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Overview

  • 3 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish
  • 38, Other
  • Member since 2011
  • walking to interpret medical appointments, teachin via de...
  • by the places i've lived in, friends, and family, as well...
  • From san salvador, el salvador and takoma park, md, & boston, ma, usa
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

get into a a good life rhythm so we can play some jazz

ABOUT ME

Chelsea remains in San Salvador/Suchitoto for a while longer finishing up an internship and working on some delegations. Damian is now in the US in Silver Spring, MD settling in and hoping to be able to create a space for folks passing through to be able to stay in soon!

Chelsea is a little more of people person, enjoys groups of all sizes, Damian tends to prefer smaller groups

Damian loves to play (games, sports, etc), following whims, aimlessness, the idea of learning new things, hanging with his peoples, talking about El Salvador

Chelsea loves coffee shops, making crafts, yoga, taking good care of herself, good communication, live music, writing, culture

We both love a good movie, unplanned days, a fermented beverage with friends in the evening in an outdoor space, an excellent book, a whole slew of social justicey things, expanding our understandings of reality and wisdom.

PHILOSOPHY

always on the look out for gems of wisdom, peoples to share and learn from.
seeking to change the things we can, accept the things we can´t, wisdom to know the difference

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

potentially hosting, previously surfed

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So far, we´ve stayed on a couple of couches, hosted a couple, looking to delve deeper

Interests

Almost anything outdoors, crafting, cooking (with lots of butter),learning specialized and country skills (and acquiring the patience to actually learn em), reflectin´, playing, reading good novels, just read Okla Hannali (instantly one of my favorite books) loving,

bonding via a soccer ball

bartering, trading, learning

hard work followed by hard relaxation or just hard relaxation

wandering around aimlessly outdoors, exploring cities, listening to excellent music (currently captivated by calle 13)

nighttime walks

rugby

the list goes on and let us not forget chelsea...

  • culture
  • writing
  • books
  • cooking
  • coffee
  • yoga
  • crafts
  • gardening
  • reading
  • music
  • live music
  • jazz
  • outdoor activities
  • sports
  • soccer
  • rugby
  • history
  • medicine

Music, Movies, and Books

Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Van Morrison, Nanci Griffith, the Be Good Tanyas, Calle 13, Sharon Jones and the DapKings

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

jump waterfalls at el imposible, climbed mt washington in a snow storm, sunrise in the salvadoran country side

Teach, Learn, Share

got spanish, athletic, yoga, recent salvadoran history

would love to learn to barter more, outdoor skills, manual skills, among so many other things, gardening, cooking, what ever you got

Countries I’ve Visited

Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

El Salvador, United States

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