Hi everyone! My name is Arturo, i am 21, italian and french citizen; I recently graduated in European and international studies at the University of Versailles in France and now i am taking a gap year to travel around Asia. I started my trip with a couple of weeks in Sri Lanka, followed by 2 months in India, now I'm Malaysia and I'll continue with Maldives.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Honestly in the beginning i just wanted some free place to crash while i was moving around Europe, but i met such wonderful people that now i don't even care about the money, it's about the experience! Couchsurfing is amazing to have a real insight of the place you are going to rather than just ramblin from a touristy place to another

Interests

I enjoy reading a lot, as well as watching movies, taking photographs, writing, make new friends and get to know different cultures and lifestyles.

• writing
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• meeting new people
• learning new stories
• living!

Music, Movies, and Books

Wow, tough one!
Music: i like to listen different kinds of music: grew up with rock from to sixties to nineties, but i love bkues, jazz, classical, reggae, electronical, world music.. in a word, everything! But i especially like to know different styles and typical kinds of music of the place i visit. 4 example this Winter listening to klezmer music in the jewish neighbourhood of Krakow was amazing!

Books: in always in the processo of reading something and there are so many books i like but here are some authors i really loved: Emmanuel carrère, Michel houellebecq, Tiziano terzani, Ryszard kapuscinky, hunther Thompson, Sandro veronesi, sylvain tesson, fedor Dostoevskij, Jack Kerouac, Alexandra David néel, Irvine welsh, George Orwell.. and many others.
If you are interested my father is a writer too!

Movies: from Kubrick to the Cohen Brothers, from Fellini to sorrentino, from Charlie Chaplin to Matthew McConaughey, i enjoy watching a bit of everything.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hitchiking and wild camping in the balkans.
Teaching english to primary School kids in Bali, Indonesia.
Seeing the Atlas in Marocco on a nice donkey, or the pyramids in Egypt on a camel.
Bathing at the source of the Ganges, the holiest river of Hinduism.

Teach, Learn, Share

Well i Can teach you how to Cook some italiano food (nothing complicated but yummy!), Or some italian\french\spanish. Having a talk about art and litterature is always is always pleasant for me:)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Cooking italian dishes, teaching you some italian or french or spanish.. have a talk about our interests and get to know new things! Or whatever u need help for i am ready to help!

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Italy, Slovakia