Brazilian + Portuguese + Liechtenstein

I have a very mixed background, but we can talk about that later...:P

I am an extremely curious person and an uncurable optimist.

When I moved to Rio 3 years ago I discovered that what I really wanna do is work with social development! I started volunteering with an NGO called TETO/TECHO and fell in love with the communities we work with and the people who I worked side by side.

I now decided to do a 5 month backpacking trip through South America for a while!

I am currently in PATAGONIA!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

My first and only experience was a couple of years ago in Brazil, and from that one time only experience I met friends of a lifetime!
Although new to the CS experience, I love to receive friends and friends of friends in my home and love to show them the bit and pieces a tourist would never dream about knowing.

I love that feeling, when you and the city just seem to belong, like the meeting of old friends that have never met.

I am going on a 5 month backpacking trip through South America and I really want to get to know the rhythm of the cities and meet the people living there and of course experience it through the locals perspective!

I've been planning and dreaming about this trip for 10 years now, and I still am in awe that this is finally happening!

Interests

Photography, travelling, storytelling, philosophy, nature and hiking, reading and writing, dancing, music, discovering new landscapes inside and outside myself, true and deep conversations

• writing
• photography
• dancing
• cooking
• reading
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• backpacking
• boxing
• volunteering
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC
Folk / Indie / Bossa / Rock / Classical / Blues / Reggea / African Music / RAP

Nina Simone, Bob Dylan, Chopin, Debussy, Hozier, Tallest Man on Earth, Michael Kiwanuka, Foster the People, Of Monster and Men, Prokofiev, Erik Satie, The Kooks, The Killers, Mumford and Sons, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald.....

BOOKS
Impossible to pick one book, but here go some of last I've read and loved:

Tales of one thousand and one nights, The Caliph's House, In Arabian Nights, The Polysyllabic Spree, An Anthropologist on Mars

MOVIES
Relatos Selvagens / Awake / The Constant Gardner / Anomalisa / Cidade de Deus / Singing in the rain (oldie but goodie)/ Wild

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Hiked Torres del Paine, Chile, 75km in 5 days!

- I lived in Jaipur (India) during 2 months!
Its was an incredible experience, I was completely thrown out of my element, and I loved every minute! It seemed everything was happening as in a movie, so magical, weird and out of the box kind of stuff!

- Slept on the Great Wall of CHINA and hiked it for 20 km

- Slept on the beach in a full moon in Lopes Mendes, Ilha Grande, RJ, Brasil

- Did a 3 day (50km) crossing in "Vale do Pati" in Chapada da Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. A wonderful natural reserve where nature has been untouched.

- Jumped of an airplane

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to have meaning full conversations, share experiences and adventures. I believe in the power of real connections and exchange.

I am interested in many things, recently I did an initiation course on Reiki, and I am trying to be a regular meditator.

I also like to cook, and my tomato souce in known internationally 😁😊!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, England, Finland, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, India, Portugal