***** PLEASE NOTE****
I live in small town called ASSIS and it is located 450km away from São Paulo city.

Some travellers tend to get confused once there's the STATE of São Paulo and the CITY of São Paulo (capital of the state).

Assis is located in the STATE of São Paulo, but as I mentioned, very far away from the capital.

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Eu moro em uma pequena cidade chamada ASSIS localizada 450km de distância da cidade de São Paulo.

Alguns viajantes se confundem uma vez que existe o ESTADO de São Paulo e a CIDADE de São Paulo (capital do estado).

Assis está localizada no ESTADO de São Paulo, mas como eu disse, bem longe da capital.

ABOUT ME / SOBRE MIM

*Português*
Sou um cara de boa que curte conhecer pessoas diferentes de diferentes culturas.

Nasci em Assis-SP e morei por 13 anos em SP e 1 ano em Londres (Reino Unido). Desde 2012 estou de volta à minha cidade natal.

Eu amo futebol (sou fanático pelo Corinthians) e há algum tempo descobri uma nova paixão: fotografia. Vc pode ver minhas fotos em: www.flickr.com/anselmoportes

Também amo cerveja e estou sempre experimentando diferentes marcas e estilos.

Eu trabalho de segunda à sexta das 7h30 às 18h. Faço atividades físicas quase todas as noites durante a semana: jogo futebol de segunda à quarta e pedalo de terça e quinta. Mas sempre estou de volta umas 21h. Portanto se eu te hospedar durante a semana tenha em mente que não teremos muito tempo juntos.

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*English*
I'm a easy going person who love knowing different people from different cultures.

I was born in Assis and lived 13 years in São Paulo and 1 year in London (UK). Since 2012 I'm back to my hometown.

Football is my passion (I'm a Corinthians stan) and some time ago I discovered a new one: photography. You can check my photos here: www.flickr.com/anselmoportes

I also love beer and I'm always trying different brands and styles.

I work from Monday to Friday from 7h30am to 6pm. I do physical activities almost every night during the week: I play football on Monday and Wednesday and pedal on Tuesday and Thursday. But I'm always back around 9pm. So if you stay with me during the week keep in mind that we won't have much time together.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I don't really remember who introduced the CS Project. But since the beggining I found it really exciting and interesting.

I believe that main point of this project is not only to share your flat or house, but sharing new experiences, thoughts, own philosophy and culture.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

My first experiece was in August 2008, when I travelled to UK and Ireland.

Then in 2009 visited Venezuela and Colombia.

In 2013 I travelled to UK, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland.

In 2017 I headed to Uruguay, Argentina and Chile.

In 2018 I backpacked through Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Hungary, Poland and Czech Republic.

In 2019 I travelled to Canada and USA.

So far I was lucky enough to meet only FANTASTIC people through the countries I've visited. I had no bad experience at all!

****** I've been hosted so far by:

2008
Geoff Soper, in Bath (England)

Bob, in Cardiff (Wales)

Melanie, in Manchester (England)

Neville, in Belfast (Northern Ireland)

Laura, in Liverpool (England)

Eduardo, in Campinas (Brazil)

2009
Sandra, in Caracas(Venezuela)

Maribel, in Maracay(Venezuela)

Luis, in Maracaibo(Venezuela)

Everlyn, in Cartagena(Colombia)

Jaime, in Medellin(Colombia)

Oliver, in Bogotá(Colombia)

2010
Sofia, in Campinas(Brazil)

Awen, in Madrid (Spain)

2013
Laura, in London (England)

Ruben, in Copenhagen (Denmark)

Lukasz, in Svolvaer (Norway)

Thor, in Oslo (Norway)

Augusto, in Stockholm (Sweden)

Joni, in Helsinki (Finland)

Karo, in Lappeeranta (Finland)

Sebastien, in Rovanimei (Finland)

2017
Ignacio, in Montevideo (Uruguay)

Pamela, in Colonia de Sacramento (Uruguay)

Nacho, in Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Ludo and Meli, in Buenos Aires (Argentina)]

Pablo, in Rosario (Argentina)

Gérman, in Salta (Argentina)

Sergio, in Santiago (Chile)

Paty and Chris, in Santiago (Chile)

2018
Emre, Istanbul (Turkey)

Vlad and Ana, Bucharest (Romania)

Slavi and Maria, Sofia (Bulgaria)

Andjela and Mladen, Belgrade (Serbia)

Georg and Kata, Dunaharaszti (Hungary)

Marta, Warsaw (Poland)

Ilona, Krakow (Poland)

2019
Renee Lin, Toronto (Canada)

Marco, Montreal (Canada)

James Kelly, Chicago (USA)

Alex V., Washington DC (USA)

Bharat Gupta, Philadelphia (USA)

****** So far I've hosted:

2008
Maribel and Marisol, from Venezuela

Kyle and Tess, from South Africa

Awen, from Spain

Karo, from Finland

Yonatan, from Israel

Jamie, from USA

Luli and Nacho, from Argentina

Oliver, from Colombia

Jaime, from USA

Eduardo, from Campinas (Brazil)

Gisleide, from USA

Jesus, from Colombia

2009
Monica, from Italy

Jesse and Shannon, from USA

Nasir, from UK

Katrin from Germany and Marjolein from Netherlands

Laura, from Liverpool (England)

Giacomo, from Italy

Michael, from UK

Rebecca, from Australia

Phil, from UK

2010
Henok, from USA

DJ Panda and Paulo Andraus, from Curitiba (Brazil)

Maribel, from Venezuela

Irene, from Switzerland, Steph, from Switzerland and Lance, from USA

Charis, from Australia

Shade, from Salvador (Brazil)

Gio, from Peru

Amber, from USA

Juan, and Diana from USA

Noémie and Anissa, from France

Colin and Tiphaine, from France

2011
Irlanda, from Manaus (Brazil)

Yong, from South Korea

Ksenia, from Russia

Karen, from Isle of Man

DJ Panda and Paulo Andraus, from Curitiba (Brazil)

Joubert, from South Africa

Sandrine, from France

Janno and Kert, from Estonia

James and Nikki, from UK

Margarita, from Colombia

Lauriane from France and Paul from Norway

Paulo, from Piracicaba (BRA)

2019
Dennys, from Peru

Ruby and Ananda, from UK

Johnny (Colombia) and Maria (Russia)

2022
John and Florine, from Switzerland

2023
Leo and Rafa from Argentina

Interests

Culture, music, photography, sports (specially football and basketball), movies, theatre, retro games, cycling, drinking beer, languages, cartomagy.

• arts
• culture
• photography
• beer
• traveling
• cycling
• soccer
• languages
• solo travel
• travel
• football
• craft beer
• local food
• local history
• mountainbike
• local culture
• magic tricks
• retro gaming
• local cultures
• drinking beer
• local beer
• local breweries
• cartomagy

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: O Alto da Compadecida, Cidade de Deus, Assalto ao Banco Central, Indiana Jones trilogy, Back to the Future trilogy, Matrix trilogy, Trainspotting, Ferris Bueller's Day off, Jurassic Park, Ladyhawke, Midnight Express, The Goonies, Slumdog Millionaire, Into the Wild, Cast Away, Now you see me, Imitation Game, Interstellar.

Music: Iron Maiden, Violent Femmes, Green Day, The Offspring, Rage Against the Machine, The Beatles, The Strokes, Lasgo, Skank, Kings of Leon, Arctic Monkeys, Gin Blossoms, Bloc Party, The Arcade Fire, Juliette and the Licks, Elvis Presley, Roberto Carlos, Alceu Valença.

Books: O encontro marcado (Fernando Sabino), Fever Pitch (Nick Hornby), Goleiros - Heróis e Anti-heróis da camisa 1 (Paulo Guilherme), The Universe in a Nutshell (Stephen Hawking).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Well... probably one of the most amazing things I've done was the parachute jump. You can check this out:

http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=L0ouOdNesJU

http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=rKkVMkKCARk

In September 2010 I did the Saint James' Way (Camino de Santiago de Compostela). A life-changing experience, indeed!

Teach, Learn, Share

Apesar de ser brasileiro eu não sei fazer nossa bebida mais tradicional: capirinha (que vergonha, eu sei). No entanto eu posso te ensinar a fazer um delicioso MOJITO.

Futebol. Se vc quiser conversar sobre futebol eu posso te ensinar muita coisa. Mas vc tem que me falar quando parar, caso contrário ficarei falando disso dia e noite! =P

Também tenho um bom conhecimento sobre viagens de mochilão e gosto muito de conversar sobre isso.

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Despite of being Brazilian, I can not prepare the most traditional Brazilian drink: caipirinha (shame on me, I know). However, I can teach you how to prepare a delicious MOJITO.

Football. If you want to know about the Brazilian football I can teach you many things. But you gotta tell me when to stop, otherwise I'll talk about it 24x7! =P

I've got also a good knowledge about backpack trips and I enjoy talking about it.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Posso compartilhar experiências que eu tive até agora no Couchsurfing e em outras viagens.

Também posso falar como é a vida no meu país/cidade.

Ah! Estou tentando aprender alguns truques com baralho (cartomagia) e posso mostrar alguns de nível iniciante.
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I can share the experiences I had so far in Couchsurfing and other travels.

I can also speak about how is life in my country/hometown.

Ah! I'm trying to learn some card tricks (cartomagy) and I can show you some begginer level ones

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City State, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, United Kingdom

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