a drummer in a surf-rock duo back home, you can check us out here, (its pretty 'out there' music though so be warned).
https://sandband.bandcamp.com/

Movies follow in a similar vein, I'll watch anything but generally prefer a bit of soul, scripting and plot line.

Algo increíble que he hecho

I once chased a thief for six blocks in central Wellington with my dick out after he mugged me mid piss in a public latrine.

Aside from that I've been on exchange to Germany twice, climbed a bunch of mountains and survived for 227 days on a life boat with a bengal tiger.

Qué puedo ofrecer a los anfitriones

I have aquired a very particular set of skills that make me a polite, respectful and hopefully interesting guest for any given hosts.

I can also offer:
- A complimentary photography service for portraits, realestate and what ever you want really.
- At least one alcoholic beverage probably more, budget allowing.
- Interesting conversation, though forgive me when I play the devil's advocate
- A range of typical New Zealand meals.
- A range of entertaining stories both true and fictional.

Países que he visitado

Australia, Austria, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Slovenia

Países en los que he vivido

Germany, New Zealand