| Ganix Noel UBARRETXENA has been vouched for |
| Couch available | Maybe |
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| CouchSurf requests replied to | 100% |
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| member since | April 10th, 2005 |
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| profile views | 6,926 |
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| age | 28 |
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| gender | Male |
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| membername | GANIX |
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| occupation | CEO of Tximela Enpresa Taldea (holding company) | Musician (composer and interpreter) |
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| education | Telecommunication engineer | EMBA | Master in Information Security | Professional music diploma | Yacht Captain (motor and sail) |
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| grew up in | Donostia/San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain |
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Languages- EnglishExpert
- SpanishExpert
- BasqueExpert
- FrenchExpert
Couch Information
Couch Available: Maybe
Preferred Gender: Any
No smoking allowed
Has children: No
Can host children: No
Has pets: No
Can host pets: No
Max Surfers Per Night: 2
Shared Sleeping Surface: No
Shared Room: DependsPrivate room with beds. - If not busy, I'll be pleased to show you around. Otherwise, I'll tell you about the most interesting places. Public transportation is available nearby, so it should be OK.
- I don't smoke and I consider smoking very disrespectful towards others. Friends (17)
 Ion Abancens
27, Male
Madrid, Madrid
Spain
Friends since October 2002
"I have studied with him and travelled together"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
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 TESS21
26, Female
Brussels, Brussels
Belgium
Friends since September 2006
"Ganix emailed me via CS to have information about Lyon"
Friendship Type: Close Friend
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 Mikel Calahorra Barrutia
28, Male
Bilbao, Basque Country
Spain
Friends since September 2007
"We met at Lyon during our ERASMUS program"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
20 |
 Radka Peterova
27, Female
Prague, Prague
Czech Republic
Friends since October 2006
"With Ganix I have spent couple of nights in the Benelux's fridge."
Friendship Type: Friend
8 |
 Triin Pokk
27, Female
Tallinn, Harju county
Estonia
Friends since March 2008
"he stayd here for 2 nights with Juan"
Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
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 Ida and Emilie
25, Several people
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark
Denmark
Friends since August 2007
"stayed in his flat"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
 5 |
 Arianna Cocucci
24, Female
New York, New York
United States
Friends since August 2007
"I met Ganix in San Sebastian during the semana grande"
Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
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 LaasmaM
28, Female
Riga, Riga
Latvia
Friends since March 2008
"Hosted his and his friend"
Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
1 |
 Sara Pelizza
32, Female
Noto, Sicily
Italy
Friends since July 2006
"Ganix and Maria surfed my couch for one night!"
Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
1 |
 Annelies Philips
29, Female
Merchtem, Flemish-Brabant
Belgium
Friends since August 2007
"couchsurfing"
Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
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Personal DescriptionVery open-minded, easy-going... and I don't like personal descriptions :-) You can read what other people said about me or, even better, meet me and discover for yourself! Concerning education, I'm a Telecommunication Engineer, Master of Engineering degree, European Master in Business Administration (EMBA) and Master in Information Security. I am also a musician (specialization in piano) and a Yacht Captain (motor and sail). You can check my site here: http://ganix.info
How I Participate in CSNationalities I hosted so far:
Americans, Australians, Austrians, Brazilians, Belgians, Canadians, Czechs, Danish, English, Estonians, French, Germans, Italians, Japanese, Mexicans, Filipinos, Polish, Spanish, Swiss, Venezuelans... I might be missing some. Anyway, I'm willing to increase that list!!CouchSurfing ExperienceCountries I surfed in (either couchsurfing or hospitalityclub):
Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Slovenia, Switzerland, United Kingdom...
Check section "Locations traveled" below for the rest of countries I've been to.Interests- Listening to, playing and composing music.
- Traveling, knowing people, cultures, languages, countries, customs...
- Nature, adventure, sailing, 4x4 trips, sports (all kind, such as skiing, snowboarding, backpacking or trekking, climbing, taekwondo, hapkido and other martial arts, swimming, tennis, volleyball, ATV All Terrain Vehicles, billiards... mind sports too, I love chess!)
- Science, maths, high technology, electronics, computers, information security, cryptography, open source, gnu/linux, ...
- Watching movies and series, specially in English or French.
- Many more :)Philosophy- My mind is that of a scientist and my soul is that of a bohemian.
- As atheist, I disdain all religions as I consider them all sects. In Science I trust.
- Enjoy life as much as you can, for it is short. Carpe diem!
- We should all take care of our environment.
- Here are some quotes I like:
"Life is not the amount of breaths you take, it's the moments that take your breath away."
"The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear."
"Don't learn to hack. Hack to learn!"
"If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants" (Isaac Newton)
"You take the blue pill and become a proprietary partner, or you take the red pill and embrace the open source."Music, Movies, Books-MUSIC (listen to, play and compose): funk, soul, jazz, bossanova, blues, reggae, samba, latin, ethnic, electronic, chillout, ambient, dub, house, drum & bass... and many more. I specially love improvising.
-MOVIES: sci-fi, action, comedy, drama, deep ones...
-BOOK: Network Security, Private Communication in a Public World, by Charlie Kaufman, Radia Perlman and Mike Speciner.Types of People I enjoyOpen-minded, honest, humble, intelligent, kind, helpful, interested in new experiences... Otherwise, anyone in general!One Amazing Thing I've Seen or Done- Rescuing 5 people at sea, 3 Red Cross members among them, who were supposed to rescue the other 2 people!
- Paragliding from Izaña (2330m) in the Orotava Valley (Tenerife, Canary Islands).
- Swimming in the red sea with a wild dolphin fed by the locals.
- Riding ATVs (quads) in Sharm-el-Sheikh (Egypt), Costa Rica and Bali.
- Forest hiking and eating living termites in Costa Rica!
- Climbing the Col du Tourmalet by bike when I was 14.
- Visiting all the countries I've been in, each of which had something special.
 Locations TraveledTRAVELED: Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland (Republic of), Italy, Jamaica, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United States, Vatican, Vietnam
LIVED: Belgium, England, France, Spain
WANTS TO GO: Albania, Antarctica, Argentina, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Ecuador, Greenland, India, Japan, Macedonia-FYROM, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Montenegro, Nepal, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Serbia, South Africa, United States, Venezuela
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 From Mithra Gothenburg, Sweden
Jun 13, 2008 I hosted Ganix and his friends for one night. We didnt had enough time to get to know each other and my bf went really sick that night. See you in San Sebastian next time!
From Ion Abancens Madrid, Spain
Jun 2, 2008  Positive He´s a very outgoing person and loves travelling, so we are on the same wavelength.
From Triin Pokk Tallinn, Estonia
Apr 15, 2008  Positive He and his friend Juan are so shy. But nice and polite:)
We where going to the most known discotheque in Tallinn and makin party until 6 in the morning.
From LaasmaM Riga, Latvia
Apr 4, 2008 Positive I hosted Ganix and his friend for one night. We didnt spend much time together, but I liked having dinner and walk together. They both were very nice surfers and left good impression. I hope to meet them some other time again :)
From TESS21 Brussels, Belgium
Nov 22, 2007  Positive Lots of things to say about Ganix but most importantly, he's just the nicest guy ever, open-minded, easy-going, humble, smart and we had an amazing time during his stay in Lyon!
And he laughs at my dumb jokes, how could i not like him.. ;-)
Too bad he could stay only for a semester :(
Lyon ya te echa de menos!
From Mikel Calahorra Barrutia Bilbao, Spain
Nov 21, 2007 Positive He is an open minded guy, easy going, funny, different who likes to travel a lot and new experiences!!!!
I traveled with him last year and we really enjoy it and had a nice time.
From Ida and Emilie Copenhagen, Denmark
Aug 18, 2007 Positive Ganix is extremely friendly and kind.
We had an amazing time in San Sebastian. We sailed in a kanoo into France with him and his friends, saw the most beautiful fireworks and shared a nice dish of Paella ;) Ganix is very intelligent, artistic and down to earth.. and yet.. he REALLY knows how to party :D He was a master in danish drinking-games, so watch out if he tries to teach you some ;)
THANK YOU SO MUCH for hosting us, it was really fantastic!!
From Annelies Philips Merchtem, Belgium
Aug 14, 2007 Positive Ganix is such a sweet and friendly person! He waited an hour for me at the station: he is realllly patient!
He hosted me his big house for my own, showed me the city, helped me to visit the city and learned me a lot about San Sebastian and.. the Bask people!
You definitely have to meet this person!
 From Jana Gruden Nesovska Ljubljana, Slovenia
Aug 1, 2006 Positive i met ganix and his friend maria for the 1st time at the railway station in ljubljana where i picked them up...afterwards we walked a bit around the city&talked on different topics...because our next days schedule was quite tight...we only saw each other for a short time...but no matter the short time we spent together i can definitely say that ganix is a very nice person...thankful for everything&modest (they even didn't want to drink a cup of tea with me;)...curious in other cultures and languages...always ready to share a smile (all written goes to maria too of course)...both of them are also very descreet guests (after all they slept in my friend room, cus mine was full)...what to say more...ganix& maria wish you really all the best on the way on interrail zone G...we definitely have to meet again to continue where we stopped...i will have in mind your invitation to come to san sebastian (ps: i checked pix....and it is amazing place)...be ready;)...all the best....
From Sara Pelizza Noto, Italy
Jul 29, 2006 Positive Ganix and his friend Maria stayed with me for one night.They're both really great, they took me out to dinner and we had a very big pizza and enjoyed talking a lot... now I know everything about Basque countries! It was a pity they could stay just one night!
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