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Overview

  • 30 references 16 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning Italian
  • 35, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • I'm a hostel-receptionist filmmaker
  • Studying in Buenos Aires, FILM!
  • From Panama City, Panamá, Panama
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Conocer Argentina, mi nueva casa

ABOUT ME

I have been living by my own since I was 17 years old.

Meeting people from other cultures is one of the things I enjoy the most, listening to travelers have made me feel closer to parts of the world I want to go to.

PHILOSOPHY

Ser feliz con poco, y con mucho también.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I started hosting travelers with my best friend when we were renting a big room in the financial district of Panama. I built some very good friendships, then one day I said: "What if I go to Argentina where most of my CS friends are?". So here I am now, studying what I love, and being happy.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have been member of HospitalityClub.org the last 4 years, and had lots of very good experiences with more than 40 guests since 2007. Respect, honesty, tolerance and hospitality are my biggest learnings.

Interests

ART.
CINEMATOGRAPHY.
Alternative music.
Acting.
Cooking.
Handicrafts.
Sports: swimming, biking, running.

  • arts
  • acting
  • dancing
  • cooking
  • running
  • socializing
  • music
  • alternative music
  • cycling
  • sports
  • swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES:
Antontment
Babel
La Mala Educacion
Rosario Tijeras
Hable con ella
Volver
The Color Purple
Brokeback Mountain
Perico Ripiao
Shrek
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Amores perros
El crimen del Padre Amaro
Love in the Time of Cholera
Todo sobre mi madre
Un rey en La Habana
El Abrazo Partido
Como Agua para Chocolate
Sweeny Todd
Forest Gump
Little Miss Sunshine
Los Abrazos Rotos
La Piel que habito
Le Scaphandre et le Papillon
Slumdog Millionaire
Amelie
Happy Together
Gege die Wand
Revolutionary Road
Turtles Can Fly
A Separation
Bruno
Incendies
The Burble

MUSIC:Pop rock, Bossa nova, Indie rock, Salsa, Merengue, Jazz, Jazz fusion.

Calle 13
Pureza Natural
Sr. Loop
Liset Alea
Nouvelle Vague
Esperanza Spalding
Jorge Drexler
Madonna
Shakira (aquella que solía tocar la armonica)
Bomba Estéreo
Boy
Dido
HaBanot Nechama
Alberto Iglesias
Gustavo Santaolalla
Dario Marianelli
Buika
RuPaul
Balkan Beat Box
Adriano Celentano
Amy Winehouse
Ibeyi
Stromae

BOOKS:
El amor en tiempos del Cólera - Gabriel García Marquez
Cien años de soledad - Gabriel García Marquez
Crónica de una muerte anunciada - Gabriel García Marquez
Memorias de mis putas tristes - Gabriel García Marquez
La Hojarasca - Gabriel García Marquez
Stupid white men - Michael Moore
Al Diablo la maldita primavera - Alonso Sanchez Baute
The color Purple - Alice Walker
Bodas de sangre - Federico García Lorca
El ahogado - Tristan Solarte
Patty Diphusa y otros relatos - Pedro Almodóvar
Atonement - Ian McEwan

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I made a coverage which was broadcasted two times on national television.

I went to Bocas del Toro (Caribbean in Panama) when I was a minor just with $2 USD and spent one week there, few years later I moved to Buenos Aires with U$300 and here I am!

Hace poco fui a Marruecos y fue un viaje muy inspirador, ahora sólo pienso en viajar.

Teach, Learn, Share

I dance ! dance!

I know how to do Macrame, a technique to make bracelets very popular between mochileros/hippies (?)

In Panama City people don't use directions such as north, south, numbers or street names; so be prepared to get lost.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A joke: Once upon a time... the rest in person XD

Countries I’ve Visited

Costa Rica, France, Italy, Morocco, Peru, Spain, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Colombia, Panama

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