ABOUT ME

Hi I am a postgraduate erasmus mundus student at the University of St Andrews. I use to be a semi-professional bike rider, but now I just dedicate myself to my work as a historian. I like to just walk and get lost in the immensity of a new city. discovering the esence of the places not just knowing the truistic places but going to the places that the locals really enjoy.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I can show the side of Edinburgh and St. Andrews that I have had the chance to know.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

new in couchsurfing, hoping to get to know and experience this beautiful world!

Interests

I love to read, music, travel and biking. all my life revolves around this things.

• cumbia
• cooking
• coffee
• drinking
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• swimming
• history
• study abroad

Music, Movies, and Books

books: la sombra del viento by Carlos Luis Safon,The Garden of Forking Paths, The Book of Sand by Jorge Luis Borges,Bodyless Psyque by Macedonio Fernandez, The Sun Also Rises, Three Stories and Ten Poems, In Our Time, by Hemingway, The Sorrows of Young Wertherby Goethe, Finnegans Wake by Joyce...

Music: Bob Marley, Alpha Blondy, Tiken Jah Fakoly, , La 25, Israel Vibration, Tego Calderon,Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Hector Lavoe, Willie Colon, Dogo Club, fabri fibra, Joe Arroyo, Maelo Ruiz, and so many more...
Movies: All of Toto's movies, The Wind Journeys, A man for all seasons, Death Of A Ghost Hunter, West by Northwest, Il Postino, La Dolce Vita, La Vita e Bella, The Godfather (1 & 2), What Dreams May Come, Year One, Annie Hall, Stripes, The Tiger and the snow, The Rear Window.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Swim with small sharks, reach over 80mph on a road bike, Right now I'm playing in probably the only Cumbia band in Scotland (secreto tropical), and it is amazing to play this beautiful rhythm to people who have never heard it before.

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to cook and know how to make a lot traditional Colombian dishes, I can teach and would love to learn how to make new ones, have experience teaching history and philosophy but that can be talk better while drinking coffee

Countries I’ve Visited

Finland, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Colombia, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, United States