Hi there!

You've wondered into an extroverted tourist who's looking for a nice chat to hear how you're doing!
I consider myself quite active - I love hiking with tents or hammocks (even in the snow), cycling in every country I find myself in, occasionally playing some disc golf (it's like golf, but with discs). When it snows I ski. But not in Latvia - we don't have any mountains here. I do it in that awkward way, where you try to get to the ski lift that's 100m from where you stopped, but instead of 100m I do it for 10 kilometers. Oh and I enjoy boldering!

Few of my best trips include New Zealand where we hiked for two days across a mountain and slept at a native Kiwi hut who wanted to take us fishing at sunrise. I've stayed over at a Japanese family's place where, for our surprise, the little kids didn't like any sweets we brought, and reached for soy-marinated pickles instead.

Professionally I'm a programmer - a good one when everything works, but a really bad one when I can't understand why the code isn't running.

Instagram: @kurmiz

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To be honest I've been using couch surfing for many years, hosting together with my parents when I lived with them and traveled around the world meeting and staying at many hosts in the US, Peru, New Zeland, Europe etc.

Now the glorious opportunity (in the form of a missing Australian visa) arose to make my own account and find adventures in Taipei / Kualalampur / Singapore for 2 weeks or so while I wait for my flight back to Latvia.
If you did read this, please say "duck" in your mother tongue when starting a chat with me.

Looking forward to meeting anyone to have a friendly chat with, as these make the most memorable moments of traveling, showing around my own city, maybe even playing some disc golf

Interests

• guitar
• cycling
• hiking
• skiing
• snowboarding
• storytelling
• programming
• cross-country skiing
• disc golf
• boldering

Music, Movies, and Books

I listen to some podcasts like Darknet diaries.
Sometimes I try to pick up a book, but usually that only happens when I travel and have nothing to do in an airplane.

I love music as I participate in a monthly music quiz here in LV. You can find some wonderful artists out there.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hidden 200 small ducks around a house I had to keep an eye on for a few weeks. Then I got a bunch of pumpkins hidden around my flat on Halloween.

I've done a back flip off a ledge when bungee jumping. That was fun.

Scuba dived in Cuba, Rafting, Sky Diving (first seconds are a rush, but then it's just windy)

After 3 hours of searching - found some trees to attach our hammocks to in Cyprus. Turns out there aren't many.

Teach, Learn, Share

Hmm what can I teach?
Iff it was 2010 I'd say cheap ways to travel, but sadly everyone already knows about couch surfing and sky scanners.

If you really want - I can help you set-up a local Docker environment for programming, but that might not be your cup of tea. Nor mine, to be completely honest.

If you have some snow - I can teach you how to cross-country ski.

I've taught someone to drive a car and cycle. Maybe I can replicate this.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I probably have some Latvian cookies and rye bread in my bag.
Don't tell anyone.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cuba, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, France, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Latvia