ABOUT ME

I love martial arts, traveling, british music, sports, trekking, hiking and all outdoor experiences. Passionate about reading and writing fantasy and fiction literature, I have three books published; visiting other countries and meeting new people helps me keep writing!

I love my job as a teacher and I love working to be able to travel.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Make friends from all nationalities, visit all the countries I can before I die, life is amazing! but also short.

I have had the chance to stay with wonderful people who have left in my travels not only great experiences, advice, memories and many laughs, but also great friendships that I hope to meet again at some point in my life.

Interests

Make friends, visit places, train, have a walk, and have a drink... or two.

I like to meet locals so they can show me the way to go to have a complete experience of the country I am visiting. You cannot find everything on the internet, there's nothing better than meeting new people!

• arts
• writing
• books
• literature
• drinking
• reading
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• sports
• martial arts

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Oasis, Blur, Travis, Kasabian, Liam and Noel Gallagher, The Smiths, Morrissey, Gorillaz, James, Jake Bugg, Arctic Monkeys, The Libertines, Massive Attack, Beck, Pulp, MGMT, Coldplay... basically I enjoy everything that comes from the United Kingdom!

I also love listening to great master soundtracks like Howard Shore, Hanz Zimmer, John Williams, James Horner and more.

Jazz, blues and swing can be accompanied with a glass of wine.

Movies: I love Tarantino movies, but I have those favorites that I could see again and again: The Last Samurai, Snatch, Fight Club, Shape of Water, Lion, La La Land, The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter series, Avatar, Eat, Pray, Love; Inception.

I love TV series, my favorites are: Merlí, Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, La Casa de Papel, Lost, Kung Fu, Rome.

Books: I'm a big fan of my teachers through the pages: Tolkien, Rowling, George R.R. Martin, Stephen King, Laura Gallego, Orson Scott Card, Michael Curtis Ford, Chris Bradford, Scott Reintgen and a lot more.

As a high school teacher I like that my students read all kinds of books: from science fiction to those that talk about social problems. You never know when a book can be of help to a teenager, or an adult, like me. This school year we read: The Young Samurai, Wonder, La Ciudad de las Bestias, Nyxia, A Monster Calls, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, Ready Player One, The Body,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I lived and trained martial arts with Buddhists Monks at a traditional temple in Korea. As you see in the movies! It was AMAZING! I learned many things about the lifestyle of the monks: their simplicity and the constant search for inner peace. I hope some day to achieve a little of how much they have to teach.

I have written two books : La Concordia: La Batalla de Azur and La Concordia II: El Favor de la Luna; the third part of the saga is about to arrive!

Walk, feed and swim with elephants in a sanctuary in Thailand. No animal abuse like riding them, just pure love!

Load on my shoulders to Fran Healy, singer of my favorite band Travis, during a concert they gave a few years ago.

I have made the road to Santiago ... twice. The friends with whom I did it will be for life!

I suppose things like diving in beautiful waters of Thailand, having a coffee in the highest point of Korea, traveling to a bachelor party with all my friends in the Bahamas, converting a dollar in a hundred betting in Las Vegas with my friends, spend New year on a beach in Finland, singing in a karaoke in Japan, partying in China and greeting the pope in Italy are part of the amazing things I've done in my life.

Follow my Instagram: @dan_mateos if you don’t believe me haha.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you martial arts, to speak some Spanish, or I can share all the things that I have done in my life, but I think that is what one can learn from other people what is really worth in life.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I offer my hosts, first of all, respect. I am very respectful of each person's beliefs, ways of thinking and philosophies of life.

I always have a hand to offer help.

I believe in gratitude as a virtue, and I try to live by thanking everyone and everything around me.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, Belize, Cambodia, Canada, China, Finland, France, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, Peru, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

South Korea