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| Ronald Plak has been vouched for |
| VERIFIED MEMBER Identity Checked, Location Verified (3) more info |
| Couch available | Definitely! |
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| CouchSurf requests replied to | 98% |
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| member since | June 3rd, 2007 |
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| profile views | 1545 |
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| age | 28 |
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| birthday | 8 December Everyone can see this. |
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| gender | Male |
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| membername | RONALDPLAK |
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| occupation | Mechanical engineer |
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| education | Technical University |
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| grew up in | Waarland, Noordholland, The Netherlands |
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Groups I Belong ToCouch Information
Couch Available: Definitely! Preferred Gender: Any Max Surfers Per Night: 5
Shared Sleeping Surface: No Shared Room: YesCouch or air-matress in my room. I got a 22 m2 studentroom close to the centre of Eindhoven. It is just a 12 min walk to the main train/bus station. The main pub area in the centre is a 20 min walk away from my house. I got a small couch and an air mattress available for visitors. If you bring your own air mattresses then more people fit in. During the week I got to work but in the evenings and weekends I am normally free to show you around or have a drink together. Friends (73)
Ramona Steenbreker 28, Female Delft, Zuid-Holland Netherlands Friends since September 2004 "Roommate" Friendship Type: Close Friend
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Bianca Plak 26, Female Antwerp, Antwerp Belgium Friends since April 1983 "It's my brother :-)" Friendship Type: Close Friend
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Wouter van Beerschoten 24, Male Christchurch, Canterbury New Zealand Friends since September 2003 "From studies in Delft" Friendship Type: Good Friend
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Nadya Dich 29, Female Goettingen, Lower Saxony Germany Friends since July 2007 "We met in St Petersburg while Ronald was visiting for a few days" Friendship Type: Friend
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Teresa Benet 29, Female Brussels, Brussels Belgium Friends since February 2008 "Couch surfing in Asia" Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
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ANIQUE 26, Female Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland Netherlands Friends since April 2009 "He's the brother of a friend of mine" Friendship Type: Acquaintance
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Raj Dogra 29, Male Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant Netherlands Friends since January 2009 "In the cs meeting" Friendship Type: Friend
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Matthew Evrard 21, Male Sydney, New South Wales Australia Friends since January 2009 "Couchsurfing in Eidenhoven" Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
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Miriam Ribul 24, Female Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige Italy Friends since October 2008 "I surfed his air mattress on a weekend in Eindhoven :-)" Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
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Benjamin Galton 21, Male Sydney, New South Wales Australia Friends since January 2009 "meet on CS" Friendship Type: Good Friend
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Personal DescriptionTraveling is addictive! In 2008 I have been backpacking for nine months and I traveled over land from Amsterdam to Singapore and explored Rusia, Mongolia, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaisia, Singapore, Indonesia. The best part of the traveling was meeting so many interesting people on my way. Now trying to get used to being home again and dream of new travel plans...
If you want to know more about me, just ask :)How I Participate in CSI met a lot of couchsurfing people during my trip which was a great experience. Now I join couchsurfing meetings to get to know new people and have fun and offer my couch to people travelling around.
I moved to Eindhoven in october 2008 and hosted there the following people:
2008 October 26 : Miriam Ribul
2009 Januari 1-5 : Adrian Briedis-Macovei
2009 Januari 3 : Uta Schulz
2009 Januari 4-7 : Matthew Evrard & Benjamin Galton
2009 Februari 5 : George70
2009 Februari 16-17/23-24: Imke Höhler
2009 March 2-3 : René Rohner
2009 March 4/8 : Duncan Appleby & 2 friends
2009 March 25 : Irwansyah Zuo
2009 March 28 : Anastasia Riabchuk
2009 April 3-4 : Bram Kouwenberg & Justin Rondeboom
2009 April 8-9 : Sofi Nicolescu & Yassen
2009 April 19 : Mike Harloff
2009 April 19 : Renée van Beek
2009 April 28/4 : Paula Gudovatz
2009 May 8 : Sandra & Sarito
2009 June 9 : Ben Moors
2009 July 6-7 : Lauris Plume & Krish Buss
2009 August 19 : Johannes Ramöller & Franziska
2009 August 21 : Shawn James and Joanna Lees
2009 September 4 : Daniella Frederiche
2009 September 4 : Che Verdeduende
2009 Oktober 21 : Silvia Dini Modigliani
2009 Oktober 23-24: Nynke Boelens & Rosalie de Kruyf
2009 Oktober 24 : Bo Chang
2009 November 14 : Christel smits & Eli popova & Galq
2009 November 15 : Violeta Castelo Szekely & 3 friends
2009 December 16-17: Pete Klassen-Landis
2010 Januari 24 : Bei Cheng
2010 Januari 25-27 : Kevin Gualandris
2010 Februari 27 : Corianne
2010 March 9 : Pei-chun Lin & Tzu-Pei Tsai
2010 March 12 : Mark Roskam
...CouchSurfing ExperienceMet a lot of nice couchsurfers while traveling and at the meetings back home. Also been a host for some couchsurfer and hope to keep meeting many more couch surfers.
InterestsIts meeting interesting people and the unexpected things during traveling that made the trip such a great time.
One of the best ways to explore a city is for me to get on a bicicle, ride away and get lost. Even better if I find someone to go with me to share the fun with :)PhilosophyNo place is really better then another, it is the people you meet that make it worth staying or going back to!
Nothing looks better then a smile on somebodys face :)
Life is fun, so enjoy it!Music, Movies, BooksMusic: RedHotChiliPeppers, Goldplay, Leaf, Oasis, The Offspring, Three Doors Down, etc and offcourse live bandsTypes of People I enjoyOpen minded, happy, fun, interesting, relaxed, and so much more things I appreciate in people so I like to meet a lot of different kind of persons.Teach, Learn, ShareMechanical engineering is my profession so I might be able to teach you some technical stuff or I can give you some practical information about backpacking through Russia, China, Asia.One Amazing Thing I've Seen or DoneBackpacking trough Asia for nine months
Static Line Parachute Jumping (8x)
Opinion on the CouchSurfing.org ProjectGreat way of meeting interesting people! Locations TraveledTRAVELED: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, Ukraine, Vietnam LIVED: Netherlands References
From Pei-chun Lin Maastricht, Netherlands Mar 14 Positive He's a great guy and has a lot of thoughts in his mind. I really appreciate his way and attitudes of travel. He also gave us many tips about couch-surfing. Thanks a lot!
From Chaveta40 Eindhoven, Netherlands Mar 3 Positive Ronald is a smart guy, always with a positive vibe. A regular in meetings, something that makes them more enjoyable.
From Agata Bartkowska Eindhoven, Netherlands Feb 19 Positive A truly CS-spirited guys! Always with smile on his face, always willing to share nice stories, give advice on how to celebrate carnival the proper way and what to do on the Queens Day :) Hopefully we will get many more chances to exchange stories!
From BEI CHENG Beijing, China Feb 8 Positive Really a kind man with warm heart.I've been in his room for one night, and he showed me around the city.Many thanks for the website providing such a good opportunity to meet kind Dutch people.
From Kevin Gualandris Rimini, Italy Jan 30 Positive Ronald is great!
He has been really helpful with me and I've had a good time in the three days he hosted me...
He is also a good player of pool but not so lucky :)
From Gisolf The Hague, Netherlands Jan 3 Positive Friendly and very helpful guy! He's funny and always up for a laugh! Would like to meet up again some day!
From Pete Klassen-Landis Windsor, United States Dec 26, 2009 Positive Hey Ronald!
I visited Eindhoven briefly and stayed with Ronald for two nights-he cooked us delicious meals both nights! He also took me on a little bike tour downtown to the longest bar street in europe. Ronald is a great guy and very easy to hang out with. I'll definitely look him up next time I visit Eindhoven!
cheers, pete
From Jonathan Memel Amsterdam, Netherlands Nov 30, 2009 Positive Ronald was informative, smiley and relaxed; everything a Couchsurfing host should be. Although my stay in Eindhoven wa short I enjoyed meeting Ronald and gaining an inight into the snooker/pool club scene.
From Eli Popova Plovdiv, Bulgaria Nov 18, 2009 Positive He is really friendly,curiously guy with good knowledge.He is talkative person!He showed us light night show in Eindhoven.It was great time!Wish you life full of positive surprises!
From Violeta Castelo Székely Madrid, Spain Nov 17, 2009 Positive just got the chance to meet Ronald for an evening in Eindhoven, wish we spent some more time in the "city of blinding lights"... He and Wendy are such a traveler kind I learnt a lot in that short time, also about the true identity of BA from A team :D :D
danke u wel
From Christel Smits Beekbergen, Netherlands Nov 15, 2009 Positive Ronald and Wendy were very friendly. They showed us Eindhoven by night. This was very nice.They went with us to "van Abbemuseum" and to the stadium of PSV.I had nice conversations with Wendy. : ) I learned much about the couchsurfgroupes Eindhoven. Hope your shoulder will heal fast.Thanks for the couchsurfing and the nice conversations
From Silvia Dini Modigliani Rome, Italy Oct 26, 2009 Positive Ronald was so nice! he's a really good cook and a good traveller! I spent a nice time for dinner with him and his friends ^_^ It was a too short time, only one night, but enough to understand that he's a very nice person!
Thanks ;)
From VERDEDUENDE Utrecht, Netherlands Sep 6, 2009 Positive Great (and my first) host! I needed an emergency couch in Eindhoven and he actually made a big effort to help me. We didn't share a lot of time, but my impression is that he is a open-minded and smart guy.
From Maikel Lourenssen Oss, Netherlands Sep 5, 2009 Positive I met Ronald already at several meetings but still forgot to create a friend link to him. Now I didn't forget that and i'm always happy to meetup with him as he is a great guy to hangout with.
See you again.
From *Susanna* Gateshead, United Kingdom Aug 20, 2009 Positive It was a pleasure meeting and hosting Ronald during Loony Toons and talking about life and travels. He is a very interesting person with insightful views of the world, a perfect guest and a pretty good dancer too ;-) - Wish we could have had more time to talk about our travels and compare notes... til next time hopefully :-D
From Johannes Ramöller Offenbach am Main, Germany Aug 20, 2009 Positive My girlfriend and me stayed at his couch for one night. We can really recommend Ronald as a host! We spent time together having a three-courses-dinner and a night walk through the city. Thank you again for hosting us!
From Krišjānis Bušs Jelgava, Latvia Aug 8, 2009 Positive Very nice host, we have much fun together! Thank you, Ronald!
From Despo Galataki Strovolos, Cyprus Jun 15, 2009 Positive I really enjoyed having dinner and dancing with Ronald :) through CS activities in the lovely city of Eindhoven! More to come next month before I leave this city! I will make sure that we meet before that ;)
keep in touch my friend!
From BenPutsPestIntoPesto Sori, Italy Jun 15, 2009 Positive I have to edit this reference, coz I wrote it too briefly!
Ronald and I drank a heap of booze, talked crap for hours, and had a great night, despite the lousy weather. He is a model couchsurfer, so don't hesitate to meet up with him! He cooked some decent dinner, but that was nothing compared to watching his housemate each an enormous bowl of pasta (250gm + sauce!!!). Classy stuff!
Cheers Ronald, and my compliments on your taste in beer!
From Kim Scheffer Eindhoven, Netherlands Jun 14, 2009 Positive I met Ronald at several Eindhoven meetings. He's fun, relaxed, spontaneous, a great dancer and open minded. This time he organised a great food and drink party at his place/roof terrace, which was awesome! Thanks for taking such a good care of all of us!!!
From WILLIAM_JC Breda, Netherlands Jun 14, 2009 Positive I met Ronald at some CS meetings in Eindhoven and travelled with him to the CS Loonytoon event in Newcastle. Ronald is a very friendly, relaxed and open-minded person. He likes to cook and is very active in organizing events in Eindhoven (mostly combining the cooking and meeting part). Ronald shares good travel stories. I'm sure gone meet you again!
From JP1978 Amsterdam, Netherlands Jun 10, 2009 Positive I met Ronald (and his guests) when we were going to the STRP festival together. We had dinner together at my host Philippe's and the next day he hosted us for a really "gezellig" dinner at his place. He's friendly, easygoing, undertaking and down-to-earth. I think he'd be a nice guest and surfing his couch would probably make a nice Dutch experience in a non-touristy city.
From GLOBESKATER Breda, Netherlands May 24, 2009 Positive I met Ronald already at several meetings and he is a great guy to talk with and he loves dancing and going out! Hope to see you soon!
From Chiara Maffucci Eindhoven, Netherlands May 12, 2009 Positive We met through Philippe and we will start going out with other CSs.. he can give a lot of tips about Eindhoven. Real CS spirit!
From Paula Gudovatz Stirling, United Kingdom May 11, 2009 Positive Ronald was one of the top 3 hosts´ I ever had the pleasure to meet.
He is easy going, helpful,caring and a wonderful person. I stayed for a couple of nights at his house and they were awesome.
He was so sweet and even prepared me breakfast. If you have a chance to meet him DO IT he ist a star in the world of Couch Surfing.
Thank you for everything Ronald.
From Mike Harloff Durham, Canada Apr 20, 2009 Positive Ronald was a great host! He picked me up from the station and made me a delicious meal. Would surf his couch or host him anytime/anywhere.
From Renée van Beek Aalsmeer, Netherlands Apr 20, 2009 Positive Great host! Thanks for the breakfast at 6 in the morning!
From IRWANSYAH ZUO Medan, Indonesia Apr 4, 2009 Positive ronald is a very humble person,,I am impress so much with his kindness to pick me up at the station in eindhoven,,Its rainny day ther,,but he can do it,,Its really touch me,, I love his cook,, yes, i feel such as back home,
he makes me feel cofort during my tired trip in europe
Thnakls a lot ronald,
I owe u,,one day,,hope can i fulfill it,,guy
Take care
From Anastasia Riabchuk Kiev, Ukraine Apr 4, 2009 Positive Ronald was a very good host. He met me at the train station, cooked dinner (the chocolate fondue was delicious!) and even showed me around Eindhoven - much more than I could expect! I was at his place only for one night (had a flight the following morning) but I hope I had a chance to meet Ronald better, he seems to be a very nice guy and has many interesting stories to tell from his travels.
From ELISAH Breda, Netherlands Mar 20, 2009 Positive It's about time to update this refence :) I've met Ronald at several meetings so far; the first time we've met at a bowlingmeeting in Eindhoven, later on i've been baking pancakes for him (twice :)) and last weekend we've visited Paris with a nice cs-group. Ronald proved to be a nice travelbuddy, good dancer and.. ah well, it's just fun to hang out with him, i recommend Ronald to surf your couch and/or as host, it won't disappoint you :)
From Bo Chang Amsterdam, Netherlands Mar 19, 2009 Positive I just notice I haven't leave a reference here even we have met so many times. Sorry for the late. :P
He is a great guy, almost all my happy big time in Eindhoven are with him involved. He give me many new ideas related with travelling. Looking forward to meet you next time in CS gathering.
From Ellen and Jeroen Eindhoven, Netherlands Mar 19, 2009 Positive Ronald is a nice guy and easygoing!
From Cezary Bloch Eindhoven, Netherlands Mar 5, 2009 Positive Nice guy who has a lot to tell about his Asia trip. Took the initiative to wake up Eindhoven's CS society! Bravo for this guy!
From Hasan Mohammed Eindhoven, Netherlands Feb 16, 2009 Positive I've met Ronald a couple of times now at CS events. He's a easy going, friendly down to earth kinda guy. Organizes a lot of CS events in Eindhoven and is interesting to talk to. Recommended.
From Sandra Van Leeuwen Eindhoven, Netherlands Feb 14, 2009 Positive We've met at a CS meeting organized by him. Ronald is a very open and friendly guy.I had a really nice evening and I'm looking forward to the next one!
From GEORGE70 Brussels, Belgium Feb 13, 2009 Positive Ronald hosted me at his home in Eindhoven the night before I went to London. We went to listen a music concert and he introduced me to several of his friends in Eindhoven. Always welcome for a return visit with some friends Ronald!
From Elaine Liu Shanghai, China Feb 6, 2009 Positive Ron is a chill guy with tons of Eindhoven hospitality. Getting to know his travel experience was super exciting. We went to hangout on my last night of stay in Eindhoven. Trying Dutch cuisine was super fun. We also indulged on various Dutch and Belgium beer. The best part of the night was the live concert, the locals offer such a strong energy it was refreshing. Thanks to Ron I could call my trip to Eindhoven truly a blast. Look forward of my return.
From Imke Höhler Frankfurt am Main, Germany Feb 6, 2009 Positive Ronald is not only a real nice host, no, he even let me live in luxury! Besides that, i had so much fun and such a nice company...Ronald, whenever you need a couch in "duitsland", let me know!
From Philippe Afonso Paris, France Feb 6, 2009 Positive Ronald is my best neighbour. The perfect one!
A good cooker, always ready to move around.
He rescucitated CS-Eindhoven!
From Giovanni Ottavio Lo Brutto Cecina, Italy Feb 2, 2009 Positive Ronald is fine! Although there was a problem and we couldn't meet in Eindhoven he really tried to help me and my friend giving us many advices on our staying in Netherland. Thanx Ronald and sorry for the misundarstanding! You can come to my place whenever you want! :-)
From Myriam Leforestier Eindhoven, Netherlands Jan 29, 2009 Positive I met Ronald the other day at a party of a friend we have in common (just by accident bumped into your page on CS hehe), didn't have much time to talk but.. we will at the next party !!
From Benjamin Galton Sydney, Australia Jan 22, 2009 Positive ronald is a champ, he brought the light out of eindenhoven (which he says: eindenhoven isnt a CS hot spot). we had a wild night in the bar street and he cooks like a god. the cs experience with ronald will be hard to top.
From Wouter van Beerschoten Christchurch, New Zealand Jan 17, 2009 Positive I've known Ronald now for over 5 years. Nice guy, he traveled a lot, all the way to and through Asia by train. I just saw pictures of his new room in Eindhoven, it looks really nice, so definitely a good place to stay.
From Matthew Evrard Sydney, Australia Jan 11, 2009 Positive Ronald is a very nice guy,
Our time in Eidenhoven would not have been the same had it not been for him. We truley made a friend in Ronald, My door in Aus is always open to you.
Cheers Mate
From Adrian Briedis-Macovei Riga, Latvia Jan 7, 2009 Positive He is very great host and interesting person to chat with. Somewhat I think that we'll meet again someday ;) until then, have fun!
From Uta Schulz Schwielowsee, Germany Jan 4, 2009 Positive Its good for Eindhoven, that Ronald moved there, seen that he is really active and immediatly set up an event that all of us enjoyed. Interesting to listen to his Russia experiences and very useful, if you wanne go there yourself.
From Gijs Overvliet Helmond, Netherlands Jan 4, 2009 Positive Ronald is crazy! :P
But more seriously, he's a really nice guy. He's fun to hang out with, and he's always helping out where he can. And he likes pancakes!
From Miriam Ribul Bolzano, Italy Oct 27, 2008 Positive Ronald was a great host! I had a great weekend with him in Eindhoven. It was so cool going out with him and the best was to have a nice brakfast in the morning! He is a very caring person, I recommend to meet him if you travel by Eindhoven!
From Maja and Alex Garcia Godàs Manresa, Spain Apr 27, 2008 Positive This guy show me a magnificus class of bargeling (i don't know how to spel it). Hipes of fun with him.
From Cillian Mc Colgan Sydney, Australia Sep 18, 2007 Positive I have travelled with this crazy duch bastard for over a month. What a guy he is. He even keeps my train tickets in his pocket for me so i dont lose them. In many ways he has been a surrogate father to me this past while. Thank you Ronald, i might be dead without you.
From WEWA Gdansk, Poland Aug 9, 2007 Positive We ve spent some time walking toegether in Spb and Moscow. |