A stranger is a friend you've never met before

French-Brazilian traveling around the world. My biggest passion by far is traveling and the second come along, photography. In the past I used to move inside my own country very often and so the trend continues as I have lived in France for 10 years and recently moved to Australia. I am very curious about any topic, I am always questioning about the world that surrounds me and that leads to my biggest dream: to step a foot in every country in the planet. I love meeting new people and discovering their stories, I'm a very good listener and always open to discuss about different countries, cultures, languages, curiosities... So if you ask me if I have been somewhere I might have been or just not yet.

My instagram: @andrielsouza

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I chose couchsurfing as an easier way to connect to local people, see the places I visit from their own perspectives and get to know deeper the places I go

Interests

Surprise! I like traveling :) I'm also an amateur photographer, I like hiking in the forest or be in the nature in general, indoor climbing, dreaming big and planing trips all the time. I used to travel every month to a different country or two while having a job and lectures to attend. I am really interested in geopolitics or history of art but I can discuss about any topic. Also, I've been struggling with russian for the past 10 years of my life, if you have any idea how to get good at it I'm all ears!

• photography
• traveling
• hiking
• scuba diving
• geopolitics
• psychology
• sociology
• adventure travel
• budget travel
• indie music
• climbing
• countries

Music, Movies, and Books

I love indie and classic rock/pop, R&B
Some of my favorites: The XX, Balthazar, Metronomy, Tame Impala, Men I trust, Alt-J, Alabama shakes, The black keys, Grizzly bear, Portugal. The man, Paradis, Stimming

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-I hitchhiked all over Portugal and France and spend 5 days in Ibiza with only 19€.
-I fell, literally, in love with bungee jumping in Kyiv.
-Travelled over 9000km to meet a girl I found online just 3 months after we started talking. It didn't work out though.
-I went to a little town in Mozambique to get my Scuba diving license.
-The iron ore train in Mauritania through the Sahara.
-Traveling during the pandemic was quite an adventure as well.
-I've visited every UN country and their's capital in Europe.
-I've climbed the Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa.
-I hitchhiked and couchsurfed in Afghanistan

Countries I’ve Visited

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Brazil, France