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Overview

  • 7 references 3 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Spanish
  • 45, Female
  • Member since 2013
  • Currently travelling. Clare is a former PR consultant, Jo...
  • We've both graduated from univeristy
  • From London
  • Profile 90% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To make our way back to the UK from South America, in the least direct way possible

ABOUT ME

We're a British couple who quit their jobs in 2013. We were tired of being tired, working long hours and missing out on life whilst spending our days stuck behind a computer. We decided to stop complaining to our family and friends and take matters in to our own hands, so we started saving money for a career break and now here we are!

Somos una pareja Bretaña, quien renunciaron sus trabajos en 2013. Estábamos cansados de estar cansado, de trabajar días largos y de la falta de vida, mientras pasábamos nuestras días atrapadas detrás de una computadora. Decidimos dejar de quejarse a nuestra familia y amigos y tomar las cosas en nuestras propias manos, entonces empezábamos a ahorra el dinero para un ruptura de carrera, y ¡ahora estamos aquí!

PHILOSOPHY

Listen more than you speak. Be passionate about what you stand for. Share your food.

Escuchar mas que hablar. Ser apasionante sobre sus creídos. Compartir su comida.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We both love to cook and bake, so we're more than happy to rustle up a meal or two when we stay with you!

Ambos nos gusta cocinar y hornear, por eso ¡estamos muy feliz a preparar algunas comidas cuando nos quedemos con usted!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

We're brand new to couch surfing but have heard lots of good things from fellow travellers so can't wait to get involved.

Estamos principiantes con CS, pero hemos escuchado muchas buenas cosas de nuestros compañeros de viaje, entonces no podemos esperar a participarlo.

Interests

As well as the usual kinds of things people say here, drinking, dancing, socialising, etc. we really enjoy food, both cooking and eating new dishes, and have been keeping a blog of our experiences so far. Back home, we used to enjoy watching bands and djs play and that's something we we'd like to experience more of in South America.

Asi como las cosas habituales que la gente dicen aquí - ir de copas, bailar, quedar con amigos etc. - nos encanta la comida, tanto cocinar nuevos platos como los comer, y actualizábamos un blog de nuestras experiencias hasta ahora. Al hogar, mirábamos los actuaciones de grupos de rock y DJs, y eso es algo que nos gustaría experimentar mas en Sudamérica.

  • dancing
  • dining
  • cooking
  • drinking
  • blogging
  • surfing
  • sailing

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:

Everything and anything that's good! Our favourite albums are:

¡Todo y cualquier que es bueno! Nos discos favoritos son:

David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars

Carol King - Tapestry

Leftfield - Leftism

Michael Jackson - Off The Wall

Daft Punk - Homework

Books / Libros:

Cien Anos de Soledad (100 Years of Solitude) - Gabriel Garcia Marquez

La Casa de Los Espiritus (House of The Spirits) - Isabelle Allende

Catch 22 (Trampa 22) - Joseph Heller

1984 - George Orwell

Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit (Las Naranjas No Son La Unica Fruta) - Jeanette Winterson

Films / Peliculas:

Y Tu Mama Tambien (And Your Mother Too) - Alfonso Cuaron

Sin Nombre (Nameless) - Cary Joji Fukanaga

Fight Club (El Club de La Pelea) - David Fincher

Todo Sobre Mi Madre (All About My Mother) - Pedro Almodovar

Terminator - James Cameron

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Seeing New Pudong area in Shanghai alight at night. Sailing on a two day showboat down the Mekong river in Laos. Wandering the cobbled streets of Talin in the middle of winter. Riding the Copper Canyon Train to Northern Mexico. Sailing the San Blas Islands to Colombia on a Catamaran. Watching the sun rise over the Salt Flats of Uyuni.

Mirando la área de Nuevo Pudong, Shanghai en llama por noche. Navegando en un barca teatro por el rió Mekong, de Laos. Vagando las calles empedradas de Talin, en el invierno profundo. Tomando el tren de Cañón Cobre hasta el norte de México. Navegando las islas Kuna Yala hasta Colombia por un Catamarán. Mirando el amanecer encima de la Salar de Uyuni.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, El Salvador, Estonia, France, Germany, Laos, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Chile, China, Ecuador, Guatemala, United Kingdom

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