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Overview

  • 5 references 4 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning Korean
  • 39, Male
  • Member since 2007
  • full time student, half-time entrepreneur
  • Master of Ec. Development
  • From Milagro, Guayas, Ecuador
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About Me

After 1 year of Korean language in Nonsan, SK. I moved to Seoul and being living here since August 2016. Im a full time student of Economic Development, I decided to study this field in order to help my country.

I like learing new things. Im an avid reader, I prefer hard science fiction books like Arthur C Clarke's I like Edgar A. Poe, Isabel Allende and Julio Cortazar. I love hikings, motorcycles and adventure sports.

Im passionate about meeting new cultures, eat crazy food, meet weird people.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Im studying in South Korea and love to have some friends to travel and practice the language 한국어

I like meeting new people and new places. if you pass by my place i would help you out and try to make you feel comfortable. Id like the same treatment from others couchsurfers.

Im planning to make some trips around Asia and would love to meet some cool people along the way.

Interests

exotic food, scuba diving, water sports, ecotourism, economic developing, green technology. cryptocurrencies,

  • books
  • literature
  • dining
  • running
  • drinking
  • motorcycles
  • technology
  • traveling
  • scuba diving
  • sailing
  • sports
  • science
  • cryptocurrency

Music, Movies, and Books

Arthur C. Clare,'s Songs from distant Earth
E. Allan Poe, The Raven
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
Julio Cortazar, Cuentos Cortos

English> Michael Bubble, Maroon V, Audioslave, Rollingstone
Spanish> El Cuarteto de Nos, Soda Estereo, Fito Paez, Tan Bionica, bachata.

Movies
Jang Hoon’s A Taxi Driver
Kim Jee-woon’s The Good, the Bad and the Weird.
Park Chan-wooks’s Oldboy
Interstellar, 2001: A Space Odyssey.
The Lord of the Rings and StarWars Episode I-VI

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Stayed with the Butbut tribe of Kalinga mountain province of Philipines and have been tattooed by master artist Whang Od.
Went to the Incas Ruins in Ecuador> Ingapirca
Scuba dive in Galapagos Island
Living in Korea and loving Kimchi.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you Spanish, and love to improve my korean.
We can chat about contemporary literature, Gothic or latinamerican writers as well as green technology and ecotourism initiatives. I am also an outstanding dishwasher and kitchen help.
I want to learn kitesurfing and then how to sail.. lol... looking forward to that.

What I Can Share with Hosts

good conversation, I always have something to say.
we can go for a drink and show me Seoul and Korea.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Peru, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Ecuador, South Korea, United States

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