Hello people of the Earth!

It is always a pleasure to know people from distant "lands", I knew some excellent people from Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands before hearing about Couchsurfing, so here I am trying to do the same by this way.
Something about me... I am a biologist and a musician. I was born in Patagonia, but I moved some Km to the north, to study Biology. Now I live in Mendoza, between the mountains and the desert (the wonderful monte desert!).
As a biologist, during my PhD I studied some mechanisms and systems that plants use to detect different colors (a kind of "plant vision system"). After that I became a member of an org. for ecosystems conservation and I work for them now in the El Impenetrable National Park.
As a musician I compose and play progressive rock music, but also folk music from Argentina, among other styles. My main instrument is Piano/Keyboards.
I also like skiing, hiking and climbing.

Visit my facebook profile: www.facebook.com/ale.m.serrano

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I like to meet friends of other cities and countries. Indeed I have recieved people from Germany and Switzerland before knowing about Couchsurfing. I also want to travel and meet some people in distant countries.

Interests

Music
Biology
Nature

• wine
• bbq
• traveling
• music
• folk music
• rock music
• piano
• hiking
• camping
• skiing
• rock climbing
• biology
• mountains
• nature
• progressive rock
• nature conservation

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
Dream Theater, Pain of Salvation, Opeth, The Beatles, Queen, Seru Giran, Tantor, Crucis, Horacio Guaraní, Hugo Gimenez Aguero, Hermanos Berbel, Astor Piazzolla, Rodolfo Mederos, Bach, Dvorak

Books:
El Castillo (Das Schloss) - Kafka
Cien años de soledad - G.García Marquez
Siddhartha - H. Hesse

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Many hiking routes in Patagonian Andes
Some extra research with dung beetles in the Monte desert (Arg)
Living in the wild in an amazing National Park (El Impenetrable - Arg)

What I Can Share with Hosts

I have a private bedroom in my home for 1 or 2 people. Air conditioning (only in the living room) and heating on each room.

I can share a good asado (barbeque) in my house with a good wine from Mendoza. I know many places to go camping or hiking in the Andes.
I also share my music instruments if you like to play.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Czech Republic, Hungary, Norway, Romania, Slovakia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina