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Tom Asten

Current Mission: To become happy in Colombia

Personal Designations

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CS Team Member Traveling Ambassador
Pioneer
Colombia
Distrito Capital
Bogota


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General Information
Tom Asten is a Traveling CS Ambassador!
Tom Asten has been vouched for
VERIFIED MEMBER Identity Checked, Location Verified (3) more info
Couch availableCoffee or a drink
CouchSurf requests replied to100%
member sinceMay 3rd, 2007
profile views15,693
age31
birthday 6 August
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genderMale
membernameSEAXX
occupationSystems Engineer
educationWell educated during my travels and maybe some sort of school
grew up inBonn, Germany
ethnicityhuman
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Languages

  • German (Germany)Expert
  • EnglishExpert
  • FrenchBeginner
  • SpanishIntermediate
  • German (Austria)Intermediate

Groups I Belong To

SPANISH LEARNERS 3603:2995
Why: Trying to learn...
Deutsch in Bogotá / Alemán en Bogota 98:116
Why: Soy aleman y viviendo en Bogota
CS Bogota Classifieds 1260:5967
Why: Voy a buscar un apartemento en Bogota muy pronto
LinkedIn - CS 35:10
Why: Need some more international business contacts
Active in 88 more groups.

Couch Information


Couch Available: Coffee or a drink
Preferred Gender: Any

I just got more or less settled in Bogota, Colombia. I'm still looking for work to get a permanent residential status.

I've done quite some tourist stuff here, so feel free to contact me.

Estoy mas o menos llegando a Bogota, ya desde hace unos meses tengo mi apartamento, pero todavia no la oportunidad para hospedar.

Si quieres encontrarte a un cafe o una(s) cervezas, puedas contactarme.


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Friends (495)

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Ana Isabel VILLACRESAna 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
Met in person   Hosted20   Traveled16  
CouchSurfing MediaCouchSurfing Media
110, Several people
Amundsen-Scott Station, Antarctica
Antarctica
Friends since July 2009
"CS PR and Media Team"
Friendship Type: Best Friend
Met in person   Hosted30+   Surfed30+   Traveled30+  
Tina LiebmannTina 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
Met in person   Hosted1   Surfed1  
Maike BittermannMaike 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
Met in person   Hosted8   Surfed5   Traveled1  
Janine BrochhagenJanine 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
Met in person   Hosted30+   Surfed30+   Traveled30+  
Christina GoebelChristina Goebel
27, Female
Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Friends since February 2007
"He´s my best friends brother!"
Friendship Type: Best Friend
Met in person  
Juliane KemenJuliane 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
Met in person  
Sebastian EichSebastian Eich
31, Male
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Friends since July 1991
"From School."
Friendship Type: Good Friend
Met in person  
Maike KleinMaike Klein
29, Female
Hamburg, Hamburg
Germany
Friends since January 1995
"honest, helpful, generous, funny - he definetely belongs to the good"
Friendship Type: Good Friend
Met in person   Traveled30+  
Patrick Pommé 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
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Personal Description

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!
SurfedI 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)

7. Bron (Munich)
8. Yvonne (Hamburg)
9. Paul (Rotterdam)
10. Coni (Bonn)
11. Wil (London)
12. John (London)
13. Luca (Antwerpen)
14. Paige
15. Yvonne (Cologne)
16. Tine (Copenhagen)
17. Gabriela (Uppsala)
18. Heydi (Rovaniemi)
19. Aino (Oulu)
20. Sanni (Vaasa)
21. Minna (Tampere)
22. Tiina (Helsinki)
23. Nelli (Tallinn)
24. Beate (Riga)
25. Maike (Berlin)
26. Birgit & Felix (Vienna)
27. Josh (Berlin)
28. Nina (Stuttgart)
29. Basia (Rotterdam)
30. Ania (Krakow)
31. Andrew (Brugge)
32. Caspar (Berlin)
33. Wim and Agi (Budapest)
34. Shirley (Vienna)
35. Sarah (Vienna)
36. Ana (Madrid)
37. Dean & Vicki (Thunder Bay)
38. Raphaelle (Montreal)
39. Heather (Toronto)
40. Alan (Winnipeg)
41. Greg (Calgary)
42. Bree (Edmonton)
43. Jodie (Fort Saint John)
44. Mia (Madrid)
45. Erik (Madrid)
46. Paul and Lorraine (Rotterdam)
47. Ana (Guayaquil)
48. Katia (Madrid)
49. Shani (Tel-Aviv)
50. Alina (Jerusalem)
51. Ariel & Hagai (Haifa)
52. Lorraine (Amsterdam)
53. Katrin (Bonn)
54. Michael and Halef (Atlanta)
55. Flakita (Herédia)
56. Elsy (Guatemala City)
57. Maria Lu (Antigua)
58. Lainie and Miro (Antigua)
59. Cynthia (San Pedro Sula)
60. Jose (Tegucigalpa)
61. Sergio and Camila (Managua)
62. Sandra (Granada)
63. Priscilla (San José)
64. Mickey and Jennifer (Barranquilla)
65. Tania (Bucaramanga)
66. Marta (Bogotá)
67. Diana (Cali)
68. Kahyda (Machala)
69. Jessenia (Guyaquil)
70. Franco & Camilo (Lima)
71. Paige &Barbara (Santiago de Chile)
72. Chris(Bonn)
73. Jenny (Bogota)
74. Luis (Maracaibo)

75. Naty (San Jose)
76. Sandra (Bogota)
77. Natalia (Villavicencio)
78. Luisa (Medellin)
79. Christoph (Berlin)




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.
Hosted I have already hosted: (122 Guests / 31 Countries)

Hosted in Bonn:
1. Travis & Erik (USA)
2. Bron (Australia)
3. Charlotte & Constance (France)
4. Gina (USA)
5. Juliet (UK) & Nina (Germany)
6. Sotiria (Greece)
7. Annely & Nelli (Estonia)
8. Tina & Wiwo (Austria)
9. Maren (Germany)
10. Melanie (Germany)
11. David (Germany)
12. Thomas & Lore (Belgium)
13. Enrico (Italy)
14. Heydi (Finland) & Wil (Australia)
15. Venera (Bulgaria)
16. Andrea (Germany)
17. Desi & Marcel (Germany)
18. Lia (Germany)
19. Rachel (USA)
20. Edouard (France)
21. Katharina (Italy)
22. Anique & Rossi (Netherlands)
23. Jonathan (Australia) & Jez (UK)
24. Eveline (Netherlands)
25. Dorothea (Germany)
26. Anna Camila (Colombia)
27. Ulf & Max (Germany)
28. Kathrin (Germany)
29. Shannon & Terry (Canada)
30. Sarah (Germany)
31. Caspar (Germany)
32. Annick-Marie (Canada)
33. Raphaelle (Quebec ;))
34. Juliane (Germany)
35. Rianeth (Germany)
35. Coni (Germany)
36. Yvonne (Germany)
37. Maike (Germany)
38. Lesia (Ukraine)
39. Michael (Germany)
40. Manoella (Brazil)
41. Pablo (Spain)
42. Erik (Canada)
43. Doron (Israel)
44. Vera & Judith (Germany)
45. Luka (Croatia)
46. Max (Germany) & Morgane (Netherlands)
47. Annukka (Finland)
48. Sonia (Spain)
49. Katharina (Germany)
50. Anna-Mari (Finland)
51. Joanne (Scotland)
52. Anastasia & Steffi & Katja (Germany)
53. Jessica (USA)
54. Diana & Alexandra (Romania)
55. Nina (Slovenia)
56. Angelica (Colombia) & Patrick (Belgium)
57. Isabelle (Germany)
58. Neill (USA)
59. Eva (Denmark)
60. Anne (Netherlands)
61. Eva (Austria)
63. Claudi (Germany)
64. Nic (Australia) & Kirsty (United Kingdom)
65. Shani (Israel)
66. Belle & Lívia & Linda (Brazil)
67. Steffi (Germany)
68. Ashley & Rachel (Canada)
69. Guiseppe (Germany) & Louie (New Zealand)
70. Meredith (USA)
71. Carlos & Laurent (France)
72. Patrick (Germany)
73. Naomi (Canada) & Joline (UK)
74. Michael (Germany)
75. Antonia (Germany)
76. Miguel (Spain)
77. Trae (Canada)
78. Gundl (Germany)
79. Tanya (Belarus)
80. Emily & Emily & Axana (USA)
81. Kerstin (Austria)
82. Jessica (USA)
83. Elena (Russia)
84. Ludovica (Italy)
85. Ana & Katia (Ecuador)
86. Astrid & Judith (Netherlands)
Hosted in Bogota:
87. Paul (Germany)
88. Quentin (France)
89. Paige (USA)
90. Desiré & Jessica (Germany)
91. Kristin & Svenja (Germany)



Interests

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.

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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! :)

One Amazing Thing I've Seen or Done

Locations Traveled

TRAVELED: Austria, Canada, Cuba, Ecuador, England, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland (Republic of), Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United States
LIVED: Colombia, Costa Rica, Germany, Netherlands
WANTS TO GO: Australia, Brazil, Iceland, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Venezuela


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References (301)

  • 298Positive
  • 3Neutral
  • 0Negative
  • 68From Hosts
  • 85From Surfers
  • 43Traveling
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Richie Richs
From Richie Richs
 Cali, Colombia
 Jan 29
Met in person Friend, Hosted 1 days  
Positive

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

Sandro Gonzalez
From Sandro Gonzalez
 Villavicencio, Colombia
 Nov 19, 2011
Met in person Good Friend,  
Positive

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.

Natalia Tabares
From Natalia Tabares
 Villavicencio, Colombia
 Nov 19, 2011
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Hosted 2 days Surfed 2 days  
Positive

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....

Zulma Francia
From Zulma Francia
 Bogota, Colombia
 Oct 26, 2011
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

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.

Monica Satizabal
From Monica Satizabal
 Bogota, Colombia
 Sep 7, 2011
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Tom es un chico genial, divertido e inteligente con quien puedes hablar de todos los temas. Un buen embajador de CS. Super recomendable ;)

A great ambassador for new CS- members!

Catalina  Ospina Espitia
From Catalina Ospina Espitia
 Zipaquira, Colombia
 Sep 2, 2011
Only met online CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

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Paola Andrea Riaño Sanchez
From Paola Andrea Riaño Sanchez
 Bogota, Colombia
 Aug 29, 2011
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

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

Erika  Castro
From Erika Castro
 Bogota, Colombia
 Aug 17, 2011
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend,  
Positive

Tom is a very nice person, his a friendly guy, we met through a CS friend. :)

Heval Cemal Kumet 
From Heval Cemal Kumet
 Istanbul, Turkey
 Aug 14, 2011
Met in person Friend,  
Positive

we met in gringo tuesdays in bogota, he is very intellegent,i recommend him to everybody.

Nestor Pizarro
From Nestor Pizarro
 Barranquilla, Colombia
 Aug 12, 2011
Met in person CouchSurfing Friend, Surfed 1 days  
Positive

es una persona muy amigable, divertido y super respetuoso!!!


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