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Overview

  • 8 references 6 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning German
  • 39, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • engineer/musician/traveler
  • Bachelors in engineering by the U.Politecnica de Valencia
  • From Caracas, Venezuela
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To die happy, having achieved goals and made a diference in the world, and to have pushed myself to the limit in every situation

ABOUT ME

I try hard every day to be a more open minded, free-spirited person who makes a difference in the world. I recently did a 50 day solo-trip from helsinki to istanbul by train, and proved my initial thesis right; the majority of mankind has a good heart. I met some incredible, people and adventurers, and got help from unknown strangers.

I have, luckly, had to live many places and will never stop exploring.

PHILOSOPHY

learn something new every day.

Dont, let life pass you by, enjoy your time on this earth and your biggest legacy will be the good you've done to others and the difference you made in the world. Live every day as it were your last and you will have no regrets.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I consider myself to be a very social person. I like to meet new people with different points of view, listen to their stories and learn from them.

I love outdoor activites, the mountains are one of my many passions and sharing a peak crowning is one of the best feelings.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Im just starting out. Ive had plenty of unofficial "couchsurfing" experiences, staying at peoples houses after having met themm on a train, plane or hostel. I feel I have a pretty good intuition regarding people and it's never done me wrong.

Interests

I have lots of interest, more than I can list here but some are. Mountaneering, rock-climbing, taekwondo, engineering, modern art, theatre, TRAVEL, etc.

I also sing and play guitar for a rock band in valencia. Xuquer 6 check us out on facebook.

  • arts
  • singing
  • modern art
  • traveling
  • guitar
  • outdoor activities
  • rock climbing
  • engineering
  • tourism
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: clockwork orange, pulp fiction, american beuty, american history X, and Woody Allen, all of them, especially "midnight in paris"Music: all except regaeton and hard core techno. coldplay, pearl jam, placebo, pixis, nirvana, radiohead, gilberto santa rosa, franco de vita, buenta vista social culb, chopin, handel, bach, mozart, amos lee, ray lamontagne, corinne bailey rae, ray charles, etc...Books: 100 years of solitude, paulo cohelo, Borges, kafka, horacio quiroga, etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sulfur mines in indonesia, truly moving and eye opening experience, there is lots of un-fairness in the world.
visited 44 states (19.5%)Create your own visited map of The World or Amsterdam travel guide for Android

Teach, Learn, Share

"we shall never cease from exploration,
And the end of our exploring,
Will be to come home,
And know the place for the first time"

T.S. Eliott

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Singapore, Spain, United States, Venezuela

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