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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
to enjoy life as much as possible
ABOUT ME
I'm an optimistist, and I want to enjoy life to the fullest. I'm ambitious in what I do (designer), and because I love doing it so much I can work really hard. But people and the relationships I have get an equally important place in my life. The idea that "you only live once", is something that is always in the back of my mind. Every oportunity to do or see something unique in your life should be explored, because it might not come to you anymore. So that's why I try to take every chance I got to make my life worthwile!
Travelling is really important for me, and in fact the thing in life I enjoy the most! Last year I went on a long time journey trough Asia for the first time, and it really felt fantastic, like conquering the globe! I need to explore the world, see new horizons, meet new cultures and people in order to feel I am alive.
PHILOSOPHY
enjoying life to the fullest, go for what you believe in, and try to make the world a better place
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
I'm just starting this Couchsurfing thing, and I want to share my couch with the rest of the world from now on, so I hope that people will do the same with me!
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
none
Interests
Design, art, movies, travelling, all kinds of music, good food, alternative parties!
- arts
- design
- dining
- partying
- movies
- traveling
- music
- snowboarding
- swimming
Music, Movies, and Books
music: Aphex Twin,Fourtet,Anthony & The Johnsons,Coco Rosie,Devendra Banhart,Daniel Johnston, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash,..... Too much to mention
Books: Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts, Ayya Kemma's book on Buddhism for the western world, The Discovery of Heaven by Harry Mullish,.....
Movies: thousands of them, impossible to mention
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
Reaching the thorong-La pass, the highest point of the
Annapurna trekking: 5416m
Watching one-nosed rhino's from less then 5m distance on the back of an elephant
Washing and swimming with elephants in a river in Nepal
Sleeping under the stars in the desert of Rajasthan
Driving a Royal Enfield to the Pangong Lake at the border of India & China in Ladakh, India.
Smoking charras with gipsies in the forests of Kasjmir
Snowboarding virgin powdersnow in the alps
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Countries I’ve Visited
Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Italy, Laos, Nepal, Norway, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United States
Countries I’ve Lived In
Belgium