I was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and grew up in Paraty, surrounded by nature and by the beach. I currently live in Rio and I'm finishing my degree in Biological Sciences here. Beyond biology, my great passion in this world is Kung Fu and all the amazing philosophy envolved in it. I feel like my purpouse in life is to find a connection and balance between ecology and spirituality. I'm really into Zen Buddhism and Taoism too.
I currently work in an Algae Research Laboratory (w/ zooxanthellaea) in the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden. I'm a Kung Fu practitioner for 4 years and Tai Chi Chuan practitioner for 1.5 years now, and I help my teacher in a Social Project where I teach Kung Fu to kids.
I'm very open minded, always wanting to learn and to help not only people around me, but the world itself. I'm vegan and I try to live life in simple ways.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love to travel and to meet people. I think it's amazing this solidary idea of people helping each other while traveling. It's a good way to save money and to know other people and create connections, to explore the local culture, etc!

Interests

Martial arts, Kung Fu, Tai Chi Chuan, Philosophy, Balance, Spirituality, Taoism, Zen Buddhism
Biology and everything related to the study of nature. Agroecology, Organics, Veganism.
Music, Books, Cultural Exchange, People, Beer, Celebrations
Arts, Painting, Chinese Paiting, Photography, Analog Photography, Film Photography

• culture
• vegetarian
• vegan
• meditation
• music
• hiking
• martial arts
• biology
• ecology
• philosophy
• travel
• nature
• buddhism
• diving
• kung fu
• taoism
• analog photography
• surf
• agroecology
• tai chi
• trails

Music, Movies, and Books

Books:
Beat Generation (Kerouac, Ginsberg, etc). Chinese poetry. Zen Buddhism. Oriental Studies. Oriental Philosophies. Agroecology. Ecology. Politics.

Music:
A lot of 80's and 90's alternative (smashing pumpkins, hole, weezer, pixies, sonic youth, nirvana), indie music (strokes, mgmt, lorde, arctic monkeys), surf punk and lo-fi (beach fossils, FIDLAR, alvvays, wavves, best coast, tennis, sandy alex g, diiv), classic rock (led zeppelin, janis joplin, pink floyd), punk (the clash, ramones, sex pistols) and pop punk (blink 182, good charlotte, sum 41).
I absolutely love brazilian music too, speacially samba and bossa nova (chico buarque, caetano veloso, vinicius de moraes, jorge ben jor, novos baianos)
I love Andean music too.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Backpacking South America (Bolivia, Chile and Peru)
Training Kung Fu in China and backpacking China
Graduate in Biological Sciences!
Almost black belt in Kung Fu =)

Teach, Learn, Share

Buddhism/Taoism
Biology
Kung Fu / Tai Chi
Surfing
Agroecology
Music (Brazilian music)
Languages (Portuguese)
About my country (Brazil) and Latin America =)

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Germany, Peru, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil