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Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
@carlosathranios
Участник с 2014
CURRENT MISSION Travelling to off-beat places and learning their language ABOUT ME I am an incessant traveller, interested in Far Eastern culture; my interests are reading, writing and visiting new places. Since 2012 I've been about 8 times to Taiwan, maybe 5 months each year. This year I plan another trip for about 6 months to Indonesia, Malaysia and Taiwan, sorting out teaching possibilities in Bogor, Indonesia, and Taipeh and Kaohsiung, Taiwan . I have a working knowledge of Bahasa Indonesia and rudimentary Chinese language knowledges and I want to hone my linguistic skills. PHILOSOPHY Life-long learning by studying all philosophical and religious books available in modern or antique languages
Интересуется: Книги и литература
Интересуется: Кошки
Свободно владеет: Немецкий
Изучает: Корейский
Почему я на Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING I am open to all culture but especially interested in Far Eastern cultures like Chinese, Tibetan and Indian; trying to master their languages and reading all the books available COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE I travelled to Taiwan about 10-11 times, staying with hosts which was a unique experience to me learning more about Taiwanese culture; in turn I enjoy receiving people from China, Taiwan, Japan and Southamerica at my home,
Музыка, кино и книги
Classical European music; Chinese ancient court music; movies about travels to off-beat places like Amazon jungles, Mongolian deserts and Chinese mountain fastness; highly interested in Chinese classical literature, especially from the Tang and Ming dynasties; Taoism, like Chuang Zi (Hua Yan Zheng Jing, etc.) Dao De Jing, Yi Jing, Pu Song Ling; Chinese ghost stories, Nan Hai Zhen Jing and all extant books by Zhuangzi!
Одно удивительное, что я сделал
Well, especially Taiwan since 2012 (first time in January) I was awe-struck by the friendliness of the local people. One memorable moment would be Sanxiantai and doing walks in Chenggong (Malalou,Taitung); especially Douliu (my favorite) and San Yi and, of course, Puli with the beautiful Sun and Moon Lake which I surrounded several times! -- Unforgettable my rides in the gondola and visiting the "tea-country" sampling delicious tea in the hills north of Taipei.
Учить, учиться, делиться
I used to teach English (conversation and commercial correspondence as a regular teacher at a commercial college at Bangkok,Thailand for 6 years; learnt old scripts and languages like Mon, Lao (Northeastern Thailand), at the moment studying Chinese and Taiwanese and endeavouring to memorize the whole Dao De Jing by heart!
Что я могу предложить хостам
Showing them around my immediate home place and its natural beauty (nature reserve Nida meadows) with its wild life of nile geese, green-headed ducks and nutria, Although Frankfurt is a rather big city, the surrounding countryside is worthwhile visiting! Besides I can teach German, English (with US experience) , Spanish (travels all over Southamerica) and Portuguese (repeated travels in Brazil: Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte and Patos de Minas.
Мои интересы
In first place Indian & Chinese philosophy, temples, etc; learning languages; I know German, English, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai (6 years in Thailand as a teacher); now I endeavour to become fluent in Chinese (Putonghua, Taiyu or Hoklo/Hokkien -- Lam Wah style) and master at least 20k characters to my memorized 2k!