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Ana Isabel VILLACRES 34, Female Guayaquil, Guayas Ecuador Friends since June 2009 "Vienna called us ;) and then... some spanish cities also :P cities calls! love it! alo! Tom? :*" Friendship Type: Best Friend I vouched for Tom Asten 2016
CouchSurfing Media 110, Several people Amundsen-Scott Station, Antarctica Antarctica Friends since July 2009 "CS PR and Media Team" Friendship Type: Best Friend 30+30+30+
Tina Liebmann 30, Female Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany Friends since September 2007 "tried to hit on me via studiVZ - turned out to be a very good friend ;)" Friendship Type: Close Friend 11
Maike Bittermann 26, Female Berlin, Berlin Germany Friends since June 2008 "He has been my first couch surfing host. And approved my belief in it being an incredibly good thing that sth. like couchsurfing exists!! :-)" Friendship Type: Best Friend I vouched for Tom Asten 851
Janine Brochhagen 31, Female Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany Friends since July 1992 "We know each other endless years, I think since we were young teenagers." Friendship Type: Best Friend 30+30+30+
Christina Goebel 27, Female Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany Friends since February 2007 "He´s my best friends brother!" Friendship Type: Best Friend
Juliane Kemen 27, Female Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany Friends since January 2008 "Very nice, open-hearted, interested, interesting, humorous person!!!" Friendship Type: Close Friend I vouched for Tom Asten
Sebastian Eich 31, Male Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany Friends since July 1991 "From School." Friendship Type: Good Friend
Maike Klein 29, Female Hamburg, Hamburg Germany Friends since January 1995 "honest, helpful, generous, funny - he definetely belongs to the good" Friendship Type: Good Friend 30+
Patrick Pommé 34, Male Duesseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany Friends since May 2008 "we ran a race together" Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend I vouched for Tom Asten
I love to travel to nearly every place in the world. Most important for me is to see how people are living in the country and to understand their culture and get in touch with people living in the country.
Since February I'm out of work and since April I left my country to travel through Latinamerica. First stop Costa Rica to learn Spanish.
I love to go out with friends or those who want to become one, see different views on a place and I love to talk about almost everything. ;)
For more details we have to meet...
Me encanta a viajar a casi todos los lugares del mundo. Lo mas importante para mi es ver como la gente vive en el país y para comprender su cultura y ponerse en contacto con las personas que viven en el país.
Desde febrero estoy sin trabajo y desde el principio de abril dejé mi país para viajar en Latinoamerica. Primera parada Costa Rica para aprender español.
Me encanta salir con mis amigos o los que quieren serlo, ver diferentes opiniones en un lugar y me encanta hablar sobre todas las cosas. ;)
Para obtener mas detalles, tenemos que encontrarnos...
How I Participate in CS
So far I've surfed during my vacation and hosted in the time in between, but since April I'm not able to host anymore, but I'm going to meet a lot of different people in Latinamerica, while travelling within the next year.
I've prepared meetings in my hometown and reached every newbie in Bonn a hand, so if you are one of them, don't hesitate to send your questions to me, even though I'm not in Bonn anymore I'm still able to answer questions about it.
Besides that I've joined the PR & Media Team of CouchSurfing to support the community in answering questions of journalists.
Hasta ahora he "surfed" durante mis vacaciones y "hosted" mientras, pero desde abril no puedo hospedar, pero voy a conocer a mucha gente diferente en Latinoamerica, mientras viajaba en este año.
He preparado las reuniones en mi ciudad y doy a todos los novatos en Bonn una mano, así que si eres uno de ellos, no dude en enviar sus preguntas a mi, aunque yo no estoy en Bonn siempre puedo para responder preguntas sobre esta.
Además de eso he unido a la equipo de prensa de CouchSurfing para ayudar la comunidad en respuesta a las preguntas de los periodistas.
CouchSurfing Experience
After I received my first two CouchSurfers in June 2007, I used CS a lot during a road trip in the US. It was my first awesome experience with cs and it' going on since then! I surfed so far: (79 Couches / 25 countries)
1. Zach (Austin) 2. Josh (New Orleans) 3. Leanna (Miami) 4. Josh (Orlando) 5. John (Charleston) 6. Mark (Washington DC)
Getting to know to soo many different and interesting people was great!
I've hosted some people coming to visit my lovely hometown Bonn or the close big city Cologne and as well started hosting in my new home Bogota. I have already hosted: (122 Guests / 31 Countries)
At first, I'm nearly interested in everything! It always depends on how people are trying to tell me about it.
Main interests at the moment are travelling and getting to know places and people better, finding new friends in every place.
My hobbies are procycling, running (halfmarathon, baby! ;)), computers and meeting friends.
Al principio, estoy interesado en casi todo! Siempre depende de como la gente trata de decirme.
Mis intereses principales en este momento son viajar y conocer lugares y gente mejor, encontrar nuevos amigos en todo lugar.
Mis pasatiempos son carrera de ciclismo, correr (semimarathon, baby!;)), computadoras y encontrarme con mis amigos.
Philosophy
I haven't been everywhere, but it's on my list. :)
No he estado en todas partes del mundo, pero está en mi lista :)
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."
"La vida es lo que te pasa mientras estás ocupado haciendo otros planes."
Give children roots and wings
Dé raizes y alas a niños
The world is a book and those who don't travel see only one page.
El mundo es un libro y aquellos que no viajan sólo ven una página.
Music, Movies, Books
I love movies!
I'm collecting DVDs, due to that I have seen a lot of movies and always willing to talk about them! :)
Me encantan las películas!
Estoy coleccionando DVDs, debido a que he visto un montón de películas y siempre dispuesto a hablar de ellos! :)
Nearly every kind of music is fine with me, only for German folk music or HipHop I have to drink loads of beer before... ;)
Casi todo tipo de música está bien conmigo, sólo para la música popular alemana o HipHop tengo que tomar unas cervezas antes de ... ;)
Books... I was used to read many books, but since I'm working I have less time for it. The last were Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and Lord of the Rings. At the moment I'm reading 5 people you meet in Heaven, a book the niece in my host family in Costa Rica recommended.
Libros ... Yo estaba acostumbrado a leer muchos libros, pero desde que estaba trabajando tengo menos tiempo para eso. Los últimos fueron Harry Potter y las Reliquias de la Muerte y Lord of the Rings. En este momento estoy leyendo 5 personas que encontrarás en el cielo, un libro de la sobrina de mi familia Tica me recomienda.
Types of People I enjoy
I enjoy every kind of people, especially those who have to tell interesting stories... what is interesting depend definitely on how it is told and what it is about! ;)
Travels are always fine, different views on politics or new ideas about the problems we are facing on earth.
Me gusta todo tipo de personas, especialmente aquellas que tienen que contar historias interesantes ... lo que es interesante sin duda depende de como se dice y qué se trata! ;)
Los sobre viajes son siempre bien, diferentes puntos de vista sobre la política o las nuevas ideas acerca de los problemas que enfrentamos en nuestra tierra.
Teach, Learn, Share
I love to teach people about my personal opinions on politics, history and other daily stuff. ;)
I can teach about my hometown Bonn, Germany, German language and German history. Here in Costa Rica I turned out to be also a good person to practice English with...
Me encanta enseñar a la gente sobre mis opiniones personales de política, historia y muchas otras cosas. ;)
Puedo enseñar sobre mi ciudad Bonn, Alemania, el idioma alemán y la historia alemana. Aquí en Costa Rica que resultó ser también una buena persona para practicar Inglés...
I'd love to learn Salsa and since I'm taking Spanish classes and travel in Latinamerica I want to improve my Spanish also.
Me gustaría aprender salsa. Desde que estoy tomando clases de español y viajar en Latinoamérica quiero mejorar mi español también.
Sharing travel experiences and information about other countries and cultures is always a good thing! :)
Compartir experiencias de viaje e información sobre otros países, lugares y culturas es siempre una buena idea! :)
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tom is really friendly and helpful surfer, he help me out, trying to find a place to live in bogota, always willing to help with others, excellent surfer and we appreciate so much for your help.. so we hope to see you again tom.. take care i highly recommend tom
Tom es una persona muy chevere y dibertido, en estos dias que lo conocí la pasamos muy bacano,creo que tubimos mucho en comun por eso me cayo super bien.
PUES A TOM ME TOCA COLOCARLE UN POSITIVO, YA Q NO EXISTE UN PUNTAJE MAS ALTO ME SUPERENCANTO TENERLO EN MI CASA, ES UN CHICO MUY AMABLE RESPETUOSO ,ORDENADO, CHISTOSO, NOBLE,DESCOMPLICADO, ES UNA NOTA RUMBIAR CON EL,Y HIZO DIVERTIR MUCHO A MIS HIJOS CON SUS JUEGOS...AHHHH ADEMAS COCINA DELICIOSO....
Tom es muy amable!
Nos hemos encontrado algunas veces para practicar mi alemán! Me gusta mucho hablar con él porque su forma de ver la vida me recuerda muchas experiencias bonitas que tuve en Alemania.
Tom es una persona excelente, es muy divertido, alegre y siempre me hace reír mucho, tiene buen sentido del humor, es amigable y muy sociable, si quieres divertirte y estar alegre seguro el te va ayudar mucho…
Desde el primer día que lo conoces te trasmite buena energía, definitivamente es muy chévere conocer gente como Tom… ;P
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I surfed so far: (79 Couches / 25 countries)
I have already hosted: (122 Guests / 31 Countries) 
