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Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands
@nico21875798
Member since 2009
CURRENT MISSION CHAINGEtheCYCLE ~exploring alternatives ABOUT ME I am happy to be alive! Presently I am on a big journey by bicycle to learn about sustainable alternatives to our present day consumption styles. In 2009/2010 I was living in India, at Sadhana Forest, a community on the south east coast of India, where I enjoyed working in the forest, the kitchen and designing and building with earth for the growth of this beautiful community. In 2010/2011 I lived and worked in Australia and fell in love with both Australia and my beloved Mykal. After a beautiful journey back to The Netherlands I enjoyed living in Amsterdam for a while. But life and love drew me back to Australia in 2012, where Mykal and I prepared for a cycle journey to The Americaas by bamboo bicycle! Jeeeyyyy! More information on my present journey via www.chaingethecycle.org PHILOSOPHY "All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware." - Martin Buber Let's meet and find out what we can learn from one another!
Interested in Art
Fluent in English
Learning German
4 Vouches
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING I have enjoyed hosting when I have a base, and since I've been traveling I have enjoyed being hosted and meeting CS members! COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE I have stayed with lots of lovely couchsurfing hosts all over the world : ) Also had one negative experience, in India, and I would not recommend a girl-by-herself surfing in India.
Music, Movies, and Books
books: Blindness by Jose Saramago, any book by Murakami, books about adventures and journeys. movies: animations, anything by Spanish Almodovar, documentaries, but since I've lived in India I'm up for Bollywood as well : ) I've taken up playing ukulele.. not talented, but it is FUN! yeeey! : )
One Amazing Thing I've Done
I have sat in an old car tyre on top of a truck stacked with big bags of charcoal and veggies, while holding on to a steel bar to not be thrown off the thing and into a ravine. This was in beautiful Haiti..
Teach, Learn, Share
I studied Architecture, European Urban Cultures, and Leisure Studies and presently I study at the Uni of Life, learning and supporting a worldwide network!! I have an activistic and engaged attitude to my direct living environment, and aim to live as sustainable as possible. The past years I have lived in various sustainable communities in in The Netherlands, India and Australia.
My Interests
I enjoy meeting people and wandering. In nature and in an urban environment. I studied European Urban Cultures, Leisure and conventional archittecture and hands on natural building. I am interested in DIY, activism, architecture, art, permaculture. I practice yoga and meditation on a daily basis and I love swimming, photography, writing, playing ukulele and drawing.
