CURRENT MISSION

Promote Indonesian beauty and go explore the world, either thru hosting or traveling.

ABOUT ME

I am male, 41 years old, love driving and doing road trips, and also love to hear your stories.
I am ready to meet you, people!

instagram: @pakdesong

PHILOSOPHY

try to help others at my best capacity.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

A friend introduced me to CS back in 2008. Never really get a chance to actively participate in it, but am now eager to try.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Stay at a friend's house for a job interview in other town.
Spend the weekend staying at friend's place several time after sat-nite hangout.
Surfed couches at Bergen, Stockholm, Reykjavik, Akureyri and Stavanger during my 2018 Nordic trip, and hopefully more to come 😊

Interests

My friend introduced me to CS a while back, and I took my baby steps surfing my friend's coaches while I'm traveling. After a few surfs, I challenged myself to surf on other members coaches and even did a road trip around Iceland with a friend I met on CS. I loved the 4 I'd like to give back by opening my home to fellow surfers.

I am sure it will be an interesting experience as I can get to meet and make new friends of different backgrounds.

• books
• traveling
• cars
• scuba diving
• snorkeling
• food
• beach
• movie
• driving

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: anything easy listening. I'm more of top 40 kinda guy, who will also appreciate any kind of music.

Movies i recently watched were Running Point, The Night Agent, big fans of Grey's Anatomy (watched the whole series) and Mission Impossible franchise.

Books I recently read were: Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Identity, James Patterson's novel Along Came A Spider

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Shark encounter while diving.
Driving 5100 km across New Zealand for 17 days.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can share a little bit of what I do for a living - the energy industry,
I can teach you some Bahasa Indonesia,
I can show you around my city.

or, if any of those are too heavy, we can just talk about anything.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Traveling stories, witty jokes, Indonesian hospitality, among many others.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, Hong Kong, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Indonesia, Qatar