I deeply enjoy long and deep conversations. I love living life to the fullest and experience everything the world has to offer.
At home, I love reading books, singing, writing and listening to calm music and sounds that touchs my soul.I love the fact that nature, beauty and the general outdoors refresh me like nothing else. I also truly appreciate an afternoon reading a book at home, art museums, nature photography and conversations. I love listening what people have to share. I love good company and good conversation -the kinds that keep you up to all odd hours of the night!

PHILOSOPHY

Just recently I experienced what Shakespeare wrote:
" There is no good or bad but thinking makes it so"

- We are here to develop the ability to be compassionate. Try to live with an open heart and you will have more compassion around you that you could ever imagine.

- Breath deep and listen to your soul. I believe life is about doing what the person needs to do, not what the society tells you to do.

-Try to enjoy the simple pleasures of life each and every day, like a child would.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm part of this community since 2009 and its a great network that brings people together on a way no other network has done! I have hosted many travelers while I was in college back in Brazil and met wonderful people as you can read on my references. I also have CouchSurfed myself and shared many great memories with locals and travellers.

Interests

January/ 2018 I started my journey as a nomad. I was in Africa from January to May and then USA, Canada, Peru and circling Brazil over January- May.

While on the road, I am looking to go deeper into the cultural immersion and participant observation so by direct experience I seek to understand social problems, community values, cultural similarities between Africans – Brazilians - Canadians, learn from whoever cross my path and hopefully give something back too!

Spiritual growth;
Exploring consciousness,
Meditation

Philosophy, psychology, anthropology;
Watch the sun going down and the moonlight;
Photography;
Healthy eating - every meal, yes please;
Hot tea and fresh coffee;
Mindfulness yoga and meditation;
Listening music that inspires my soul;
Going to the theater, check out art exhibition;
A day on the beach, hiking a mountain or walking on a forest;
Swimming and diving;
Driving around without destination;
Visiting a new land where almost nobody has ever heard about,!

• photography
• socializing
• cultural studies
• philosophy
• psychology
• cultural immersion
• spirituality
• different cultures
• antropology
• research
• social psychology
• ethnography
• african culture
• synchronicity
• spiritual growth
• existence
• epistemology

Music, Movies, and Books

Stanislav Grof, Alex Polaris, Martin Ball, Joseph Campbell, Thich Nhat Hanh, Ram Dass, Thimory O'Leary, Ken Wilber, Ouspensky....

Favorite authors overall: Oscar Wilde, CS Lewis, Tolkien, Shakespeare, J.K. Rowling (yes, I am a fan of Harry Potter books for about 16 years), Paulo Coelho, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Amyr Klink, Clarice Lispector.

Music? I like a lot of different music, different bands, different genres. Lately I have been listening a lot of classic music (yes, Tchaikovsky, Mozart and Beethoven are just playing over and over on my car) some of jazz, latin music (aka cuban music and mexican music) and I also like to put on the sound of nature (when I'm at home and there is no nature around).

Here its a little list of regular artist I listen to: Beatles, Beirut, Simon and Garfunkel, Oasis, Muse, Naked and Famous, The Killers, Artic Monkeys, Coldplay, Creedence, Pink Floyd, Legião Urbana, Belle and Sebastian, Mumford & Sons, Florence and the Machine, Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros, Los Hermanos, The Doors, The Smashing Pumpkins, Abba, Chico Buarque, Nirvana, Strokes, Amy Winehouse, Adele, Libertines, Buena Vista Social Club, Ramones, Matanza [...]

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have done a lot of the fun things a young person can ask for! Skiing in Canada, hiked volcanoes in Chile, checked out London, Bangkok, Buenos Aires, Barcelona with great company; going out in NYC, diving on a paradise beach in Caribbean, swimming on the open water in Thailand, having all night long bonfire by a lake while having a beer and watching the beutiful starts in the sky, watch the sunrise from the top of a mountain in USA, watch the sunset on the Pacific Ocean, watch the Northern Lights several times from my own backyard in Canada, went to hundreds of fun concerts, party like there is no tomorrow on my first solo trip in Europe, seeing falling starts in Bolivia's desert - made a wish and came true!... have wonderful friends from all around the world and family that deeply care about me, but most of all life has showed me that what is important is within myself and what I bring to people around.

Teach, Learn, Share

I believe every person has something to show me in some way. I always treat everyone with integrity, dignity and respect knowing that each individual has their own values that may or may not be good and apply to me.

I would love to share with anyone my spiritual journey throughout the world, my human services skills and share all my traveling adventures around the world.

Also, I am working on my book project about equality, social concerns around the world, human behavior and existentialism.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Countless beautiful memories of my life around the world.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Egypt, France, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Paraguay, Peru, Spain, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Canada, Uganda, United States

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