I am originally from Colombia, have lived there in different parts so I love it in general, have traveled around my home country quite a bit, all regions, and almost all departments, mainly because of my fieldwork but also just because its a country with gorgeous natural landscapes thanks to its outstanding geography. I have also lived overseas for no more than 7 months in France, the US and currently in Australia, mostly for studying purposes but also have chosen this last country because of its unique marsupial fauna.
My interesting in travel comes from my family where we used to travel all together at least once a year in the country, now that we are apart still trying to meet somewhere xD. Afterward, my work as a biologist has helped to travel into hidden beauties, otherwise non-touristic sites but traveling for pleasure has made me encounter with culture and its magnificent manifestations, through dances, music, clothing, and food. This is something I am currently more and more interested, while still thrill on natural environments :)
In live: Love nature, study nature...It will never fail you.
With others: Give your sweet nature
Travelling: Trip goes always in the inside and even there is not always a clear travel-objective when one goes on the road, one finds it while walking the way.
The journey is the reward.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Because I met people that used it and it was pretty good for them, later on, they sheltered me, so I felt interested then and now I want to give it a try myself. I have traveled and stayed with locals though, without paying but just because it was the way the travel itself went, not because of any preorganized thing., just because, I loved it, I have learned much more from the culture, the traditional lifestyle and cooking in this way, that hostelling.

Interests

Animals: mammals specially. Healthy food, mindfullness parctices (meditation), sports (huge range from trekking, climbing to yoga), travelling light...getting lost and find the way again! Natural national parks, photography (although I use to get inmersed in me being there and forget of the pictures)...Personal curious note: the more I work with pre-Spaniards cultures, the more I get interested in ethnography; well ethnozoology and faunistic art-crafts...just so you know.

• animals
• arts
• culture
• photography
• dining
• cooking
• beer
• coffee
• yoga
• meditation
• walking
• crafts
• traveling
• drawing
• music
• sports
• rock climbing
• tourism
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

I like the rock in general but appreciate traditional music also, mostly world music and alternative rock. Love any afro-latin music: tamboras, currula'o, bullerengue, Colombian and West Ecuador marimba, afro-Peruvian, Cuban...Salsa (dura, brava...70's-80's) and Latin jazz.
Movies..mm I like drama; the hours, 21 grams, Matrix, Mystic River, Dogville, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, before sunshine, match-point... but also more positive ones like midnight in Paris, lord of the rings, Bigfish, Pi and Colombians: La Esquina y El abrazo de la serpiente.
I like reading different stuff, switching from Konrad Lorenz, Jay Gould to Murakami IQ84, but I definitively adore Le petit prince, El Tunel from E. Sabato, Le parfum, the unbearable lightness of being, Everyday magic from P. Chodron..and Un Coeur bien accordè de J-P Sendker. Anyway, I guess my culture embedded me and try to live the general concept of Gabo's magical realism.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I lived in the Tayrona National Natural Park in Colombia for about six months, for my thesis bat research. It was hard: mentally, physically and academically challenging... but now I just feel that corner of the earth as home. If you are interested in the Tayrona I would love to be your tour guide!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach the lenguages I think I know, also I could teach roller skate, or to draw mandalas (geometrical ones)...
I can share my reiki or meditation routine, or stretching/ movement ritual
Share a coffee and talk for hours (ohh yeah highlight that).
I would love to learn more about healthy food, to cook together.
From the hosts culture, I am interested in learning from traditional music, food or dances ... just to learn more of how to give and take!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Share: a walk, a meal, a coffee...yoga or meditation practices :)
(In my daily life I am lactoovovegetarian but I am open to trying some new tastes while travelling or if sometimes it is nothing else, or a community made a special dish and is about manners to receive, you can see me eating meat)

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Colombia, France, United States