| Egill Bjarnason has been vouched for |
| Couch available | Yes |
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| CouchSurf requests replied to | 96% |
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| member since | July 1st, 2007 |
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| profile views | 4,594 |
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| age | 23 |
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| gender | Male |
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| membername | EGILL |
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| occupation | Student/Freelance photographer |
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| education | Measured the world with textbooks and my own feet |
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| grew up in | Selfoss |
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| ethnicity | Icelandic |
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Languages- IcelandicExpert
- EnglishExpert
Groups I Belong To Iceland 5991:10794 |  Africa 51197:4049
Why: Where I travel these days ...
| Senegal 414:757
Why: planing a cycling trip to west africa
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Couch Information
Couch Available: Yes
Preferred Gender: Any
Max Surfers Per Night: 3
Shared Sleeping Surface: No
Shared Room: NoSofa bed in a large living room - private. I live alone. My basement is in 10 minutes walking distance from the city center.
Warm welcomes to backpackers, serious pipe smokers, invested couchsurfers, vegetarians, bicyclists, readers, story tellers, hot-pot lovers, tall people, short people, people that dislike airports, people who have been to lake Band-e-Amir and those who bother reading this.
Friends (48)
 maria_jose
25, Female
Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires City
Argentina
Friends since October 2007
"He hosted me for one night"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
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 Brianna Olson
27, Female
Brooklyn, New York
United States
Friends since June 2009
"Egill (who I call 'erik' because i cant pronounce his real name) lived in NYC with my boyfriend for several months. "
Friendship Type: Good Friend
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 WHERESTHEREALSKY
22, Female
Glasgow, Glasgow
Scotland
Friends since August 2010
"working in sunnnnnnlenska"
Friendship Type: Friend
30+ |
 Stefan Dudli
29, Male
Zurich, Zurich
Switzerland
Friends since September 2011
"Surfed his couch"
Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
I vouched for Egill Bjarnason
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 Kristín Gestsdóttir
23, Female
Reykjavik, Capital Region
Iceland
Friends since January 2004
"Went to school together and have had some interesting theme nights in his basement :)"
Friendship Type: Friend
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 Commander AJ Rais
26, Male
Kabul, Kabul
Afghanistan
Friends since April 2008
"met him in Kabul"
Friendship Type: Friend
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 Nate Davis
24, Male
Portland, Oregon
United States
Friends since August 2010
"helped out his family bookstore in iceland"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
7 |
 Claudio Bernardi
42, Male
Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Friends since September 2009
"cs in my house"
Friendship Type: Friend
 7 |
 Ilka-Johanna
21, Female
Bangor, Gwynedd
Wales
Friends since August 2010
"couchsurfed with him & his family"
Friendship Type: Friend
7 |
 Amanda co Amanda Wybolt
25, Female
Dakar, Dakar
Senegal
Friends since February 2011
"Met and biked together when Egill was passing through Kolda, Senegal"
Friendship Type: Friend
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Personal DescriptionCalm and curious.InterestsPhotography. I never leave the house without my camera.
Traveling. Its what I do.
Cycling. A great way to travel.
Books. Catch 22, Independent People, Slaughterhouse five, Confederacy of Dunces, The Good Soldier Svejk.
Palestine. Been a board member in the Iceland-Palestine solidarity movement since I went to the West bank 2006.
Also snowboarding, hanging at the local swimming pool, smoking a shisha, hiking and drinking coffee.Opinion on the CouchSurfing.org ProjectBest thing for traveling since the invention of the bicycle. Locations TraveledTRAVELED: Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, England, Ethiopia, Faroe Islands, France, Germany, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Mali, Morocco, Pakistan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Spain, Sudan Republic, Sweden, Syria, The Gambia, Uganda, Yemen
LIVED: Netherlands, Palestinian Territory, United States
WANTS TO GO: Greenland
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 From Benjamin Corney Sydney, Australia
Jan 24  Positive Egill was an awesome host! he definitely has some amazing travel stories and has inspired me for my next adventure. Egill knew Iceland incredibly well and was gave some great advice. He is a relaxed and really fun person to be around. I hope to see Egill is Aus or maybe a random african or middle eastern country one day :) Thanks again Egill.
 From Ania Tabaszewska Borgarnes, Iceland
Jan 10 Positive an extremely sharp-witted guy, with funny sence of humour. great host of course, don't think anybody could have any doubts about it. thanks for taking me on a nice bike ride and sharing the secret german knowledge how to prepare an excellent vegetable lasagne. will you ever be cycling around poland or simply passing bifröst just let me know, this time cooking is on me ;)
 From Tom Schaul New York, United States
Jan 9 Positive Egill was a great host! Despite the adversarial weather, we up into the mountains, and then into the hot pools, all the while exchanging stories from his many (crazy!) travels. Big thanks again!
 From Irene Sousa Simcoe, Canada
Nov 20, 2011 Positive Enjoyed getting to know Egill, and Reykjavik during my (too short) stop-over in Iceland. Egill is interesting, smart, and an excellent cook! Look forward to returning to Reykjavik someday to catch the northern lights. Egill, you are always welcome to crash my couch, wherever I end up!
 From Raye Tidy Melbourne, Australia
Nov 8, 2011 Positive Had a great first couchsurfing experience with Egill, Thanks for all the fun, and chasing the lights with me!
Iceland now has a special place in my heart, and you helped to make my stay so amazing.
 From Victor Tsakonas Akureyri, Iceland
Oct 29, 2011 Positive We spent a really great time with Egill! Thanks! I'm sure he has a lot to share. We are supposed to meet again in summer during the Icelandic cycling trip around road 1. Hope it will happen!
 From Theresia Wunderlich Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Oct 18, 2011 Positive Eric and his girlfriend are great! Adventurous, easy going, funnny and good to know! We had some nice pizza and ice cream together and I literally became their "livesaver" (citation from Eric) when they moved on to an other place and came back in less then 12 hours... :) I really hope beeing able to go to Iceland or Ohio on day... Greetings to Maddy!
 From Louis Whittal Lyon, France
Oct 17, 2011 Positive Eric was an amazing host, providing me with a great place to stay in, lots of advice about travelling in Iceland, and some great meals. He was kind and interesting. I hope we will meet again.
 From Sam Feldman Brooklyn, United States
Oct 15, 2011 Positive Erik was a great host, very hospitable and helpful. Very much enjoyed talking with you!
 From MARIECURIEE Reykjavik, Iceland
Sep 19, 2011 Positive Egill hosted me when I was lost in Reykjavik in the early evening.coincidence wanted that I first should met another family member of him in a bookstore in Selfoss without knowing it.Egill is realy what you can call an adventure soul and relaxed person.Because of his busy activities in the kitchen and my lack of time the time together was rather limited,but as I dare to spent the winter in Iceland I hope to encounter you again!
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