[Fully vaccinated]

I want to experience the world by hitchhiking, wildcamping, on my tiny moped and where possible couchsurfing. Other than this I work as a tourleader for Lupine Travel. When I am not abroad i spend my time relaxing in my apartment together with my fiancee (Ellen) and our cats (Lex and Lola).

It may be that I will not respond in time as I could be travelling myself.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I am hoping to help out some interesting/friendly travelers that enjoy hanging out with a fellow traveler, thus giving something back to the Couchsurfing comunity and helping one out.

Interests

• motorcycles
• skateboarding
• adventure
• boardgames
• post-punk
• tourguide
• tourism and travel

Music, Movies, and Books

I love reading travel stories from early expeditioners and those on on the regions that I visit. Those books inspired me to do what I do. Further more I have a diverse liking of music (mostly post-Punk, 80's stuff) but as I'm travelling my music with all kinds of genres keep me sane and happy.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Drive a cheap Chinese motorbike from Ghana to Mali to see Djenne's mosque
- Went through a coming-of-age (voodoo) ritual in northern-Benin with the Betamaribe tribe.
- Traversed through the jungles of the Guianas with my machete and hammock.
- Traveled by all means to the Pico Cão Grande on the remote island of Sao Tome in the Gulf of Guinea.
- Hitchhiked from Iran tot the Caucasus, and from Istanbul to Israel.
- Hitchhiked through Northern Iraq and climbed (and camped on) Mt. Halgurd, 3607m.
- Riding the Irone Ore Train through the remote desert of Mauritania.
- Get Teargassed on the streets of Khartoum after the coup in Sudan
- Lead a tour to Chad
- Visited the Mundari and Dinka tribes in South-Sudan
- Travelled from Lebanon to Syria to visit Palmyra, Aleppo and Damascus.
- Flew to Brazil and travelled overland to Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina afterwards.
- Lead a 2-week tour from Lahore through North and South Pakistan to Islamabad.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Dinner, our cats Lex and Lola, and a beautiful view of Breda's church.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, England, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, French Guiana, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Guyana, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mali, Mauritania, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovenia, Somalia, South Sudan, Spain, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Western Sahara

Countries I’ve Lived In

Croatia, Ghana, Netherlands