Walter Heck

Walter surfed my floor..lol..for 2 days with 3 other surfers..Walter you are a very kind, considerate man and i am happy to have been able to share my home with you. Thanks for always offering to help in the kitchen.

Walter Heck was a great colleague! Too bad he isn't working anymore!

Walter (aka Kenneth) is one of the most thoughtful and considerate people I have ever met. He is eager to lend a helping hand and eager to learn about different cultures. He is a very patient guy which makes him a fantastic travel companion. If you have the chance to meet Walter you should do it.
PS- He's a great driver :-)

Walter, Walter, Walter, what will become of me without you? No more metalhead banging, no more vikings, no more lucid dreams...

Walter is exactly the type of smiling, sleeping, deep and caring giant that you want to have around always. Can't wait to meet up with him again someday.

Hi Walter! He is a very friendly and interesting-open-minded-person. I could see that, with just a night out with some other couchsurfers. Actually, every couchsurfer from my homecity met him before and they had a lot of respect on Walter. He left his backpack in my car and I met him again some days later. Cheers Walter!

Couchsurfer, codemonkey, always saying whats on his mind(oh so Dutch) and metalhead. Hell yeah, from the start I knew I would get along with Walter. See you sooner or later on a kick ass metal concert my hard rocking amigo!

He is this super laid back, care taking, proud and easy going VIKING with a very warm and kind heart. You can rely on him at any time. Be sure to host him, otherwise you will miss out on this beautiful person.

Me and Walter went on a Whale Watch that was out of this world. I stayed at the collective for a week with him and the rest of the cs collectivers

Walter is my favourite viking metal guy over the world! He is one of the most special and simple people you can ever meet.
Friendly, careful, sensitive (but also nuts and extreme headbanger - and I like that!! :D), he is a good friend I figured out in this crazy and strage town! Good luck and all the best!

Walter is a great guy with a laid back attitude that I truly appreciate. He has also a good sense of humor that you don't expect from a heavy metal fan like he is! Keep rolling Walter!

If the afterlife is filled with angels like Walter, what are we waiting for? He's so beautifully laid back, you could sit in the back of a car with him for hours in a state of bliss and never notice the passing of time. Whenever I think of him, he brightens my day.

I consider myself lucky to have met Walter, and I hope our wandering paths cross again. You should definitely take advantage of any opportunity to get to know Walter.

Walter is not only great because he's Dutch,He is sweet,funny,and very willing to help others!
I hope to see him again soon,where are u?

I have met him a couple of times in Belo Horizonte, while he was organizing the Brazilian national meeting with my roomate and stayed over a couple of evenings... We had great conversations, and i wish i'll see you again sometime soon! Anytime if you drop by Montreal!

meeting people like Walter make me proud to be dutch ;) had a great time, hope to meet up again!

Walter, thanks for lettin' me help you along your way to the collective and great meeting you. Sorry I'm not making it up there right away, I hope to see you again though. We need to have round 2 of the Mac vs PC debate. :) Cheers!

I could talk to Walter while he gently walked to the car with me to get a CS t-shirt. Who said metals can't be sweet and gentleman? He is! Even was worried about leave me alone to get a taxi, after a great rock party!

Congratulations for the unforgettable meeting, guy. When you decide come to the forest, please, tell me.
:)
Kss.

I alread miss you!

He was one of the first surfer that i met. And he is the kind of guy that we can spend all night long and part of the other day whit, just chillin.
You can't deny, you have both feet in Brasil (especially in Beagá) right now!
Mr Heck,you rock!

Walter is something in between of a half Brazilian, half European and mostly a nomadic soul; so that's what turns him in one of a kind person!
I met him during the Brazil National Meeting and I could spend some time with him drinking beer and laughing my head off about his witty jokes all the time and his silly words during his sleeping mode, lol
Somewhat I realized he has a big heart too, and that's why I wish him all the best. So, good luck on your journey and don't ever forget Brazil, ok? =)

This dude is off the hook! He´s the kind of person who knows how to enjoy life, and sees it always by its bright side.
Cheers!

Mr Heck is a very friendly guy, who is really into the CouchSurfing thing. Since he came to BH, he was always on touch with the CS issues here. It's good to know that guys like him are working to improve this network and make it better! I would host him at any circunstance!

One of the few Metal lovers I've met traveling. Great personality. DIMMU BORGIR!!!!!

Walter is one of the most likeable person I have ever met.

walter was a guest of mine in tampere together with duke and a few days after we met again for cs cruise !!!
happy to get to know and wish him luck on his traveling around finland and the rest of the world !

I hosted Walter for two weeks, and it was a great experience. Walter is a very open-minded and nice person, and very easy to get along.

Walter embodies the CS spirit! He got to BH and immediately started rocking the city with his charisma and drive for getting the most out of every meeting! He's a viking with a bunny heart. =) A guy with great ideas and an natural entrepreneur... Don't miss the chance to hang-out with him!

Walter is one of my best friends! We used to skip classes together in high school :-)
He's one of the most open minded persons I know. He's very friendly and has a good sense of humour. I miss him now he's on his world trip, thanks to his weblog & MSN we still keep in touch!

I have met Walter twice. Both experiences were very interesting. He is a guy with a very good mood and he is a very outgoing person.
I enjoyed too much the meetings.

Oh Walter. Here is an interesting person. Walter is extremely intelligent; his observations, ideas and even emotions are enlightening. He's also refreshingly sweet and genuinely well meaning (except when he's wielding his camera). I hope he knows what's worth..

Walter was my first guest, and now he's one of my best friends, he's a good person to share your time, with a good point to show, always. He's one of the reasons that makes me fell so well and safe about Couch Surfing. We had (and gonna have much more) very funny experiences here, like the '1st Night of Evil' at Ervália witch was one of the most funny-weird-dangerous things that I ever done (hahahahaha!).

Walter is a super chill and all around nice guy, and a very important one for me in the CS world. He got me kickstarted in Belo Horizonte, introducing me to my very first host! He´s a weathered veteran of CS, has a great sense of humor and open mind...Meet this man! Especially if you are new to CS!

Although we spent such a short time together, we still had the opportunity of chatting about many many things. Walter is a sweet person (but also hilariously sarcastic!) always ready to tell all about his adventures and impressions of the different cultures. A pleasant company whom I hope - correction - *will* see very soon!

A funny dude... He loves the beach (you can see him all covered by sand), has great sense of fashion (look at his green hat) and love the animals (or is it just his elephant?).
Great company for parties and new years! :)

I met Walter at CS meetings in Rio and we also went to the beach together. This guy is very lucky, on our way back to Ipanema the bus broke!! He's funny, witty, talkative and worth meeting.

Walter was nice, fun to have as a guest at Xmas time! It is such a "family" thing...but he's very adaptable, interested in meeting people, good guest :-) Come back anytime you need Walter!Hope you enjoy Rio

Walter is truly an adjustable guy. Accepting every opportunity thrown at him. We were visiting Belo Horizonte, Brasil at the same time. Usually unplanned not knowing we were going to see each other again, We did many things together throughout the week. My host picked him up to show both of us the beautiful caves nearby. The next day, My new host then took me to a CS BH party where Walter had arrived with his host, too. Then he stayed on and off a few days at the Host's house where I was staying.

We also enjoyed going to a waterfall together, with one of my not yet CS friends, one day when all the hosts were busy. What a great time we had in the rain swimming in the natural pool with the waterfall above us. He helped me learn more about my new camera modes. We had fun taking pictures and then sharing them with each other.

His english is fabulous and he helped me with tips for CS as this was my first CS trip. Walter is very knowlegeable with CS hosting and guest experiences that he is very willing to share. A very fun, adventurous guy to hang out with. Walter sleeps while driving but wakes up very quickly. I am so grateful that we met in this very unlikely/unusual way because of all the generous CS BH hosts. Now I have a Dutch friend, too! Your welcome to visit my couch in California or Florida anytime. Have lots of fun on your tour around the world! :-)

Walter spent Christmas with my family in São Paulo while he was hosted by my mom. I had a great time talking to him, even though we were all so busy. He´s very laid back and adjusts himself to every situation that presents itself. I just hope he wasn´t too bored with all of us speaking in Portuguese...

Walter is very gentle, nice, symphatic and intelligent guy. It was very easy “living” with him for a few days in my home. I think that we had a nice time together. I promise to get you a better place to sleep next time, and not wake up you (drunk) in the middle of the night just to tell you how nice was my “Girls Night” (lol). Good luck finding a place in BH!!! I hope to spend a lot of great moments with you, in 2008, in my city!!!

Met Walter first in Dec 2006 at the Sinterklaas Party and he picked my present that ended up in funny pictures;) Can't count the times we met after at CS gathering. Walter is in one word GREAT. We see you back in 2008, right?

Walter may loook like a scruffy metalhead, but inside he's a big scruffy teddy bear. We were roommates for several months and during that time I got to know him quite well and became good friends. It'll be hard to be a better roommate than this guy. I wish you well on your travels, big guy!

I hosted this huge guy with long hair for a few days in my little apartment here in Salvador. Great person to talk about everything, specially about places to travel...you can see that he travels a lot...he is someone that you can trust and spend time together.

walter is really nice person to talk to and get some nice stories.. and he is a great companion in beer drinking competition :D ok, we haven't tried this, but next time we meet, we should definitely try it ;P
good luck man with your travelling!!!

Walter is relaxed and easily adjusts to any situation or environment. He's very open to new people and places and if there's anything he can help you out with, he will. Without making a big deal out of it. If you get a change to host or meet up with Walter on his travels, don't hesitate to seize the opportunity. You won't regret it.

As soon as I saw Walter I felt I have known him for a long time. He´s really nice guy, my pupils liked him, too.Especially his long fair hair and his favourite music. He was showing his photos and telling about his journey round the world so interesting and in easy English, that they wish to see him again. Me, too. We talked about different things and found out same favourites. I am happy to hosted him.

Yeah, I was a pleasure to host Walter.
Basically we spent together only few hours of our conscious life but we managed listen some drumming, have a bigos and a bit of really interesting conversation together@:)
All the best with your plans, Walter!@:)

Walter shared my first couchsurfing experiences. We had a lot of fun whilst traveling together to Warsaw and Ireland.

He is currently couchsurfing the world and crashed my couch for a few days during the Sinterklaas 2007 pitstop.

Besides the facial hair nothing has changed much: still a great guy! :)

Walter graciously offered CS his apartment for us to fill it with people to really dig into the site. He's incredibly generous with everything, be it his time, resources, or whatever and I look forward to seeing him again very soon.

Diederik met Walter at work. Diederik started in January at his new employer, and had some drinks and laughs, and we talked about the CS-Project.

Although we know eachother not really good, the "click" is there. Thanks mate!

I was really lucky that I could host Walter! :) He is one of these BIG Dutchman wandering all over the world :) Good partner in discussion and in drinking beer ;) Good luck in Americas Walter!

The man with the green hat was the only one at the Sinterklaas meeting that you could find within a minute. He is a very interesting guy who lives for travelling and has the couchsurfing spirit all over him. Have fun in Brazil.

Walter was my first couchsurfer, and I am sure I could not have wished for a better guest than him! Except that he could have stayed longer... He is the definition for easy-going and kind. I liked him having around, but unfortunately he could stay only one night in Budapest. He told me about his experiences and plans, and I wish him all the luck!
Ah, and he has amazing beautiful long hair.
Plus, he was the first person so far, who saw me speaking fluent Dutch ;)

Walter was our first CS high-profile team members visiting here, kind of CS-maker! It was great to have you here Walter. And thanks for organising our 1st (and successfull after all:) Presov CS meeting. Very easy to talk to, very openminded and calm, great stories, good fun, real traveller who enjoys all the local nonsense :) He even already knew our meals by their Slovak names! Wish I had more time off. Come back in summer to have even more fun!

Well, aside from the fact that his upbeat, relaxed energy has saved me completely from my fear of losing the travelling bug, I would have liked meeting him just for the music on his ipod ;) He offered me a couch even while he was travelling, and I was so happy to host him for the next few days! He is the kind of person I love to show to my non-couchsurfing room mates to prove that CSers are just generally awesome people :D He seems comfortable in every situation, ready to help, tease, laugh, share, and go with the flow. But the music...yes, I am set on Wacken now! Good luck on your travels, they sound amazing :)

Thanks to Walter there was the first CS meeting in Presov. I really appreciate he decided to come to my home town and tried to empower CS community here. He is full of stories. Unfortunately he caught me in a busy period so I could not stay longer in the pub. Good luck on your travel!

This amazing guy helps us with beginning organized CouchSurfing in Ostrava.

Crazy dude who decided to go for a year-long trip. :)
Likes to swim and sleep :)

We spent some time in Hradec drinking beer together with his host. Walter is a really interesting guy to chat with. Good luck with hitch-hiking and less snow :-)

This gentle Dutch giant with great attitute to around-the-world trips completed his mission and suddenly fell asleep while checking his mails under our world map. I hope he saw only nice dreams under it :)

We went to CS cruise and later I hosted him for two days. We had several drinks together (ok ok maybe hundreds :) ), he's a great guy and a real beer-lover :) I'm looking forward to meet him again...

We met on the CS-cruise Helsinki-Stockholm. Walter is a calm, kind and intelligent guy. Talking with him is interesting. (although I was a bit tired and quiet because all the drinking so I mainly listened).

MAN! thanks a lot x your HIGHLY valued info!

He stayed at my house for 2 nights.Walter is a normal guy, which wants to travel and visit the World. He is no problematic person. See you in South Am.

Yo! Best of luck in your travels, mate, you were a really nice guest. Educated, humorous and friendly ;). Yay for for the big dude with a prank name! :D

Another lucky around-the-world traveller! Inspite of not really pleasant experience in front of our house he was brave enough to stay here longer... Nice guy, he even brought me flowers!

I'll remember Walter as the Dutch guy who appears to be your typical friendly Finnish metalhead, relaxed and enjoying a beer, except he smiles too much and has an awful American accent. Easy to host, just supply him with a couch and some internet. I also got to see a good Dutch movie, I think that's a first, thanks. Good luck hitchhiking and deciding where to go next.

Good thing he called that evening, I would have missed few hours of a great fellow. He might be sleepy or a bit lost sometimes but I really liked not sleeping very long that night.

I promise you don't have to fix my computer ever again!!! THANKS SO MUCH for doing that!!! I don't know what to say...He's just Walter, our big dutch teddybear :D!!!

Great buddy! We enjoyed the Baltic Cruise together (and some drinks also...)

I met Walter on a CS-cruise to Stockholm. He ended up looking after everyone as we left, and he made sure everyone was at the right place and no-one stayed behind. In other words, he made everything very easy at start and he was probably the main cause for the trip being succesful.

After that, he showed how to party! :)

I'm hoping and looking forward to meeting him again sometime!

I met Walter at the CS meeting in Stockholm. He is a great guy, very into CS, he spend all his time to travel. He is a very trustfully guy, and i recommend him to all. you can really trust him. we all had great time with him.

Walter was my first surfer. I felt very comfortable with him. So I'm looking forward to hosting again! He is a very funny guy :)

Hey Sleepy Walter San, everything OK there? T was nice meeting you, good luck on the remainder of your travels!

Walter is great guy an a huge mission across the world so if you meet him help him out however you can! Happy travels and you are always welcome in New Zealand!

We met at a local CS meeting and then at a few other CS related activities. Due to the full moon or other strange astronomical phenomena he almost didn't get to my place, but finally I hosted him for one night.

We had lots of fun at the meetings and he listened very gracefully to our singing "talents". Also I got to see the best Dutch movie ever. Hope to see you again when you return to Vaasa.

Met Walter while CS in a small town called Tromso. Our CS hosts were good friends so we had a number of nights out drinking and having fun. Walter is a really great guy, a lot of fun. Hopefully we meet up again before i leave

Oslo, first time I met Walter, Bente's place second time. Tromsø third time. Too much is too much, So we decide to reach Northcap together, slept in Skaidi best hotel ever. I have to admit that walter is a fantastic lad and trustfully. There is not two guys like him on earth: deserve to be met.
We will see us soon...

My kind of man, met him in Tromsø city, then we went to my place where we had a party, then out. Because I had to leave I only met him thursday and in the morning of Friday. But I hope he still is at my place when i get back.

Good humor and likes his beer.

We meet at a party at Eric`s place. Took only a short time to find out that we had the same passion fore beer. Mmmm BEER!!
Walter also knows the secret of shouting up a bunch of CS... Making a mountain of meat and pasta. Hope to see u some time in the future. PS: tanks fore the CS-mail help :)

Walter, Ozzie Matt, Frenchie Jeff, Jon, Eric, and I painted Tromsø red. There is nothing left standing and not a beer left. Great contacts with some great experiences. Dont pass this one up.

Walter & his buddy paul surfed my couch on st patricks weekend. we really had a great time but i wish i had more time off work to spend with these guys, hope to see walter in Rotterdam or anywhere soon

Extremely dedicated to CS! Told me more about this project than I ever would have discovered otherwise. Good luck up on the long haul up north and to Finland.

Walter's reference to me is absolutely truthful. It describes exactly what happened, except that I don't know what I would have done if he had not been there. Walter is a really nice and interesting guy and I am very sorry that he had to see this.

Veni, Vidi, Vici. Walter came to Bergen, 24 hours later the first CS-Meeting happend there. He is a very nice person and a true CS-ambassodor! Host you anytime again, Walter, and good luck on your journey!

Meeting Walter was always going to be interesting ;) since I heard from his host that he's an ambassador ... he is a great ad for CS in his openness, inquisitivity, lust for life and ... beautiful mind, man!

Walter is really nice, asolut uncomplicate and very trustfull. I`m impressed of his world-travelling-plans.
Good Luck!

Walter is the sweetest geek I know (and this is a compliment!).
Highly smart, social, energy booster and funny, he's a real pleasure to have around ... I wish him all the best for his world tour and if he passes by your city, don't let the chance pass to host him.

The man who made me understand why there is no home like 127.0.0.1 :D

Update: In Warzaw we were chatting about his world trip and I suggested him to pass by Oslo. So, 9 months later, he steps up on my door, and we had a great time together for some days. As a couchsurfer Walter is 100% reliable, relaxed, polite and a great cook :)

Walter and I met online... then I decided that I simply must move in with him as soon as possible (CS Collective Rotterdam at his house). Now that we have lived together for about a month and a half, there's almost nothing that we don't know about each other. Walter has one of the biggest hearts I have ever seen. From the bottom of my heart I appreciate all of the thing he has done to help make CS successful, including opening up his home to a CS collective. Walter has put countless hours into CS and is someone who truly makes a difference and helps CS achieve its mission each and every day. Thank you so much Walter! You rock so much! :-)

Walter and I worked briefly a few months ago and it was wonderful meeting him in person...funny, silly and dedicated to couchsurfing, he is intelligent, friendly and a lot of fun...I do hope to see him again soon :D

When i met Walter i was really happy to see him, I was on my own looking for the CS meeting. He was very kind, and it felt like I had know him for a long time. Hope i will get to see him more before i leave.

It's a pleasure to work together with Walter, for he has a hea