IMPORTANT NOTE FOR SURFERS TRAVELING TO NYC:
New York City hosts get 5-10 requests per day which means we have to be selective about who we invite to stay with us. So what can you do to improve your odds of landing a couch here?

1) Tell me exactly why you want to stay with me and what about my profile intrigued you? (if I can tell your message is a copy paste of something you sent someone else, I will ignore you)

2) Share something interesting about yourself, tell a joke, do something to stand out.

I get a lot of requests like this:

“I’m so excited to come to New York! I like meeting new people and having new experiences and I would love to share my [insert country name] culture with you. I’m friendly, funny and respectful and hope I can stay at your place. Let me know!”

Now what’s wrong with this? Looks like a perfectly nice request right? It is! Only problem: 90% of the requests I receive look like this. It’s clear that the writer made little effort to really connect. And from my perspective, a note like this makes the writer look both boring and terribly unoriginal. Nothing about this message makes me want to host this person anymore than the 5 other people that wrote me the same message, so I decline. So, what’s the takeaway here?

Take your time to read the person’s profile, make an effort to connect, share something interesting about yourself and you will get hosted!

MY CURRENT MISSION - Live Forever.

I'm Cristóbal. I'm a now settled nomad foraging the world over for creative ontologies, hemetic symmetries, electric bugaboo, organic agriculture, continental philosophy, sailing, avant-garde music, radical interaction and reflective social activism. A conjurer of spontaneity and usually masquerading as equanimitous, I'm steadily trying to build a nest of beauty in the world of suit & tie propriety (while wearing them.) I'm usually in NYC where I work on Madison Avenue peddling desire, but i live for the ruptures in the matrix, moments of true sight, glitter.

PHILOSOPHY

Question everything, love everyone

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Spreading the seeds of revolution one couch at a time.

I lovpeople that have kindness for others and stories to tell.

Couchsurfing experiences that have been the most memorable for me usually entail long afternoons exploring and deep conversation.

Interests

Existing in nature, perfumery, dancing, making connections, finding new partners in crime, experimental epistemologies, emptiness, Sufism, Buddhism, deeper ecology, viridian potentialities, integralism, singing/laughing/undulating with joy, your narratives (fictional or otherwise).

• arts
• singing
• photography
• beauty
• perfumes
• dancing
• beer
• yoga
• partying
• gardening
• boating
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• piano
• sailing
• buddhist
• ecology
• gayfriendly

Music, Movies, and Books

Music Genres: EDM (deep house, electro, tribal, DnB), Experimental Choral, American Folk, Malian griot, Cumbia, Salsa, Bebop, Garage, Synth Pop

what's i'm listening to right now: ODESZA, Gemini, Nina Simone, The New Division, Marnie, Wagner, Arca

what i'm reading right now: Autobiography of Red, Anne Carson; The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Joseph Campbell

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have made love exist, permeate, and grow with several people.

Dropped out of college to be a student. Then graduated.

Returned home.

Walked the Camino de Santiago from St. Jean Pied-de-Port to Finisterre

Hitch-hiked from Galicia to Paris in 4 days without a single eurocent

Walked the streets of Kantipath while the Nepali ex-King Gyanendra was being kicked out in a Maoist political coup.

Bummed around Nairobi during the Odinga-Kibaki election scandal

Bathed in the Ganga at Rishikesh

Floated beside burning bodies in a leaky boat during pooja in Varanasi.

Sat at His Holiness the Dalai Lama's Losar teachings in Dharamsala during the March uprising in Lhasa.

Nearly drowned in the bad place on the Nile river, Uganda.

Shredding the gnar on the Matterhorn with two of my besties

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you some weird and maybe useful things:

How to sing through your passagio
How to recognize desert plants
How to spend $1,000,000
How to host a real good party
How to knit a ribbed scarf (but I can't do cables)
How to play sad piano songs
How to cook an ajiaco
How to get your dog to love you
How to use AdWords, Facebook Ads

stuff i want to learn:
how to speak whatever language you speak
how to cook your favorite dish
how to dance to hip hop
how to throw a pot
how to make wine
how to live without a smartphone

What I Can Share with Hosts

gift giving and reciprocal economies are deeply engrained my sense of hospitality. i always show appreciation for the person I’m staying with.

Countries I’ve Visited

Aruba, Austria, Bahamas, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Haiti, Iceland, India, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Mali, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Palestine, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Martin (French part), Scotland, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Spain, Switzerland, Tanzania, Uganda, United States, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, United States

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