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Overview

  • 44 references 31 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning French
  • 32, Male
  • Member since 2013
  • Biologist
  • University
  • From Mexico
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About Me

Soy una persona sencilla, alegre y muy positiva.
(Biólogo, fotógrafo, mochilero y voluntario en proyectos de conservación natural).

I am a simple, joyful and positive person.
(Biologist, photographer, backpacker and volunteer in natural conservation projects).

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Porque creo que no existe mejor manera de conocer un lugar que conociendo a su gente...

I think the best way of knowing a place is through its people

Interests

Amo la naturaleza en todas sus diferentes presentaciones
Me gustan los deportes y actividades al aire libre así como acampar y hacer fotografías de paisajes.
Me gustan mucho las platicas largas, escuchar historias y anécdotas.
Me gusta conocer personas diferentes, lugares y cultura nuevas así como hacer cosas que nunca haya hecho antes. (Me encantan los helados, andar descalzo, las fogatas, las montañas y la cerveza.)

Un poco de fiesta nunca esta de mas...

I love all kinds of nature
I like the sports and outdoor activities as well as camping and taking pictures of landscapes.
I really like long talks, listen to stories and anecdotes.
I like to meet different people, places and new cultures as well as doing things that I have never done before. (I love ice cream, walking barefoot, mountains, bonfires and beer.)

An also why not some party...

  • photography
  • wine
  • beer
  • camping
  • mountaineering
  • biology
  • hitchhiking
  • volunteering
  • street food
  • bicycling
  • 420
  • handcrafts
  • scubadiving
  • ice cream
  • wildlife conservation
  • backpaking
  • scuba dive
  • latinoamerican literature
  • traditions and cultures

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
Escucho mucha música distinta y siempre ando buscando ritmos nuevos, estos son algunos de los grupos o artistas que mas escucho:/I listen to a lot of different music and I'm always looking for new rhythms, these are some of the groups that I hear the most:

Alt-J, Gustavo Cerati, Tame Impala, Caifanes, Alabama Shakes, Cultura Profetica, Crystal Fighters, Los Cafres, Glass Animals, Los Pericos, Solomun, Jack Johnson, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Kasabian, Portugal The Man, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Seafret, Chico Trujillo, Areta Franklin, Rodrigo Gallardo, Rage Against the Machine, Los Aguas Aguas, Etta James, Landon McNamara, Damon Albarn, José González, Depeche Mode, Porter, Bonobo, Kodaline, Miles Davis, SOJA , Donavon Frankenreiter, Vance Joy, Santa Feria, The Beautiful Girls, Panteon Rococo, Louis Armstrong, Ray Charles, Gondwana, Dub Inc., Los Cojolites, Black Pumas, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Amy Winehouse...

Movies and series:
Me gustan las películas de ciencia ficción, suspenso y animación pero no me gustan mucho las de Super Heroes. También suelo ver muchos documentales sobre animales salvajes y naturaleza /I like science fiction movies, suspense and animation but I do not like those of Super Heores, I also see many documentaries about wildlife, and nature.

Interestelar, Gladiator, Nightflyers, Inception, Princess Mononoke, Howl's Moving Castle, Léon: The Professional, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The Shawshank Redemption, Mr. Nobody, Monsters, Inc. Forrest Gump, The Shining, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Big Fish, Reservoir Dogs, Avatar, Slumdog Millionaire, Dallas Buyers Club, Matrix, Midnight Express...

Books:
Me gustan mucho los libros de viajes así como la literatura hispanoamericana. Algunos autores:
I really like travel books as well as hispanic American literature. Some authors:

Gabriel García Márquez, Bruce Chatwin, José Emilio Pacheco, Sebastião Salgado, Juan Rulfo, Jon Krakauer, Ryszard Kapuściński, Jack London, Carlos Fuentes, Roberto Bolaño, Thor Heyerdahl, Maurice Druon, Aldous Huxley, Jonathan Rabb, Julio Cortázar, Mario Vargas Llosa...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Bucear con tiburones, escalar el glaciar de una montaña, acampar en lo profundo de la selva.
Viajar por mas de 6 meses haciendo autoestop por toda América Central, Un road trip por los parque nacionales de Canadá.

Scuba Diving with sharks, climbing the glacier of a mountain, camping in the middle of the jungle.
Travel for more than 6 months hitchhiking throughout Central América, a road trip through the national parks of Canada.

Teach, Learn, Share

Puedo enseñarte a tejer pulseras de macrame, darte unas clases de Español (Que es mi lengua materna), y puedo tocar algunos instrumentos musicales.

Se un poco sobre permacultura, acuacultura, botánica y creación de huertos.

I can teach you how to weave macrame bracelets, give you some Spanish lessons (which is my mother tongue), and I can play some musical instruments.

I know a bit about permaculture and aquaculture, botany and the creation of orchards.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Una buena platica, un punto de vista diferente, mucha buena vibra.

A good talk, a different point of view and all good vibes.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belize, Mexico

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