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Overview

  • 9 references 6 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English; learning French, German, Spanish
  • 28, Male
  • Member since 2015
  • No occupation listed
  • uni science
  • From netherlands
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About Me

We are Team Wout en Bouk, a couple looking to explore South America for 5 months (starting June 2024). We've been together about 4 years, of which the last 2 we lived about 1000km apart. Our dream is to buy a little camper van and take it across the continent. We are learning Spanish (Wout is already at the intermediate level). We are curious about virtually everything and want to learn everything there is about the different cultures, histories and landscapes of South America. We hope to meet many locals and other travellers and maybe even host people in our future home on wheels.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

CS is the best way to get in touch with locals, and locals are the best to explore new lands.

Interests

We love to be in the outdoors, whether it's hiking, climbing, snorkelling, camping, biking, you name it. But we also like to visit cities, do a walking tour and dance our way into the early hours.

  • dancing
  • cooking
  • chess
  • reading
  • juggling
  • live music
  • guitar
  • hiking
  • windsurfing
  • camping
  • snowboarding
  • geopolitics
  • history
  • philosophy
  • nature
  • biking
  • ice skating
  • climbing
  • beach volleyball
  • wild camping
  • boardgames
  • new sports
  • skitouring
  • newspapers
  • new stuff in general

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: very broad, Wout loves old funk and soul, 90s hiphop, edm. Bouk also likes more classical music and crazy funky beats.
Movies: We just watched Okja and it is super cool. Wout loves crime thrillers and imdb top 250 movies (hehe). Bouk loves arthouse and movies with great music (Soul/Babylon/imitation game) but is scared of thrillers.
Books: Wout doesn't really read, but like non-fiction about science or philosophy. Bouk reads a lot and likes non-fiction too. She got really into Hermann Hesse and Isabel Allende.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Wout: When I was 15/16 I sailed from the Netherlands to the Carribean and back, visiting the most amazing islands around there. Update: I just did it again! Update2: I'll go do it a third time (feb2024)
Bouk: Bike through Norway for 6 weeks with camping gear.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: see interests.
Share: opinions, (travel)stories, our van, food.

What I Can Share with Hosts

(Travel)stories, (rational)opinions, a listening ear.
We can also take you in our van and go climbing or do whatever!

Countries WE have visited, everything down to and including England is Wout, the rest is Bouk.

Countries I’ve Visited

Aruba, Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Canada, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Denmark, Dominica, Egypt, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Lithuania, Morocco, Nepal, Norway, Panama, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Israel, Netherlands, Switzerland

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