CURRENT MISSION

going through the longest trip i'll ever take: the one that takes place inside

ABOUT ME

I'm half mexican and half costa rican. I studied classic philology at the Universidad de Costa Rica, and now im doing my master in linguistics. I work at the Goethe Zentrum as a german teacher, which i like a lot. I am always looking forward to getting to know new people, new ways of life, new languages and most of all new places.

PHILOSOPHY

Erdverbundenheit. This german word means something like the earth-binding.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Great way to get in contact with new people, new ways of thinking. I've done some cool experiences!

Interests

I have some big passions in my life: music, books, movies, bike and traveling.

• books
• movies
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• teaching
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

My favorite movies: Hable con ella (Almodóvar), Time (Kim Ki-duk), A Zed and two Noughts (Peter Greenaway), The Hudsucker proxy (Cohen brothers), 9 Reinas (Fabian Bielinsky), Carnage (Roman Polanski), Love and Death (Woody Allen), Habana Blues (Benito Zambrano), Dogville (Lars von Trier), Eyes wide shut and Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick), Fight Club (Fincher), Mulholland Drive (David Lynch), Martin Hache (Aristrain), El ángel exterminador (Buñuel), The concert (Mihaileanu), Unglorious Basterds (Tarantino), Relatos Salvajes (Szifrón)... and many many many more...
Music: i love progressive rock: Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Porcupine Tree, Yes, Focus...
Literature: imposible to say what my favorite books are, but i love Saki, Borges, Umberto Eco, Bukowski, Patrick Süsskind, some books of Hermann Hesse, some books of Milan Kundera, etc, etc, etc...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

i think the best i can remember in this moment is the time i went to Tikal in Guatemala. it began to rain in the very moment i was going up the stairs to Temple IV, so that a lot of people decided to go back, and wait for the rain to stop. even the ones on the top decided to go down, so i stood alone there for some minutes, in the middle of the forest, on the top of a huge temple with the most amazing panoramic view: the whole universe up there, and the whole earth down there. it was raining quite heavy and i could see a couple of lightnings coming from the top and disapearing somewhere between the woods. it was awsome. i decided in that moment, that i didn't want to make a photo of it, cause i wanted to have this picture for ever in my head.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Costa Rica, Germany, Mexico