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Hi! My name is Daniel, and I live in Copenhagen after having travelled around the world with my lovely wife Sarah! I was born and raised in Mexico, and spent a long time in sunny Australia. So I am fluent in both English and Spanish. I have had the pleasure to couchsurf many times with my wife, who introduced me to this wonderful community from the moment we met. I have enjoyed hosting dozens of couchsurfers in Sydney where I used to live, and have had great experiences surfing in several countries. I would consider myself well travelled as well, having traveled to 71 countries as of August 2023! I really enjoy couchsurfing, but lately we have been hosting more often. I personally love meeting people who've had the chance to explore the world and gone to some interesting places. Huge plus if they teach me something new, such as a meal! Read ahead for more on surfing rules and other useful information for those who are interested in sending a couch request.

If you are interested in sending me a request after reading my profile in full, please also check out my wife's account first. Her account is here: https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/sarah.kaye

It's important to me that you also read her profile in full, since you'll get to hang out with the both of us, and so that you can understand what to expect. We both work full time (technically I am a masters student) so it's important for us to make the most of our free time and what is better than hanging out with a couchsurfer that understands how we are as people and also knows what to expect during the visit. Sarah also has a huge wealth of knowledge and experience in couchsurfing so please check out her account.

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Saludos! Gracias por visitar mi perfil. Mi nombre es Daniel, y ahora vivo en Copenhagen después de un largo viaje alrededor del mundo con mi esposa Sarah. Soy originario de México y pasé mucho tiempo viviendo en Australia. Por lo tanto hablo tanto inglés y español (pero no esperes de mí un acento mexicano :'( porfa). Yo me considero un couchsurfer con experiencia tras haber tenido la oportunidad de 'couchsurfear' con mi esposa varias veces, quien me introdujo a esta maravillosa comunidad. He tenido el enorme placer de hospedar a docenas de couchsurfers en Sídney donde vivía (ahora vivo en Copenhagen!), y de igual manera he podido disfrutar de grandes experiencias surfeando en múltiples países. Como resultado también me considero un viajero con bastante experiencia, aunque no de la misma magnitud como mi esposa, quien a la vez tiene mucho más tiempo en la comunidad que yo. Al menos ambos coincidimos que tenemos la misma habilidad para poder averiguar quién es un buen surfer y quién es un buen anfitrión. Y hablando acerca de buenos surfers y anfitriones, te pido que prestes atención acerca de reglas de 'surfeo' y otras piezas de información importante para aquellos interesados en mandar una solicitud.

Si estás interesad@ en mandarme una solicitud cuando hayas terminado de leer mi perfil completamente, te pido de favor que visites el perfil de mi esposa también. Su perfil en inglés se encuentra aquí: https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/sarah.kaye

Quiero subrayar que es importante para mí que leas mi perfil al 100% (y el de mi esposa, claro), porque al fin y al cabo vas a estar conviviendo con nosotros y nos es importante que tengas entendido que es lo que puedas esperar de nosotros y de tu estancia. No es para ser mala onda o por ser estrictos (de lo contrario, somos personas muy abiertas y nos encanta conocer a viajeros), pero nosotros creemos que es super importante tener entendimiento mútuo acerca de cómo somos como personas y qué esperamos de cada uno cuando decidimos ser tu anfitrión. Tanto Sarah como yo tenemos trabajo durante la semana y como resultado queremos aprovechar de nuestro tiempo libre al máximo y a la vez poder escoger con confianza a un couchsurfer con quién nos sentiremos cómodos para pasarlo súper contigo. Sarah tiene un conocimiento amplio de la comunidad de couchsurfing.

Si tienes más preguntas específicas de Couchsurfing puedes contactar a mi esposa a través de su perfil.
Por lo pronto, esta es la máxima extensión de mi perfil en español. Afortunadamente Google Translate es muy bueno así que te invito que uses un traductor para convertir el resto de mi perfil en español. Si tienes preguntas y/o estás satisfech@ con mi perfil y sientes que eres compatible conmigo, con toda confianza mándame un mensaje/solicitud. Será un placer conocerte y pasar el rato.

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My Couchsurfing experience:

Since I have had plenty of surfing experiences with my wife through her account, I don't have official record of my stays! So I have written down the countries in which I have stayed:
2016: Hong Kong, Mexico
2018: Japan, South Africa, Swaziland, Netherlands, Poland twice, USA
2019: Mexico twice, El Salvador, Spain x 5, Iran x 4, Georgia, Lebanon, Israel x 4, USA, Canada, Austria
2020: Ukraine
2021: Norway
2023: Germany
Total so far: 33

I have also hosted many times, but the hosting has been mostly managed by Sarah so please check her references to see my mentions by other couchsurfers!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I am on couchsurfing because I believe that travelling the world is more than just spending a few bucks to go to a specific place and take a few photos for that Instagram post. Hostels are definitely better than hotels for meeting people,but nothing beats meeting a CS host and spending time with them. Cities and geography shape the personality and spirit of the people that reside in them, and getting to know them gives you a deeper insight and greater meaning to visiting a place. And on top of that couchsurfing gives you a chance to make new friends.

Interests

I love food! There are many cuisines from around the world that I enjoy so I encourage my couchsurfers to cook for me a meal of their culture or a specific dish that they can do well. I love a good craft beer and red wine, but nothing compares to my love of spicy food. I am addicted to coffee after having lived in Australia but I also really like tea, in particular green matcha from Japan, and rooibos from South Africa.

I have plenty of interests to keep me occupied and my wallet staring back at me concerned. Photography is one of my favorite hobbies, but lately mechanical keyboards have taken over my life. I have a passion for renewable energy and sustainability, so I know very well that my travels have really increased my carbon footprint by a whole awful lot. I work in the zero-carbon and renewable energy field so I feel like at least I'm doing an effort to off-set those many kilograms of CO2-e. Also I am fan of electric cars and naturally Formula E! If you're interested in these topics, let's talk!

I am also a space and rocketry nerd. When I was a kid I wanted to be an astronaut, but I only got so far to become an engineer. That said I do sometimes go for satellite hunting at night, or watch launch streams from SpaceX or Rocket Lab, and even go as far as check out space weather and what the sun is up to.

• photography
• cooking
• wine
• beer
• video games
• engineering
• science
• travel
• sustainability
• space
• spicy food
• renewable energy
• electric cars

Music, Movies, and Books

My taste in music is very mixed, I like a lot of different styles and genres.
A few of my favorites: Cornelius, D.A.N., The Chemical Brothers, Rafael Anton Irisarri, スーパーカー(Supercar), Four Tet, Daft Punk, Dj Soulwax, Low Roar, Flying Lotus, Cafe Tacuba, Boards of Canada, Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Stars of the Lid, Jon Hopkins, Ryuichi Sakamoto (RIP), Wednesday Campanella, Brandt Brauer Frick, Test Shot Starfish, Sevish, GEZAN, Arvo Part, Mozart, Chopin, Bach.

Genres include: ambient, electronica, techno, breakbeat, experimental, progressive trance or house, classical, Mexican rock and alternative, son Jarocho. My music tastes are forever increasing and changing and getting stranger, so you can add me on Last fm if you're on it! https://www.last.fm/user/bricktezuma

Movies
Everything Everywhere at Once, Trainspotting and its sequel, The Space is Alive (IMAX), Apollo 11 (2019), Gattaca, Life of Brian, Anchorman, Pan's Labyrinth, Koyaanisqatsi, Babel, Children of Men, Phone Booth, Amores Perros, Clerks (and anything in the View Askew Universe), 2001 Space Odyssey, The Fifth Element, Inception, Dr Strangelove, Moon, Run Lola Run.

Anime
Nichijou, FLCL, The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi, Psycho Pass, Dragon Ball first season and Z, Cowboy Bebop, Serial Experiments Lain, Made in Abyss, Ranma 1/2, Akira, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Tonari no Totoro, Chainsaw Man.

Video Games!
Wipeout, Final Fantasy VII, Kerbal Space Program, The Last of Us, Left 4 Dead, GTA San Andreas, Elite Dangerous, Boku wa Koukuu Kanseikan, Super Mario Bros 2 and World, Crash Bandicoot Team Racing, Halo, Fallout, Titanfall 2, Arknights, Death Stranding (and just about anything Hideo Kojima has made), Mario Kart 64, Dark Souls, Elden Ring, The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild.

Books (I wish I read more books):
Stanisław Lem, Catch 22 (what a goddamn torment of a book), Carlos Fuentes, Gabriel García Márquez, Pedro Páramo,

Artists (paintings, media, and plastic arts):
Gustav Klimt, Frida Khalo, Diego Rivera, Roy Lichtenstein, Barbara Kruger, Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, Rembrandt, Ryoji Ikeda, Hiroyuki Okumura

Online media creators:
Kurzgezagt, Scott Manley, Johnny Harris, Half As Interesting, Climate Town, Not Just Bikes, Rachel and Jun, Trash Taste Podcast and the boys, Abroad in Japan, Nakey Jakey, Karsten Runquist, Max0r, etc. Too many!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

There's definitely a lot of things that I've done that I think are very unique, so I'll list those that stand out the most: Watching a full moon blood red moonrise in the Namibian desert, or seeing the sunset on top of an ancient temple in Bagan, Burma. I have also had the fortune to do Space Camp when I was 10, and it was awesome! Climbing up the Amphitheatre at the Drakensberg Mountain Range, in excess of 3.0 km in altitude, was one of the trickiest hikes/climbs I've ever done. And for our honeymoon, my wife and I did 33 countries in about 10 months. I've cycled 430+ km in Lithuania to attend a company event to avoid flying. I went to Tomorrowland in 2023 which was incredible.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am very curious about the world, because I know very well that I don't know everything and I find learning new things exciting. I am rather talkative as an extroverted introvert; I really like getting to know people and have a good time.

I find interest in a lot of different things, from politics, electricity markets, local weather, aviation, coffee, geography, beer making, cooking, languages, video games, . I really enjoy learning new things.

I can share to my hosts / surfers my company and my enthusiasm for getting to know them and the places they live in. I really like getting a feel of a place and understanding how people live their daily lives amongst the culture, cuisine, music, etc. I also love sharing my own culture as a Mexican and as a third culture kid. My life story is also very interesting so I'm sure there would be lots to talk about! And if the circumstances align I'll be very happy to cook!

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share lots of stories and what I know about the world - not that I know everything because I definitely want to learn more about this amazing planet that we live in. Since I have a unique background and life story as well as being easy-going and having a good sense of humor I feel like I can contribute to a conversation very easily.

Also if you're lucky I might cook something awesome while you're staying with us!

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, England, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Malaysia, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Poland, Qatar, Romania, San Marino, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Denmark, England, Mexico