CURRENT MISSION

[ x ] New 7 Wonders
[__] New 7 Wonders of Nature : Loading ... 2/7 ... Please wait :-)
[ x ] Explore Asia : Done (As much as I could )
[__] Explore North & Central America : On hold

ABOUT ME

"If your nerve deny you, go above your nerve" - Emily Dickinson

Keywords : Brazilian, Engineer, currently living in the Greater Detroit area.

PHILOSOPHY

"The definition of insanity is: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." - Einstein

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Meet people & Share experiences

Interests

- Sustainability/ Environment
- Sports
- Traveling
- Reading
- Documentaries + Movies (specially independent / "Non-Hollywood" stuff).

Music, Movies, and Books

- Music : Pearl Jam ( + Instrumental + Jazz + Independent / Local artists in general )

- Movie : Lion standing against the Wind ( Japanese )

- Book : Lowest of the low ( original title "Ganz Unten" )

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Visited the New 7 Wonders :-)

*** Extras *** ( not really amazing )

- Germany : Explained my haircut in German and got an acceptable result :-)

- England : Lost and found my passport in London (Stansted airport) within 18 hours.

- Turkey : Spent new year´s eve in Istambul + Slept in a hostel partially built on the caves (@ Capadoccia).

- Israel : Slept on the floor of a hostel in Jerusalem ( beds fully booked :-/ ).

- Jordan : Within 24 hours - Crossed the boarder overland (Israel / Jordan) + Took a Cab to Amman + 4 hours of sleep before going to Petra + Crossed the boarder back to Israel.

- Palestine / Israel : Forgot the passport at the hostel and crossed the boarder control from the Palestinian side back to Israeli side using only the Brazilian ID.

- Israel : hitchhiked in the middle of nowhere (on the way to Massada).

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach : Some Portuguese (Brazilian)

Learn : Whatever you can teach me

Share : Travel experiences

What I Can Share with Hosts

So far, just hanging out

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Laos, Macao, Mexico, Netherlands, North Korea, Palestine, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Scotland, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, China, Germany, United States