I have traveled to about 30+ countries. When I was young, my family hosted many foreign exchange students through AFS (American Field Service) and Rotary Club International. My older sister was an AFS exchange student to Istanbul, Turkey and my younger sister was a Rotary Club exchange student to Japan.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I lived at a house with 4 other English teachers from Colombia and we had been hosting couch surfers for almost a year and our house has had great memories from all our CS stays. So I decided to have a page.

Interests

Mountain biking, hiking, ayahuasca (yagé), dogs, chocolate (bean to bar production), Indigenous cultures of the Amazon

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: me gusta Bomba Estereo, Sistema Solar, Chocquib Town, Gustavo Cerrati, Molotov, Fabulosos Cadillacs,

Books/Author: Gabo, Jack London

Movies: strange foreign films

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sailed in the Atlantic Ocean on a small sailboat. Survived the Mocoa Avalanche and lived in a city with no electricity and running water for weeks - almost normal as of May 22nd.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Teaching students here in Mocoa, bicycling routes of Mocoa, hiking places, ayahuasca (yagé) info, chocolate (cacao)

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, Belgium, Canada, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Lebanon, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Sweden

Countries I’ve Lived In

Colombia, Costa Rica, Israel, Netherlands, Sweden