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| Public Profile | | Name: | Hellström Bengt |  | | Street: | | | City: | Göteborg | | Region/State: | Västra Götaland | | Postal Code (ZIP): | S-412 76 | | Country: | Sweden | | | | | Date of Birth: | 14.6.1953 | Gender: | Male | | Occupation: | Ex. travel agency,postman & bus driver | | Travels and interests | | Languages spoken: | Swedish,English,French,understand norwegian & danish | | Hobbies, Interests: | Travel,Reading,Meeting people
from different countries,music,Frank Zappa,Hawkwind,Traffic,Neil Young,Runrig(Scotland),Black Sabbath,Doors,Led Zeppelin,Kinks,Jethro Tull,Ramones,Status Quo etc.
reggae,(Bob Marley,Culture,Alpha Blondy,Burning Spear,Max Romeo,Sly & Robbie,LUCKY DUBE,Seeed,Yellowman etc. Ska:Skatalites,Rico Rodriguez(trombone men) , World music: Manu Chao,Darga(Morocco),Tinariwen(Sahara),Che Sudaka (South America) and of course SOCA and calypso,football,4WD overland travel,bicycling,
,maps,comics(freak brothers, donald duck etc.)driving in my car, nice pubs(not at the same time as driving:),walking in the woods,nice waterfalls,drink cold water from a stream in the mountains ,nice view points,Car plates,deserted and abandoned houses and places | | Organizations I am a member of: | Globetrotter's Club,Swedish-Madagascar Friendship Society,Swedish Diabetes Association,Couchsurfing,Be Welcome | | Travel experience: | Africa (North,East and South (incl.Madagascar and Ile de la Reunion),All Europe,Israel,Palestina,Thailand,
Indonesia,Japan,Malaysia,USA,
All West Indies(Jamaica,Dominica,Martinique,Guadeloupe,Barbados,Trinidad & Tobago,Grenada,S:t Vincent & The Grenadines,S:t Lucia, S:t Kitts & Nevis,Antigua, US and British Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Dominican Republic,Anguilla,Montserrat,S:t Barthelemy, Saba,S:t Eustatius,
Russia(Kaliningrad,Murmansk,Kandalaksa,Kem,Solovetski,Kondopoga,Sortavala,Valaam,Pushkinskie Gory,Veliky Novgorod,Pskov,S:t Petersburg,Petrozavodsk,Kishi,Kargopol.Archangelsk,Kotlas,Vorkuta,Syktyvkar,Kazan,Nishnij Novgorod,Moscow,Volgograd,Krasnodar,Sochi)Turkey,Georgia,Armenia,Azerbaijan,Iran,Syria,Jordania,Lebanon | | Planned trips, where & when (you can also post your plans in the Forum): | West Africa 2015 overland by car:)
USA,Canada,Central and South America
PS LOOKING FOR ADVENTOUROUS PEOPLE TRAVELLING OVERLAND WITH ME FOR SHORTER OR LONGER PERIODS!!!!!!!!
Motto: Find the smallest road possible and go! | | Anything else about myself: | Prefer to help people who really want to see Gothenburg and not only want a place to sleep! Like people who can take a joke without getting offended(I can handle a joke myself too!):)
Have diabetes and would very much like to come in contact with other HC people in the same situation. Should be interesting to discuss how you manage to travel and so on. | | Help and advice | | I can offer: | Accommodation:yes | show around town - have someone over for dinner - other:small excursions by car | | Best times for me to help someone: | Anytime | | Nearby public transport: | Bus nr50 from center towards Kallebäck STOP at Smorkarnegatan! | | Nearby bigger cities, distance: | Malmö 300km
Stockholm 500km
Oslo 350km | | Interesting things to see and do where I live, my tips (please also add this to the | Walk in the nature,
Liseberg amusement park in
summer,Pubs and so on,African restaurant Simba,World Culture museum,Universeum,Slottsskogen park, Skansen Lejonet & Skansen Kronan fortresstowers, Best view of Gothenburg at Ramberget (view point),Maritime center,Old houses in Haga,city of Marstrand 60km away | | Accommodation | | I live with: | other people | | Sleeping place I can offer: | space on the floor - mattress - sofa - other:must leave early wed.and fri | | Please bring: | sleeping bag | | Maximum number of guests: | 2 | Maximum length of stay: | 2 nights or to be discussed | | Notification - visitors: | should notify 3-4 days in advance, must notify 3 days in advance, and are asked to call between 09 and 22. | | Gender of guest: | doesn't matter | Smoking: | outside only | | Requirements and Restrictions: | no drugs - pay for phone calls - pay for food - do dishes - other:prefer guest who really wanna see Gothenburg | | Pets: | No | | Profile Summary: | Like music (Bob Marley,Neil Young,Traffic ),like to drive long distances by car,reading good books,did a long road trip by car summer and automn 2006 in Russia, Turkey,Azerbaijan,Georgia,Armenia,Azerbaijan again,Iran (one Month),Syria ,Jordania & Lebanon. Unfortunately I had a bad car collision in Konya, Turkey on my way home so after 33.500km I had to leave my dear car at the customs in Konya,Turkey and take bus home with 17 pieces of luggage! Quite a travel experience! Luckily I was not hurt!!!Have a new car now!:) So planned next trips are West Africa 2015 or Jamaica (IRIE)!!! And of course go back to my favorite country Madagascar sometime)
Like to talk to people from different countries.Like to watch football and specially favorite team DEGERFORS! | |
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