ABOUT ME

I am that i am - Honestly, that is the closest and truest description of myself i can possible give :) But sure, i'm glad to compromise a little and i will try tell something else about myself too:

My name is Jukka, i'm from Finland. I'm kind of a traveller and a cyclist; writing and photographing pays my bills.

In July 2005 i was reading World Map and at that moment my life's path lead me to explore the world on my own. Suddenly i had got an idea of traveling around the world by bicycle. Six years later i came back home after amazing adventures. I had travelled by bicycle across five continents. Between 2013-2015 I cycled 1.5 years on the last continent I hadn't travelled, South-America.

Generally i seem to be living quite a simple life. I do plenty of sports while i'm in home: running and cycling mostly these days. I eat simple natural food. I might also sit down on a park bench and just be. Sometimes i read or listen music in my hammock. I sit a lot in cafes tapping my computer - writing a book, articles or poems.

In a way, i'm just blown by the winds of life wherever they want to blow me. There ain't fulfillment for me in the future, so I let the life's mystery open freely and i shall give my attention to any given presents moment or to any given task and challenge which are at my hands right now, for there lies all the beauty and joy i could ever reach by achieving dreams.

It is time to rest from traveling now. I live in Turku and I am happy to offer my helping hand to other travelers...

Warum ich bei Couchsurfing bin

I catch and create waves to be couchsurfed!

CS experiences have been all perfect. It is beautiful how people have helped me on my way and it has been a joy to host fellow travelers!

Interessen

Well it seems i get interested in anything i'm witnessing at any given moment.

My hobbies these days are running, cycling, gym, photographing and writing - and my "job" is not apart from my hobbies :)

• writing
• books
• poetry
• beauty
• dining
• running
• reading
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• sports

Musik, Filme und Bücher

Movies:
Forrest Gump, The Shawshank Redemption, American Beauty, Revolutionary Road, Leon, Peaceful warrior, Notting Hill, Gladiator, Avatar, The God Father, Rainman, The Notebook, The Matrix, Fight Club, Being There, Amelie, Leon...

Books:
Lao Tse: Tao Te Ching,
Rumi: The Essential Rumi
Paulo Coelho: The Alchemist, Veronica decides to die
Ayn Rand: Atlas Shrugged, Fountainhead
Roger Housden: Chasing Rumi
Herman Hesse: Siddharta
Jiddu Krishnamurti: Freedom from the known
Ramana Maharshi: Be as you are
Maharaj Nisargadatta: I am that
John Steinbeck: Grapes of Wrath
Jonas Jonasson: The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
Anthony de Mello: Awakening
Orhan Pamuk: Snow
Kahlil GIbran: The Prophet

Music:
Bebe, Caetano Veloso, Neil Young, Tracy Chapman, Jack Johnson, Sade, Norah Jones, Ben Harper, Leonard Cohen, Jason Mraz, Bee Gees, Zavier Rudd, Massive Attack, Coldplay, Kitaro, Brett Dennen, Mozart, etc. classical music and other relaxing sounds....

Eine tolle Erfahrung, die ich gemacht habe

I cycled some 74 000 km around the world, on six continent and in over 40 countries. During those miles i encountered so many different people, places and experiences that i decided to write two books.

My pictures from that journey:
https://www.instagram.com/jukka_salminen/ - click the pictures to get more.

Lehren, lernen, teilen

Honestly i'm not really good at any earthly thing or activity. Even in the smallest of things in life i feel like being a student myself, but by spending time with me you can get to know me, which say, may be the highest teaching anybody can give.

Länder, die ich besucht habe

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kenya, Laos, Liechtenstein, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, Peru, Portugal, Rwanda, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, United States

Länder, in denen ich gelebt habe

Finland

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