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Overview

  • 13 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Portuguese, Sign Language - American, Spanish; learning French, German
  • 42, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • Event Planner
  • Some University
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Estoy realizando mi gran sueño a manejar de EUA hasta Panamá. Estoy muy abierto para conocer mucha gente por el camino. Voy completer 40 años mientras tanto!

I'm currently on a road trip in my van from USA to Panamá. I’m hoping to have my 40th birthday in April in Yucatán.

ABOUT ME
Me gusta dejar el mundo un poco mejor de cómo lo encontré. Me encantan las historias de la gente que conozco, y compartir las mias también. Siempre me pone feliz estar en la naturaleza con Pachamama, y mirando la gente en la ciudad.

I like to make the world better place, and I thoroughly enjoy listening to and telling stories. I love to be in nature and watch the people in cities.

I’m always playing with words and languages and learning something new.

PHILOSOPHY

Be honest, be good, keep it real and simple. Take care of yourself and those around you, be open minded, and non-harmful.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love to host Couch Surfers as much as I love being a guest in someones home. I also enjoy just meeting up with locals from CS, even if it's not for a place to stay.

Couchsurfing in the ultimate ice breaker, and does a really good job bringing open minded people together.

Interests

I love languages, music, cars, food, people, animals... everything in life and just being alive. I’m very interested in anything in nature, especially hiking and swimming. No matter what I am doing, I find the best aspect of it and get fully absorbed into the moment. This life has so much to offer and I want to experience as much of it as I can before I return my body to the Earth.

Music, Movies, and Books

In a Sunburned Country, by Bill Bryson
(must read for anyone who wants to visit Australia)
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Entering a non-pacified favela with one of its residents, 20 kilometers away from Rio de Janeiro.

Teach, Learn, Share

Learn: I love to learn anything new. I have an open heart and mind to learning all things, but languages and food are what I enjoy learning most about. (plus nature and geography)

Share: Sharing is what makes life enjoyable. Sharing a meal, a bed, stories, knowledge, and most importantly; time. In this life, all we really have, all we really own, is time.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A comfortable home, meals, and a Charlie tour of my beautiful native city; Boston and Cambridge.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, England, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Laos, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Russian Federation, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, India, United States

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