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Cape Town, Western Cape, Republic of South Africa
@IRMIN89
Member since 2009
CURRENT MISSION live, explore, learn ABOUT ME All about me? indecisive, moody, messy, unorganized... and probably many other things:) But I love: bike riding, hiking, painting & drawing (but only when I'm alone), watching good movies, especially those old ones. What else? culture, languages, people, fun, values, impressions, moments... PHILOSOPHY "A man can be destroyed but not defeated." Ernest Hemingway Difficulties are to conquer and learn from them.
Interested in Design
Interested in Languages
Fluent in English
Learning French
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING I host, I meet, I visit. Travelling is one of my passions where I can feel free, look at life from the distance, find some new inspirations. I would love to think that I can be someone's inspiration some day too. And I love to help people and CS gives amazing opportunity to do it. COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE Oh my... I don't have tons of stories but every single one was an awesome experience. Every person I've met thank's to CS was just great in a different way. It gives me hope that this world is not totally spoiled yet and that there are some thinking intelligent human beings that are looking for similar creatures to participate wonderful exeriences together.
Music, Movies, and Books
Too many to place them all here. movies: thrillers, documents, dramas... generally I like tough stuff;) music: pink floyd is my magic way to relax, but I can listen everything which shows someone's talent, work and willingness to create.
One Amazing Thing I've Done
- Hitchhiking! Everywhere. All the time. When I did it for the first time I was so frightened. But now...now I just love it:) Just came back from 6500km trip across Southern Africa - Saying a toast in Georgia - standing on the table, with a bowl (yes, bowl) full of wine, on the day of birth of the host's daughter - Mussels collecting on the Scarborough beach - the best I've ever had! - Road trip across South Africa and sleeping in the back of a bakkie - Bungy Jump from the highest bungy bridge in the world (216m) - Backpacking and hiking the Grand Drakensberg Traverse (3 beautiful weeks of exploring the most stunning mountain range in South Africa)
Teach, Learn, Share
Teach: how to find cheap flights and pack your backpack in a way that you'd be surprised how many things can fit it! :) Share: The road. Travelling together is the best way to enjoy the time and places you visit. Learn: what is YOUR approach to life.
My Interests
- Culture and lifestyle in other parts of the world, languages, music, history, social moods... - Art, advertisement and graphic design (I adore Salvador Dali paintings regardless of his way of life. He was a genius, a crazy one, but still genius) - Psychology - Human relations - French that I'm trying to learn, but it is still in its infancy...
