Currently traveling until 09/2022! :D

I'm a friendly, sociable and endlessly curious guy with wide-ranging interests. I enjoy meeting people, experiencing new cultures & discovering new places.

My background is IT/Engineering but now I work in finance. I still really enjoy coding things up though ;-)

I live in London, happy to meet new people here. Before that, I lived in Amsterdam. I enjoy culture and the arts and I really take advantage of diversity of things on offer here. I'm always in for a good party (but I can be picky in terms of music). I'm sportive, but not a sports follower. But above all, I love to travel. Especially to places not overflown with tourism yet. When I visit a new place I'm equally interested in seeing all the sights as getting to know the local people, culture and customs.

My philosophy: You can only really start to understand the world by your own independent exploration.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Over the last 10 years, Couchsurfing has brought me many great experiences with people as amazing as they were diverse. I was hosted by people in all kinds of settings, met with others for music performances and festivals, city tours or just a drink and a nice conversation. In Amsterdam I was able to host several people and met up with many others. But the best part are the few long lasting friendships I've made with people all over the world.

So far I've couchsurfed in 30 countries: Algeria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Canada, Chad, Denmark, France, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Ivory Coast, Kazakhstan, Mauritania, Moldova, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somaliland, South Korea, Sweden, Tajikistan, Togo, Tunisia, United States of America, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

Please note: Couchsurfing is not a dating platform!

Interests

Music, performance arts (opera, ballet, dance, theatre), traveling, science, technology, news (I wouldn't say I'm a news junkie, however I really like to be on top of things), politics (I'm a social liberal), nature, cuisine/wine (I love trying local specialities), architecture, art, sports (doing, not watching), foreign culture, and much more!

• arts
• culture
• performing arts
• architecture
• festivals
• dancing
• ballet dancing
• wine
• partying
• drinking
• politics
• technology
• news
• traveling
• music
• opera
• sports
• business
• engineering
• science
• tourism
• tours

Music, Movies, and Books

I've a broad but distinct taste in music. The largest share consists of abstract/experimental electronic (listening) music. The second biggest share consists of (mostly) 20th and 21st century classical music. Apart from that I also listen to quite a bit to jazz, post-rock, etc...

A few artists: Amon Tobin, Alva Noto, Anders Ilar, Aphex Twin, Arvo Part, Autechre, B.Fleischmann, Biosphere, Bitcrush, Bjork, The Black Dog, Boards of Canada, Bola, Burial, Chris Clark, Deadbeat, Daedelus, Fennesz, Flying Lotus, The Future Sound of London, Isolee, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Jan Jelinek, Jega, Johann Johannson, John Tejada, The Knife, Kode9, Kraftwerk, Laurent Garnier, Lawrence, Leila, Loess, Losoul, Luke Vibert, Matmos, Miniman, Mira Calix, Monolake, Mum, Nathan Fake, The Orb, Pan Sonic, Philip Glass, Plaid, Prefuse 73, Proem, Ricardo Villalobos, Shpongle, Squarepusher, Stephen Beaupre, Subtractive Lad, Sun Electric, Superpitcher, Tim Hecker, Thomas Fehlmann, Trentemoller, Vladislav Delay, u-Ziq, Younger Brother, etc..!

Composers (f.ex): Arvo Part, Claude Vivier, Dmitri Shostakovich, Erik Satie, Gustav Mahler, Benjamin Britten, Alfred Schnittke, Edgard Varese, Bela Bartok, Gyorgy Ligeti, Iannis Xenakis, Igor Stravinsky, Luigi Nono, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Pierre Boulez, Max Richter, Olivier Messiaen, Philip Glass, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Simeon Ten Holt, Steve Reich, Terry Riley, etc..

I really enjoy quality cinema, mostly independent productions and world cinema. I also regularly attend small scale cinema/documentary festivals in Amsterdam.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

A few amazing experiences:

Seen a wild leopard upclose at 2 meters distance in South Africa!
Not seeing a single tourist in Pakistan for upto 12 days.
Tracking tiger footsteps in the Sundarbans in Bangladesh.
Urban exploring Charleroi in Belgium, what is claimed to be the ugliest city of Belgium ;-)

Countries I’ve Visited

Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bulgaria, Cabo Verde, Canada, Chad, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, French Guiana, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State, Western Sahara

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Netherlands, United Kingdom

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