Let's have a coffee, or a glass of wine. Let's go on an endless walk through the city with its soulless buildings... I enjoy deep conversations until early morning. Would you like to go to a village with me? I love to go hitchhiking, camping. Meeting people. Experiencing life!

Let's say hi and goodbye, and amidst all this chaos, make a memory together! :)

(Instagram: @damiaanr)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

In the past more than ten years, I have met so many beautiful people on here.* All these hello's and goodbye's, countless memories! As so many wonderful people in the world have amazed me, I hope to give something back.

Sadly, as the years have gone by, I am now an old man of 30 years and find myself more drawn into “real life”, so I can not always host, just like I can not always travel like before. (Want to escape together? 🥰)

For who's interested: in Dutch, I write about my travels through Russia, Central-Eastern-Europa, and Central-Asia. Die verhalen lees je hier: www.roesland.nl.

* Unfortunately, I lost my old profile († 2013–2018, 113 references a.k.a. memories).

Interests

• history
• philosophy
• hitchhiking
• linguistics
• languages and cultures
• russian literature
• indigenous cultures

Music, Movies, and Books

I mostly like arthouse cinema and documentary film (I am a huge fan of IDFA! 🤩). I mostly read Russian ‘village prose’ (Astafjev, Rasputin, such things) and books like Paustovski's biography.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The whole world is amazing! I hitchhiked over frozen rivers in Siberia and through burning deserts in Kazakhstan, slept without a tent in the high mountains Kyrgyzstan, traveled by train all the way from Amsterdam to Singapore, went on a crocodile-hunting trip with an indigenous family in Panama (Ngobé-Buglé), and lived with several other indigenous communities (Guna, Iban) in villages without water and electricity. But most importantly: I met so many incredible and inspiring people! Every meeting becomes a memory, even the shortest ones.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Curaçao, Czech Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Macao, Malaysia, Malta, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Norway, Oman, Panama, Peru, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands