| KIWIA is a CS Ambassador living in Utrecht! |
| KIWIA has been vouched for |
| VERIFIED MEMBER Identity Checked, Location Verified (3) more info |
| Couch available | Maybe |
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| CouchSurf requests replied to | 100% |
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| member since | November 8th, 2007 |
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| profile views | 5,021 |
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| age | 29 |
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| gender | Male |
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| membername | KIWIA |
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| occupation | Trying to look busy |
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| education | International business (Uni) |
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| grew up in | Borne |
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| ethnicity | Terrestrial |
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Languages- DutchExpert
- EnglishExpert
- SpanishIntermediate
- GermanIntermediate
- PolishBeginner
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: 1
Shared Sleeping Surface: No
Shared Room: DependsI live in the wonderfull city of Utrecht, in the centre of the Netherlands.
I am around for now, but don't really have my own space. If you are in dire need of a couch, let me know and we'll see what we can arrange
If you want to know where I was the last couple of months, find me here:
Friends (188)
 Jeroen Geerdink
30, Male
Utrecht, Utrecht
Netherlands
Friends since August 1994
"Many many years :)"
Friendship Type: Best Friend
I vouched for KIWIA
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 Andras Foldvari
59, Male
Budapest, Budapest
Hungary
Friends since December 2007
"Iceskating in Budapest"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
I vouched for KIWIA
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 Francine Aarts
29, Female
Utrecht, Utrecht
Netherlands
Friends since August 2008
"Twister & talk "
Friendship Type: Good Friend
I vouched for KIWIA
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 Emre Ayranci
30, Male
Irvine, California
United States
Friends since May 2007
"met through my flatmate and hang out in Utrecht"
Friendship Type: Close Friend
I vouched for KIWIA
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 POORNIMA-MYSORE
24, Female
Mumbai, Maharashtra
India
Friends since November 2011
"We met when he was traveling in Mumbai"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
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 Linda Poort
28, Female
Skopje, Skopje Region
Macedonia-FYROM
Friends since December 2007
"Meeting in Utrecht!"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
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 Maryse Messier
27, Female
Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge, Quebec
Canada
Friends since January 2008
"we spent some time together in Valencia"
Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
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 Martin Fosset
26, Male
Krakow, Lesser Poland
Poland
Friends since February 2008
"We plays game :)"
Friendship Type: Friend
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 Emily Gibbons
25, Female
South Bruce Peninsula, Ontario
Canada
Friends since February 2008
"We met at CS meetings in Utrecht"
Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
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 Guillaume Roux
33, Male
Nice, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
France
Friends since January 2009
"on new year in Bretagne!"
Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
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Personal DescriptionDiscovering cultures as well as countries, that is my passion. I like to think that I am an open and friendly person with whom one can have a good conversation and a laugh.
The world is full with friendly people with interesting stories to tell and experiences to share, and I want to try to meet as many of them as possible.How I Participate in CSHere you can find the links to the Photos I made during a few of the recent
CS Utrecht Events
The couchsurf community in Utrecht is a really active group, with many people regularly going to great and creative meetings, as well as many travelers who come and see what Utrecht has to offer. I try to come up with good plans for new meetings, I usually go to the monthly meetings, I show new people around, and I try to be the photographer on big CS events in Utrecht.
CouchSurfing ExperienceCouchsurfing has been an important part of my life for the last couple of years. I met quite a few friends through it, and had some really great guests staying with me in Utrecht. And I had the opportunity to visit a lot of great hosts in places like Kiev, Buenos Aires, Berlin and Amersfoort.
InterestsTraveling [no, really?]
Photography [travel photography, old and broken things, and occasionally people]
Spanish [studying this beautiful language for two years now]
+ Making Shortmovies + Scouting + Reading + Organizing and participating in CS eventsMusic, Movies, BooksFor books, this changes with what I'm reading, usually a healthy mix between fantasy novels, serious non fiction and thrillers. I really like Tarry Pratchett.
For films, I'm most interested in the off-mainstream movies.
For music, I like a lot, but mostly in the ska-punk-rock direction.Teach, Learn, ShareFor anyone interested, I could explain a thing or two about photography and teach a few basics in Spanish.
The list of things I would like to learn is much longer. I am studying Spanish, so anyone who can teach me something more about that would make me happy.
In the slightly unlikely and far away event of me finally mastering Spanish, I'd also like to learn more languages (Russian, Japanese, French, Portuguese), because speaking new languages opens so many doors.
And if they ever invent a medicine to improve my seriously problematic musicality, I would like to learn to play the piano some day. I am currently trying to play the harmonica!One Amazing Thing I've Seen or DoneSeeing the temples of Tikal in Guatemala stick out of the rainforest.
Climbing down a waterfall in Vietnam, hundreds of liters of water pounding down on my helmet
Seeing a giant lizard walking across the path in Sri LankaLocations TraveledTRAVELED: Albania, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, Israel, Luxembourg, Mexico, Moldova, Paraguay, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, United States
LIVED: Mexico, Netherlands, Poland
WANTS TO GO: Chile, Peru
IS GOING TO: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania
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When viewing this summary, don't jump to conclusions! Things that are negative for one person may be positive for another, and vice versa. It's important to read references carefully and evaluate what that information means to you. References (97)97Positive 0Neutral 0Negative
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 From Steven Truong Da Lat, Vietnam
Feb 15 Positive Tim is a very nice man. We went out to eat, drink some beer and have a very interesting talk. Enjoy your trip @VN (esp. Hoi An :)
Steve.
 From Aaron Akaishi Colombo, Sri Lanka
Jan 11  Positive Tim is good good man who laughs a lot and seems open to it all. I enjoyed having him around.
 From Chandan Nagaraja Bangalore, India
Dec 10, 2011 Positive it was pleasant hosting Tim.. in spite of it being a weekday we managed to get some decent interaction going... cheers for your travels, dude..
 From Santhosh Akshatha Mysore, India
Dec 9, 2011 Positive Almost 8 CS's staying at our place at the same time and their friends visiting; Dec 2011 the most wonderful CS experience. It was like having my closest buddies.
I am so glad that you were part of it. You have been so active on CS and done so much, would love to do the same here. You are my inspiration.
 From Mads Ejsing Aarhus, Denmark
Dec 9, 2011  Positive I couchsurfed with Tim for five days - much more than we had both anticipated initially - at a fellow CS'ers house in the Indian city Mysore and we had a really great time.
The first day we had the opportunity to explore the city together, before new CS'ers joined us in the evening. Tim was - and is altogether - great company. He is very outgoing and easy to be around and has had a lot of experiences with CSing, so being a newbie myself I just tried to absorb as much knowledge as possible. ;)
I Can definitely recommend spending time with this guy.
Best of luck with you current travels in Asia, Tim. :-)
 From MIRIAM MARLO Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Dec 2, 2011  Positive It was actually nice time together! We had great weekend in the small Luxembourg, while he was here we did the "welcome dinner" for my flatmates, we started 5 people, then we invites some friends and finally we were around 30 people sharing the food. Tim matched very well with everyone around! We just have awesome time! :)
From POORNIMA-MYSORE Mumbai, India
Nov 23, 2011  Positive Tim was an absolute delight to be with! We walked around forests and at the sea-side, talked endlessly, gorged on yummy food (he was adventurous enough to try street food here!), went to historical caves, and all in all had a gala time :) Would definitely want to meet again :)
 From Serge Moll Sion, Switzerland
Nov 15, 2011 Positive Tim is a trustworthy person, very open, with whom I had good relations. If Tim asks for accommodation, you agree not regret.
 From Ava Zupančič Ljubljana, Slovenia
Nov 13, 2011 Positive Hosting Tim simply made my weekend. We could talk and talk, from serious stuff to crazy jokes and never run out of topics. Although we had different views on what sauerkraut is ;) we had a great time and in a few days he became more than just a couchsurfing friend to me. You should host him! (he might buy you some delicious cheese!)
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Utrecht
Europe
Rotterdam
