CURRENT MISSION

2010-2011 = trip of a lifetime

ABOUT ME

We are easygoing, open minded, friendly and curious persons who love to meet people from all around the world. We also enjoy learning about new languages, cultures and trying local specialties. Eliana is an elementary school teacher and Dominique is a mechanical engineer.

visited 20 states (8.88%)Create your own visited map of The World

PHILOSOPHY

Enjoy life now !

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We decided to join the CS community because we discovered from our previous trip, that the most enriching and memorable moments come from meeting locals and other travelers.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Istanbul, Turkey: Dilay Kartal
Istanbul, Turkey: Ece Sermet
Osaka, Japan: Frank Stijnman
Kyoto, Japan: Abdullah Reshetnikov
Nara, Japan: Dessy Tambunan
Toyama, Japan: Katryn Bangert
Takayama, Japan: Takao Katoda
Matsumoto, Japan: Takafumi Mizuguchi
Akita, Japan: Ryan Bailey
Tokyo, Japan: Ankit Gupta
Tokyo, Japan: James Lee
Beijing, China: Stephen A. Calabria
Beijing, China: Natalia Lopez
Xi'an, China: Kris and Min
Kowloon, Hong Kong: Yat Ming Pong
HK Island, Hong Kong: Steven Yang
Yangshuo, China: Qi Zhang
Kunming, China: Jesse Labow

Interests

Photography, travelling, trekking, music, movies, yoga, food, nature…and many more.

• photography
• dining
• cooking
• yoga
• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• teaching
• engineering
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Cidade de Deus, Das Leben der Anderen, Goodfellas, It’s all gone Pete Tong, Un crabe dans la tête, Mémoires affectives, Oldboy, Into the wild, Lost in translation

Seven years in Tibet, Three cups of tea, Stupeur et tremblements, La part de l’autre, Sous un ciel de marbre, Le liseur, Le parfum, La vie devant soi

Jorge Ben Jor, The Beatles, The Roots, John Coltrane, Johny Cash, Lykke Li, Arcade Fire

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

We did a 21 days trek Across Zanskar in India. It was amazing! A few days later we did our first expedition over a 6000m summit: Stok Angri (6153m)

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: Practicar tu espanol?

Learn: cooking?

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Dominican Republic, France, Greece, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Peru

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