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Overview

  • 14 references 10 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning French, Hindi
  • 39, Male
  • Member since 2013
  • Freelance journalist & travel reporter
  • Postgraduated in International Politics
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Story seeker. Story teller

ABOUT ME

Friendly, passionate, thoughtful, funny and caring. Trying to combine the passion for writing with interest to meet new poeple and cultures across the globe.

PHILOSOPHY

Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle: when the sun comes up, you’d better be running

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I offer my humble experiences of trips reporting about different topics related to human rights and development in different countries and cultures. I eager to listen to each person's story because we all have one and many at the same time.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've experienced a strange feeling while couchsurfing: I love feeling like at home whilst staying in a new place but at the same time I know that this is precisely the time to leave that place and explore what's out there.

Interests

Photography, writing, diving, filming, listening reporting and all that kicks a serotonin rush in my brain

  • writing
  • photography
  • human rights
  • running
  • drinking
  • traveling
  • hunting
  • scuba diving
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Magnolia, The act of killing, 12 ungry men, The Great Dictator, Mr Nobody, The Eternal Sunsine of the Spotless Mind, Usual Suspecs and many more.
Music: Nirvana, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Fela Kuti, Buena Vista Social Club, Reggae, Drum&Bass and many more.
Books: The Name of the Rose, The Little Prince, Der Steppenwolf, Kafka on the Shore, La Colmena and many more

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Drinking tea in the Saharan desert with refugees.
Living with puppeteers and magicians in a Delhi's slum.
Travelling with Nepali families on the search for yarsagumba (natural viagra) in the Himalayan mountains.
Talking to a living goddess from the Newari community in Kathmandu valley.
Hunting wild rats in the Sumatran jungle with the local Orang Rimba tribe.
Spending days with inmates in Iwahig Penal Farm, one of the few world's open jails in Filipino island of Palawan.
And many others.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories I've researched, experienced and reported from north Africa and Asia, good conversations, funny jokes and delightful Mediterranean cuisine

Countries I’ve Visited

Algeria, Austria, Cambodia, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Netherlands, Philippines, Portugal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tunisia, United Kingdom, United States, Western Sahara

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, Malta, Spain, United Kingdom

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