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Egill Bjarnason

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Personal Designations

Iceland
Greater Reykjavik
Reykjavik


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General Information
Egill Bjarnason has been vouched for
Couch availableTraveling at the moment
CouchSurf requests replied to100%
member sinceJuly 1st, 2007
profile views4,912
age24
genderMale
membernameEGILL
occupationStudent/Freelance photographer
educationMeasured the world with textbooks and my own feet
grew up inSelfoss
ethnicityIcelandic
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Languages

  • IcelandicExpert
  • EnglishExpert

Groups I Belong To

Iceland 6647:11357Reykjavík 2056:5900
Why: live here
Africa 55941:4233
Why: Where I travel these days ...
Senegal 426:799
Why: planing a cycling trip to west africa

Couch Information


No couch currently available for surfing.

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.

VISITING ICELAND JUNE 2012? CHECK OUT: http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=512&post=11534269

Friends (50)

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maria_josemaria_jose
25, Female
Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires City
Argentina
Friends since October 2007
"He hosted me for one night"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
Met in person   Surfed1  
WHERESTHEREALSKY WHERESTHEREALSKY
22, Female
Glasgow, Glasgow
Scotland
Friends since August 2010
"working in sunnnnnnlenska"
Friendship Type: Friend
Met in person   Surfed30+  
Brianna Olson 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
Met in person  
Salka Margrét SigurðardóttirSalka Margrét Sigurðardóttir
20, Female
Akranes, Vesturland
Iceland
Friends since January 2012
"We study political science together in The University of Iceland"
Friendship Type: Friend
Met in person  
Christian BjarnasonChristian Bjarnason
29, Male
Salamanca, Castile and Leon
Spain
Friends since March 2011
"I hosted Egill for almost a week while living in Freetown, Sierra Leone. "
Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
Met in person   Hosted5  
PESHAWARGUYPESHAWARGUY
25, Male
Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Pakistan
Friends since February 2008
"Worked together in Pakistan"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
Met in person   Traveled5  
Eysi and KrissiEysi and Krissi
25, Male
Reykjavik, Greater Reykjavik
Iceland
Friends since May 2008
"Worked together in Iran"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
Met in person  
Greta Isac Greta Isac
36, Female
Tyre, South
Lebanon
Friends since May 2008
"Stayed with me for 2 nights. Toured Khiam together. :-p"
Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
Met in person   Hosted2  
Behnaz Behnaz
32, Female
Tehran, Tehran
Iran
Friends since May 2008
"My net friend introduced him to me."
Friendship Type: Good Friend
Met in person  
Commander AJ Rais Commander AJ Rais
27, Male
Kabul, Kabul
Afghanistan
Friends since April 2008
"met him in Kabul"
Friendship Type: Friend
Met in person  

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Egill Bjarnason
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
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Personal Description

Calm and curious.

Interests

Photography. 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.

One Amazing Thing I've Seen or Done

Let me think about this one ...

Opinion on the CouchSurfing.org Project

Best thing for traveling since the invention of the bicycle.

Locations Traveled

TRAVELED: 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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References (54)

  • 53Positive
  • 1Neutral
  • 0Negative
  • 13From Hosts
  • 33From Surfers
  • 2Traveling
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chadsieicken
From chadsieicken
 Jonkoping, Sweden
 Feb 22
Met in person Surfed 6 days  
Positive

Egill was a great host; very welcoming and interesting to talk to. It's a shame we didn't get to share more time with him (we were out exploring most days) and learn even more about Iceland and Egill's adventures to almost everywhere. He is very easy to get along with and we had a lot of fun in the very short time we were in his company. Thank you so much for enhancing our stay in Iceland!

David Cogswell
From David Cogswell
 Moraga, United States
 Feb 22
Met in person Surfed 2 days  
Positive

Egill is one of the most interesting people I've been fortunate enough to meet while traveling. His trips have brought him to remote corners of the globe where he has had amazing adventures. He was a hospitable host and offered me a bike to explore the city with, which was great. He's sure to do big things in the years to come!

Laura Belgium
From Laura Belgium
 Brussels, Belgium
 Feb 11
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 2 days  
Positive

Many thanks Egill for being my first host! I enjoyed the moments we spent together, it was nice to be with such an interesting and relaxed guy. Good luck with the chili recipe! See you again I hope, cheers, Laura.

Benjamin Corney
From Benjamin Corney
 Sydney, Australia
 Jan 24
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 5 days  
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.

Ania Tabaszewska
From Ania Tabaszewska
 Borgarnes, Iceland
 Jan 10
Met in person Surfed 2 days  
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 ;)

Tom Schaul 
From Tom Schaul
 New York, United States
 Jan 9
Met in person Surfed 2 days  
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!

Irene Sousa 
From Irene Sousa
 Simcoe, Canada
 Nov 20, 2011
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 4 days  
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!

Raye Tidy
From Raye Tidy
 Melbourne, Australia
 Nov 8, 2011
Met in person Surfed 5 days  
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.

Victor Tsakonas
From Victor Tsakonas
 Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur, France
 Oct 29, 2011
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 2 days  
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!

Theresia Wunderlich
From Theresia Wunderlich
 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
 Oct 18, 2011
Met in person Hosted 4 days  
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!


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