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Overview

  • 79 references 19 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English, German; learning Spanish
  • 47, Male
  • Member since 2012
  • Goldsmith, Designer, Salesman
  • Goldsmith.
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About Me

* CURRENT MISSION:
Creating and living the dream!
Finding out where to live, even when I know mother earth is my home.

* ABOUT ME:
Welcome to my profile.

I'm a goldsmith designer of jewelry, chess sets and furniture of all kinds of materials.
I develop myself into an artist with the years and having fun in life, the most important thing to do!

I was born in Bucaramanga Colombia. Moved on to Guadalajara Mexico, where my loving father had found a new job at Unesco. America became our vacation country together with Austria Tirol where they built their 2nd house when living in Colombia. After leaving Mexico we settled for a few years in Tirol. Travelling around Europe on vacation and eventually moved on to The Netherlands.

Traveling has and still is my passion in life. Love visiting new countries and getting to know the Locals, making new friends.

Couchsurfing is a great way to travel the world and meet up with the locals, I must say.
I met a lot of cool and crazy world citizens this way. Love inviting people to visit Nijmegen, the oldest city of The Netherlands 2000 years history.

I organized lot's of events for the couchsurfing community in Nijmegen and most known as the BBQ organizer. Belong to the admin of the Cs. Facebook Nijmegen.

Everybody is welcome to visit or travel with me and have a great time on this majestic planet we live on.
You are always welcome to contact me.

Cheers, MotleyDavid.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

* HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING:
Organizing events and connecting people together this way.

* COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
My first couch was with the Dinsdale family in Bakersfield, California Bakersfield, great experience just as it should be ;)
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2018 with Rusty Amoroso, a great guy, from Santa Monica California. I'll be back ;)

* PHILOSOPHY:
We do what we have to do in order to do what we want to do.

Interests

Since I was 3 years old I have been Skiing in Tirol Austria and climbing the mountains there. Love sailing boats, when I was young we traveled from Mexico to Europe with the boat. I was always swimming in lakes and the seas. Was raised with music *my first love in life*. We always traveled half the world. Started parting when I was 16. Just love making Art. Love making BBQ's and Cooking for people. Making cool photography is a challenge. Architecture and design is cool. Always love Meeting new People.

  • arts
  • architecture
  • photography
  • music festivals
  • cooking
  • bbq
  • wine tasting
  • partying
  • traveling
  • darts
  • camping
  • sailing
  • skiing
  • adventure travel
  • mountain climbing
  • bicycle touring
  • meeting new people
  • watching films
  • classic cars
  • jewelry making
  • motorbikes
  • playing chess
  • sleeping under the stars
  • drinking beer
  • stones

Music, Movies, and Books

* Music:
First aid kit, Dido, Kate Ryan, Anouk, Ayreon, Doe Maar, Duffy, Golden Earring, Ratt, KISS, Moby, Motley Crue, Ozzy Osbourne, Pink Floyd, Replay, Robbie Williams, Supertramp, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Van Halen, Dire Straits, Led Zeppelin, Def Leppard, Meat Loaf, ............

* Books:
21 Lessons for the 21st Century / Casa Yucatan, Desert Style / Mexican Architects Space / light and color.

* Films:
Breaking Bad, Django, a Million ways do Die in the West, Forrest Gump, O brother were are thou, Ocean's Eleven, Once upon a time in the west, Rango, Pulp Fiction, Scarface, The Meaning of Life. and many more films :)

* Games:
Feudal, Risk, Chess, Darts

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Traveling and meeting very nice cool & crazy world citizens.
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Skiing in Tirol Austria.
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Swimming in the sea off Can Cún Mexico.
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Loved my road trip through:
California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona.
23 days in San Francisco then started on California State Route 1 - San Simeon - Tehachapi - Las Vegas - Hoover Dam - Zion national park - Page - Monument Valley - Flagstaff - Grand Canyon - Barstow - Bakersfield and back to San Francisco. 4025km
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Visiting Russia, Saint Petersburg and Moscow was very cool.

Teach, Learn, Share

I like teaching, love learning and sharing.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Give a city tour of 2000 years Nijmegen. Showing the better pubs in Nijmegen, drink some special beer brewed in Nijmegen and encounter with the great locals.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Colombia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Colombia, Mexico, Netherlands

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