CURRENT MISSION

conquering the world.

ABOUT ME

i'm an easy going person and easy to be pleased. Lately been on a mission to do lots of adventures. Love to meet new friends.

i have been living away from home for 15 years so i appreciate the kindness of strangers, taking care of each other and lending a helping hand when needed.

Present

Just completed an 8 mths RTW travel. Started in Asia - Hongkong, Macau, Japan, Beijing and then transiberian railway to Mongolia, Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Then European leg for 2 months from Helsinki all the way to London with a brief stint in Marrakech.

From London, i went to Canada and the US (East Coast) and then onto Cuba and South America (Colombia, Peru, Brazil and Chile).

Then back to NZ, Melbourne, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines.

Currently taking a brief break in Bengkulu, Indonesia before another 4-month language stint in Beijing from March-July in 2011.

Would love to meet up fellow travellers along the way to share war stories.

Want to find out how i go in my travel - visit my blog www.tedsta.com

Past Life

I used to work as a financial analyst in a retail bank, mainly dealing with capital and portfolio analysis. If you are familiar with Basel II, economic capital, EVA, financial modeling and spreadsheeting --> dont come near me! (im joking, i'm pretty good at entertaining and can hold up in the most boring conversation - ok i lied, dont talk to me about cars!).

Likes
Tofu, black, alternative, books, libraries, gadgets, techno, sausage and egg mcmuffin, cream cheese, bagel, Macbook, wooden ring, peanut butter, hot shower, football, Cayenne, pool, Manchester United, Big Two, cooking, Barack Obama, bungee jumping, mocha, cats, Train to Europe (board game), mango lassi, olive oil, cheese,

Dislikes
Fish, chicken feet, Chelsea, dirty socks, non qwerty keyboard,

visited 38 states (16.8%)Create your own visited map of The World or jurisdische veraling duits?

PHILOSOPHY

Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Beijing - Frank (2 nights)
Helsinki - Fon (3 nights)
Stockholm - Dessy (2 nights)
Copenhagen - Martin (2 nights)
Amsterdam - Ruud (3 nights)
Paris - Witold (3 nights)
Basel - Corinne (1 night)
Zurich - Manuel (2 nights)
Frankfurt - Florian (2 nights)
Berlin - Till (3 nights)
Prague - Xavier (3 nights)
Munich - Felix (2 nights)
Linz - Christian (1 night)
Vienna - Mina (2 nights)
Budapest - Oliver (2 nights)
Rome - Francesco (1 night)
Milan - Futre (2 nights)
Barcelona - Isma (2 nights)
Montreal - Nathalie (3 nights)
Quebec - Leandre (2 nights)
Washington, DC - Salman (3 nights)
New York - Christian (4 nights), Kwesi (1 night)
Boston - Danny (3 nights)
Toronto - Sean (1 night)
Lima - Jorge (2 nights)
Rio de Janeiro - Daniel (6 nights)
Sao Paulo - Lu (1 night)
Manila - Edgar (2 nights)

Interests

read, travel, gadget, libraries!, road trips, meeting new friends, making people laugh, foreign film, politics, finance, cooking.

• cats
• fish
• books
• cooking
• cheese
• modeling
• politics
• traveling
• billiards
• cars
• blogging
• fishing
• bungee jumping
• skydiving
• soccer
• road trips

Music, Movies, and Books

Music - Alternative: Radiohead, U2, Muse, The Killers, Kings of Leon, Coldplay, Rob Thomas, Fall Out Boy, Snow Patrol, Silverchair, Linkin Park.

TV Series - The West Wing, NCIS.

Movie - The Godfather, Hotel Rwanda. Love foreign and arthouse movies.

Books - non fiction, autobiography.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Did Macao Tower - highest bungy jump in the world (233m).
Did Verzasca Dam - 007 bungy jump (200m).
Did Skydiving from a helicopter (12,000 feet).
Lived in a Ger tent in Mongolia.
Did Transiberian from Beijing - St. Petersburg.
Did Inca Trail and the first at Sun Gate for Maccu Picchu.
Did Volcano Ice Climb in Pucon, Chile.
Did Franz Josef Glacier in New Zealand.
Did Mount Kinabalu and via ferrata in Sabah, Malaysia.
Went to North Korea.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Malaysia, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Korea, Peru, Philippines, Russian Federation, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, China, Indonesia, Singapore, United States

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