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KIWIA

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CS Team Member City Ambassador (Utrecht)
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Netherlands
Utrecht
Utrecht


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General Information
KIWIA is a CS Ambassador living in Utrecht!
KIWIA has been vouched for
VERIFIED MEMBER Identity Checked, Location Verified (3) more info
Couch availableTraveling at the moment
CouchSurf requests replied to100%
member sinceNovember 8th, 2007
profile views4,930
age28
genderMale
membernameKIWIA
occupationTrying to look busy
educationInternational business (Uni)
grew up inBorne
ethnicityTerrestrial
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Languages

  • DutchExpert
  • EnglishExpert
  • SpanishIntermediate
  • GermanIntermediate
  • PolishBeginner

Groups I Belong To

Utrecht 4398:15566
Why: Because I live here now
Europe 1244432:53463
Why: Still so much to explore here
Netherlands CS Organisation 99:2023
Why: Future City Ambassador hopeful, Utrecht
Rotterdam 3730:16101
Active in 15 more groups.

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I live in the wonderfull city of Utrecht, in the centre of the Netherlands.

However, from the summer of 2011 (starting in August) I will be away for a couple of months to travel.
I will first travel in Europe, and when it gets too cold here, I will go to Asia.

If you want to know where I am, find me here:



This means I will not be able to host you during this time. But then again, it means we could meet up somewhere else in stead :)

Friends (189)

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Jeroen Geerdink Jeroen Geerdink
30, Male
Utrecht, Utrecht
Netherlands
Friends since August 1994
"Many many years :)"
Friendship Type: Best Friend
I vouched for KIWIA
Met in person  
Andras Foldvari Andras Foldvari
59, Male
Budapest, Budapest
Hungary
Friends since December 2007
"Iceskating in Budapest"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
I vouched for KIWIA
Met in person  
Francine AartsFrancine Aarts
28, Female
Utrecht, Utrecht
Netherlands
Friends since August 2008
"Twister & talk "
Friendship Type: Good Friend
I vouched for KIWIA
Met in person  
Emre AyranciEmre 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
Met in person  
POORNIMA-MYSOREPOORNIMA-MYSORE
24, Female
Mumbai, Maharashtra
India
Friends since November 2011
"We met when he was traveling in Mumbai"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
Met in person   Hosted3  
Linda PoortLinda Poort
28, Female
Skopje, Skopje Region
Macedonia-FYROM
Friends since December 2007
"Meeting in Utrecht!"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
Met in person   Surfed3  
Maryse Messier 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
Met in person  
Martin FossetMartin Fosset
26, Male
Krakow, Lesser Poland
Poland
Friends since February 2008
"We plays game :)"
Friendship Type: Friend
Met in person  
Emily Gibbons Emily Gibbons
25, Female
South Bruce Peninsula, Ontario
Canada
Friends since February 2008
"We met at CS meetings in Utrecht"
Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
Met in person  
Guillaume RouxGuillaume Roux
33, Male
Nice, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
France
Friends since January 2009
"on new year in Bretagne!"
Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
Met in person   Hosted2  
KIWIA
Kiss and photo by Dieuwke, Utrecht Halloween Party
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Personal Description

Discovering 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 CS

Here 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 Experience

Couchsurfing 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.

Interests

Traveling [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 events

Music, Movies, Books

For 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, Share

For 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!

Locations Traveled

TRAVELED: 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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References (96)

  • 96Positive
  • 0Neutral
  • 0Negative
  • 40From Hosts
  • 14From Surfers
  • 6Traveling
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Aaron Akaishi
From Aaron Akaishi
 Colombo, Sri Lanka
 Jan 11
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 3 days  
Positive

Tim is good good man who laughs a lot and seems open to it all. I enjoyed having him around.

Saptarshi Chakraborty
From Saptarshi Chakraborty
 Chennai, India
 Dec 23, 2011
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 2 days Surfed 1 days  
Positive

It was very nice having him over. Tim is thoughtful and considerate. We work in the same field, so it was interesting knowing his perspective on things related to IT. Looking forward to showing him around Calcutta the next time he is in India.

Chandan Nagaraja 
From Chandan Nagaraja
 Bangalore, India
 Dec 10, 2011
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 2 days  
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..

Santhosh Akshatha
From Santhosh Akshatha
 Mysore, India
 Dec 9, 2011
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 5 days  
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.

Mads Ejsing 
From Mads Ejsing
 Aarhus, Denmark
 Dec 9, 2011
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Traveled 5 days 
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. :-)

MIRIAM MARLO
From MIRIAM MARLO
 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
 Dec 2, 2011
Met in person Friend, Hosted 2 days  
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! :)

POORNIMA-MYSORE
From POORNIMA-MYSORE
 Mumbai, India
 Nov 23, 2011
Met in person Good Friend, Hosted 3 days  
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 :)

Serge Moll
From Serge Moll
 Sion, Switzerland
 Nov 15, 2011
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 4 days  
Positive

Tim is a trustworthy person, very open, with whom I had good relations. If Tim asks for accommodation, you agree not regret.

Ava Zupančič
From Ava Zupančič
 Ljubljana, Slovenia
 Nov 13, 2011
Met in person Friend, Hosted 3 days  
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!)

Francesco Pagano
From Francesco Pagano
 Rome, Italy
 Nov 13, 2011
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 2 days  
Positive

Tim's fellowship has been a plesaure! He's a really kind and funny guy, and always has some interesting story to tell. Thank you for appreciating Novara!


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