**Right now traveling in Asia

I have a huge fascination in exploring the world, plunging into adventures and meeting new people. I am totally hooked on globe seeking. I believe that platforms like Couchsurfing provide a unique opportunity to authentically explore new places and learn from different countries while it also is a worthwhile gamble in assuming the best in others. I am passionate about other´s cultures and gaining new perspectives and I love listening to stories and discussing about the world, different traditions and believes. To me, traveling is a continuous process of learning and I attempt to improve and evolve as a person, to achieve bigger goals, to fulfill bigger dreams and live life to the fullest. Traveling reminds me to reconsider everyday decisions and actions, and not take anything for granted and it takes that leap of faith outside of my comfort zone so that I can be stronger and more experienced version of myself.

Life, for me, is about frequent migration, making new friends, reconnecting with old friends, reading, writing, and outdoor adventure. Building new friendships with people from around the world is partly why I love traveling and I am convinced that strangers are just friends that you haven't gotten to meet yet. Every walk and trip I have taken, the people along the way have become a great part of the story. And so I am looking forward to connecting with many other humans, and those who have a similar rambling attitudes to life!

I grew up in Austria but so far I‘ve lived in quite a few countries. My diverse background particualarly sparked my interest in exploring the world and immersing myself in new cultures. I‘m very outdoorsy and active in my spare time and I seek to get myself out of my comfort zone. I am passionate about outdoor sports, economics and green finance, investing, international relations, history, languages, cooking, literature and photography. I am a risk taker, a day-dreamer and a nightcrawler and I love to get lost in random places.

I eat vegetarian since I am small but apart from that I am not at all picky with food (I eat everything but no meat and no fish). I also have to mention that I have an online gig right now to finance my travels. So during the week I might have to join some meetings (I would love to have your recommendations for local cafes around your place).

Credits to Thom for this quote: Travel is a balance between money and courage, the more you have of one, the less you need of the other.

Personalities that I admire:
Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof, Albert Schweitzer, Jeremy Bentham, Amartya Sen, Malala Yousafzai, Dietrich Bonnhöfer, Stephen Hawking, Julien Assange, Jesse Owens, Terry Fox

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Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Meeting new people and I hope to learn from different cultures.

Interests

Sports, history, geography, politics, global issues and human rights

• culture
• politics
• socializing
• music
• hiking
• whitewater rafting
• sports
• geography
• history
• languages
• food

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

✔️ Went on a 3 day solo canoe trip in Canada

✔️ Hitchhiked across Turkey and joind the salah-prayers in an Istanbul-mosque

✔️ Cycled 550km from Munich to Venice

✔️ Climbed a 1300m wall in the Austrian Alps

✔️ Meditated at a Thai Temple for 4 days

✔️ Hiked to the Cenote-Caves and Maya/Aztecs pyramids in the Mexican jungle

✔️ Rode 5h on the top of a Jeepney-Bus through the Cordillera rice plantations in the Philippines

✔️ Sneaked into the Ford v Ferrari film premier in Los Angeles

✔️ Got a flat tire on a remote, 3400m altitude, serpentine-road in the Atlas mountains in Morocco and climed the highest dune of the Moroccan Sahara desert

✔️ Worked as an Jetski instructor in a Greek hotel

✔️ Joined the New Years dip into the Atlantic Ocean in Portugal

✔️ Tried Ramadan in Saudi-Arabia

✔️ Solo-Backpacked India

✔️ Hiked 200 km from the Camino Santiago de Compostella and 5200m of Mount Ararat

✔️ Sneaked into an abandoned skyscraper in Milan

✔️ Hitchhiked to Saddam Hussein´s old mansion in Iraq and joined the Yazidi celebration´s of the tomb of Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir in Kurdistan

✔️ Spent one night alone in a lodge next to an active vulcano in Ecuador

✔️Sandboarded the Huacaccina desert in Peru

✔️Partied at an underground rave and paraglided above Rio de Janeiro

✔️Toured the Salar de Uyuni salt desert in Bolivia without a guide

Teach, Learn, Share

Language, Cooking, Stores

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, England, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Iraq, Laos, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Canada, Germany, Mexico