CURRENT MISSION

Life should NOT be just a journey to the grave with the intention to arrive safely and in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, a beer in the other, body thouroughly used up and screaming: "WOO HOO! What a ride!"

ABOUT ME

Pretending there was a fixed maximum of fun that you can get out of life - where would it be? I'm trying to find out...

PHILOSOPHY

The biggest mistake in life is being afraid of making one...

Interests

All sorts of sports (especially soccer & beachvolleyball), computers, going out, travelling, photography, writing fun stories about legendary nights out, learning foreign languages, playing board games, coming up with new challenges to make this world a better place on www.jallenges.com/; last but not least: Meet lots and lots of new people.

• animals
• writing
• photography
• chocolate
• beer
• pub crawls
• traveling
• backpacking
• snorkeling
• sports
• soccer
• swimming
• languages
• lakes

Music, Movies, and Books

Books:
Rolf Dobelli - The Art of Thinking Clearly
Tim Ferris - The 4-hour Work-Week
Tucker Max - I hope they serve beer in hell.
Lonely Planet - South America on a shoestring.

Movies:
EuroTrip
American Pie 1, 2 & 3
Lord of the Rings
Lord of the Weed
The Bourne Triology
And best of all: The Shawshank Redemption

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've lived my life. Snorkeling with whale sharks on the Philippines, befriending a wild sea lion on Galapagos, Skinnydipping on Mauritius, Roadtripping in Australia, swimming in ice-cold lakes in Canada, pub crawling in Barcelona, jeep safaris in Southern Africa and backpacking South East Asia certainly all contribute to this...

Currently I work at Thailand's possibly most animal friendly elephant park. Life is alright, yes it is.

Teach, Learn, Share

Currently we're experiencing that unforgettable period of time, to which we soon will refer to as "the good, old times"...

In ten years' time we'll only regret the things we have not done.

Countries I’ve Visited

Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Botswana, Cambodia, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Indonesia, Ireland, Laos, Malaysia, Mauritius, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Réunion, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Cameroon, Ecuador, Egypt, Germany, Namibia, Spain, Tanzania, Thailand