I'm a 30 year old tour boat Captain living in Gothenburg Sweden. Somewhere along the line I sort of got distracted from my backpacking-persona and woke up one day and realized I haven't been on a major-non-work-related trip for about 8-9 years. Oupsie... I basically blame skydiving in combination with studies which made sure I was poor as a church mouse.

Well it's no use crying over spilled milk, or to regret life because I sure loved my skydiving, but now I'm planning to rectify the situation. In the near future, probably after Christmas, I will be taking a plane to Mexico City and then head south. Up until then I thought it would be nice to maybe host a person or two and share some travel stories.

I live in a house with two other girls and is not always home so I will only be able to host occasionally. What we have available is a living room with two mattresses and a fairly uncomfortable sofa. If you for some reason prefer living in a tent we also have a garden to pitch it in =)

Also fair warning: I'm only on the internet periodically (weird I know) so please don't take offense if I don't answer emails. I probably haven't seen them...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

No experience so far but I am hoping to meet nice people from all around the world! =)

Interests

Skydiving, Travel, Reading, discussing politics

• cooking
• vegan
• gardening
• boating
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• backpacking
• skydiving
• boxing

Music, Movies, and Books

I like most sing and song writers, some jazz, pop rock etc. Right now my favorites are a small Swedish duo called Pale Honey, check them out, they are awesome! Also a lot of Tallest man on earth, Ibeyi, Kapten Röd, Loke, Moby, Nick Drake, Paolo Nutini and Taylor Swift in my earphones right now.

Favorite movies include: Winters Bone, Short term 12, Shindler's list, Fucking Åmål, Matrix, Leon, American History X, Kung Fury (if you haven't seen it: check it out! I laughed my ass off. You can find it on youtube), Casablanca, Star Wars, The Shawshank Redemption, Elvis and Annabelle, The Hunt, Pans Labyrinth, Lock Stock and two smoking barrels, V for Vendetta, Stand by me, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset...

When it comes to books I'm a sucker for fantasy. It is something about stepping in to another world where anything is possible that truly appeals to me. If I where to recommend one fantasy book it would be Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay, please read it. It is the book in which nothing is black or white and I felt like I had taken a punch to the gut finishing it. Other then that I adore the writings of Robin Hobbs and really like: Dave Duncan, Elizabeth Moon, Trudi Canavan, Juliette Marillier, Katharine Kerr and the daughter of the Empire trilogy by Raymond E Feist and Janny Wurst. I do read a book or two by Jane Austen sometimes and I also have a fascination with young adult books tackling harder issues like: Speak (by Laurie Halse), The Duff (Kody Keplinger), Saving Francesca (Melina Marchetta) and my all time favorite: Tomorrow when the war began by James Marsden... Hm I think I might just have figured out the real reason why I have not been traveling that much lately... ;) I do own a Kindle now though and have no problem reading on busses so I think I can keep up my high book consumption even if I leave the country!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Still working on that one. I love to skydive... Oh and my 12 year old self gifted a local Swedish celebrity with a ice cream box filled with horse poop and mushrooms, at the time i thought that was pretty amazing and bad ass, not sure it qualifies today though...

What I Can Share with Hosts

A story or two, moderate vegan cooking skills and hopefully some good time =)

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Bolivia, Brunei Darussalam, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Northern Ireland, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Russian Federation, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Sweden, United States