CURRENT MISSION

going deeper and experiencing the mammalian dive reflex.

ABOUT ME

Calm, patient, multi-interested,...for you to find out.Give me water, jungle, beer & fine company and I'm a happy man.

PHILOSOPHY

Live and let live.
and lately...
Think less, do more. But it's easier said than done...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

hosting when I'm able to, travel advice, etc...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

errrm...scroll down to references.

Interests

People, macrophotography, nature/animals/insect, freediving/skindiving, those small details which are often overlooked, music, instruments, design/art, traveling, computers...and maybe tomorrow something new...

• animals
• arts
• design
• beer
• drinking
• traveling
• music
• swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

from 70's soul/funk & blues over hiphop, jazz, rock to experimental digital bouillabaise,...

same for movies & books...eclectic taste.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

One is too hard...I would have to choose from:

* suprising my close friends in Europe that the idea of working on a tropical island isn't just a dream or fantasy...if you really want it, you can do it.

* Being in the middle of a typhoon in the Philippines and getting flooded. Afterwards drinking the local brew (coconutwine) with the boatmen like nothing happened.

* Swimming with the whalesharks in Donsol & Limasawa island, Southern Leyte, Philippines & very recently in Moalboal, while we were doing freedive training!

* experiencing a traditional muslim marriage, in a village in Perlis, Malaysia. Never will forget the faces of the people when I arrived there.

* Bat excodus, Gunung Mulu, Sarawak, Borneo. I went to see them three times. Simply breathtaking.
However, you need to be lucky with the weather. Sometimes they come out in small groups, sometimes its one contineous stream of 30 to 40 mins! Millions of bats!

* A 1500km motorbike cruise through and around whole Palawan, especially the rarely visited southwest was a part not to forget. On the road I decided I wanna live on this amazing island.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach people the basics of the art of freediving.
If you want to take it a level deeper, I can hook you up with some of the finest freedivers in the Philippines.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Canada, Malaysia, Philippines

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