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Overview

  • 98 references 75 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
  • 41, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • photographer
  • No education listed
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

see with my own eyes

ABOUT ME

Soy de España(Madrid) pero crecí en Bélgica y luego estudié en Inglaterra.Fotógrafo de profesión pero en el 2010, me puse a darle vuelta al mundo en bicicleta.
De camino a Alaska conocí a mi mujer en Colombia,nos enamoramos y ahora tenemos una preciosa y alegre hija de un año llamada Nahia.
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I'm from Spain( Madrid) though I grew up in Belgium then studied in England.I'm a photographer by profession but 9 years ago, back in 2010, I started cycling around the world.
As I was heading to Alaska I met me wife in colombia, we felt in love and now we have a beautiful and happy 1 year old daughter named Nahia.

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Check out my video!
http://youtu.be/Uwj_zNCWhCw

PHILOSOPHY

just do it

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Meeting,sharing,learning

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

All my experiences have been great, and everytime are being greater!

Interests

Food,photography , sport and nature.

  • photography
  • dining
  • gardening
  • traveling
  • cycling
  • sports
  • emergency services

Music, Movies, and Books

If its good music i will like it.
I like reggae, electronic chillout ,dub, world music,etc...
one of my favourite books is heart of darkness , and my favourite writter, kapucinsky.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

had a chimpancee sleeping in my arms, then going to the toilet outside in the garden and see a hippo sleeping in front of the gate( this happened to me in zambia).
being followed by the zimbabwen police in the last elections.
On my actual trip cycling around the world everyday is amazing.The people , the feeling ,the landscapes, the experience...mmm, maybe not everyday , but most of the days!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Croatia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Qatar, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Senegal, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom

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