I've always hated to talk about myself. But in few words; this is Kristaps - pretty decent at driving (Latvian autocross champion), easy going guy who hates hypocrites, liars and arrogant people, likes to enjoy occasional sip of proper Irish whiskey, prefers meals cooked on fire in the wild instead of fancy restaurant, recently got into running; plan for 2019 is to run a halfmarathon under 105minutes.

Life moto: Say "YES" more often - you never know where that "YES" can take you! :)

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Why I’m on Couchsurfing

The same way there is a huge difference between 'a tourist' and 'a traveller', there is enermous difference between staying at hotels and couchsurfing. Is there any more effective way to get insights of local life, than meeting people who live there and have similar thinking? I don't think so. Hence the couchsurfing :)

Interests

Parties, poker (both live and online), spontaneous adventures, hitchhiking, autocross, rallycross, running, house music, irish whiskey, late night walks, geocaching.

• red wine
• running
• partying
• poker
• music
• hitchhiking
• geocaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Books? ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' by Alexandre Dumas, Jack London's "White fang", Mario Puzo "The Godfather"

Movies? Sitting in the #1 spot is recently seen "Bohemian Rhapsody". Some others are: The Shawshank Redemption, Green Mile, The Wolf of Wallstreet, Scarface, Silence of the Lambs, Gladiator, The Hangover, TED, It's all gone: Pete Tong, Madagascar, The Tag,

TV? The Vikings, Lie to Me, Game of Thrones, How i met your mother, Dexter, The Office (US), Ray Donovan, Narcos, Ozark, 13 reasons why.

Music? depends on my mood, so it can be anything from Pryda, Dennis Ferrer, Calvin Harris and Lane 8 to Foo Fighters, London Grammar, The XX and Coldplay.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Skydiving!!! Free fall out of airplane from 3500m. Free fall took ~40 seconds with max speed ~180km/h.
Everyone should try to do that. Feeling is priceless.

Hitch-hiked from Riga, Latvia to Ljubljana, Slovenia and back.

Attended 100 hot air balloon festival in Romania as a ballon crew member.

Eaten Surrstromming without gagging or puking (those, who have tried it will understand the willpower it takes to do that).

Milked a sheep.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can show you the fastest trajectory to go through the apex in a car :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Fun to pronounce latvian words, for example - ''šaursliežu dzelzceļš'', 'žagaru saišķis' and much more. Practice makes perfect, so try those out before You meet me :)

Travel stories. Not that i travel that much, but i've been to fair amount of places to talk about.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Latvia