Geographer & Anthropologist, travelling by backpack since a teenager, working as a Humanitarian worldwide, service & decency instead of individual profit & attention economy

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Deep dive into Japanese culture & returning hospitality I received in an overpriced Berlin accommodation economy

Interests

• meditation
• music
• surfing
• rock climbing
• adventure travel
• people
• reading books
• snorkling
• children
• religions
• relationships
• philosophie
• motorbike touring
• voluntary work
• non profit work
• history and culture

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Being present at the water-birth of my daughter, planting 600 trees,
walking alone at night around Japans most holy 1200 years old cemetery in Koyasan surrounded by 1000 year old cedar trees, since 2001 continuously returning to a Buddhist monastery in Thailand and doing Vipassaña retreats for over a year in total, travelling through Afghanistan and experiencing hospitality out of that world, living with an indigenous community on a river in Colombia 800km away from any road, riding a motorbike 2000km through islands in Indonesia, living with a Shaman and his family in the Colombian Amazonas, living & learning Spanish with a indigenous family in Guatemala…and many many more

What I Can Share with Hosts

48 years of an open mindset, continuous Learning and a life devoted to service

Countries I’ve Visited

Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Northern Ireland, Palestine, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

Afghanistan, Australia, Cambodia, Denmark, Germany, Guatemala, Indonesia, Jordan