ABOUT ME

I can describe myself as an adventurous and open-minded person who likes to explore different places, i.e., get lost in the cities and try to find something relevant that can make that particular moment a special one. I usually do not follow guided tours because then I become part of the crowd, I just prefer to explore the places by myself or with a special person.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I have had the great opportunity to travel in my country and around the world but most important, I have had the chance to meet wonderful people that have helped me or have become very special to me. I want to give back what I have received in my life, I want to know more people and help them in whatever situation they encounter when a problem occurs, i.e., suppose you lost your flight ticket then you are not alone because I can help you or you just entered in some not so friendly zones of a particular city then I can rescue you.

Interests

Karate-do Shito-Ryu (Orange belt)
Coding (Java, PHP, Python, Perl)

• traveling
• coding
• tours

Music, Movies, and Books

Music- Joe Satriani (this guy is more than awesome, he's like a god playing the guitar), Van Halen, Rammstein (Industrial), Jamiroquai (Funk, Jazz), Los amigos invisibles (Funk).

Books- Of mice and men from John Steinbeck (friendship has no limits), The Blind Musician from Vladimir Korolenko (selfishness only leads you to hate and suffer), Uncle's Tom Cabin from Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture from Apostolos Doxiadis , The Sea Wolf from Jack London.

Movies- The Railway Man (Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman), The Matrix (Keanu Reeves), The Last Samurai (Tom Cruise), Three Idiots (Aamir Khan), Interstellar (Matthew McConaughey).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Getting a scholarship to work in a research project in Canada for three months and doing your work so well that later you are called to Japan for publishing your results, but later going there and discovering that my flight for going back to Mexico had already departed (uh-oh! got stuck in Japan with 0 cash and limited credit in my card account is a very serious challange). Nonetheless, thanks to my very special and unique friends that I made in Japan, I was able to find another plane for the next day to my home country (always in debt with Akihiko or "Rodolfo" and Andrea).

Teach, Learn, Share

The quote "Life is too short, live it at the fullest" is completely true and I want to live my life at the fullest but when I say "fullest" I refer to these keypoints:

1. Learn as much as possible: Read and study as much as you can but do not memorize things, understand their meaning and purpose (we are not machines).

2. Travel: It is not just about getting to one touristic place and snap some pics, it's about sharing the experience with someone else or make the traveling experience special.

3. Connect the dots: You read or studied something and you had the chance to travel to the place that you read or studied before. Is there a relation or something valuable that you can learn from these two points?

What I Can Share with Hosts

More than just my funny and crazy adventures, advice and experience of what I have studied and seen at my young age.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Mexico, Sweden