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Overview

  • 17 references 14 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, Portuguese; learning German, Italian, Russian, Spanish
  • 43, Male
  • Member since 2012
  • Diplomat
  • Business, international law
  • No hometown listed
  • Profile 100% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To live (and maybe try to get to know a little bit of this world before I die)

ABOUT ME

I'm a guy who got addicted to moving around the world and turned it into his job, starting to work as a diplomat for Brazil. When I'm in a new city, I prefer walking around, getting lost in it, eating at the street, having a local drink and seeing how people live, than going to the famous monuments to take pictures. I'm a very chill person who can adapt to every kind of condition. I was born and raised in São Paulo, but I've been moving around for a while.

PHILOSOPHY

Keep calm and enjoy.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've couchsurfed some times and hosted a lot of people and they were all great experiences. I love getting to know someone from the city I'm in.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Amazing.

Interests

Doing anything that's new for me, reading, writing, kite surfing (and kite landboarding and snow kiting), hanging out with cool people (old and new friends), partying, photography, travelling, diving...

  • writing
  • photography
  • walking
  • partying
  • drinking
  • reading
  • traveling
  • kite surfing
  • surfing
  • scuba diving
  • religion
  • beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Samba, Bossa, Samba Rock, Jazz, Balcan Beats...
Books: anything from Dostoyevsky, Saramago, Pirandello, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Jorge Amado...
Movies: anything from Lars von Trier and other Dogma directors, Tarantino, Fellini, Truffaut, Kusturica, Ken Loach...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Klimbing the Kilimanjaro, diving in Phiphi Island, getting to know a little bit more about Vodoun religion with my friends in Benin, kitesurfing in Brazil, snowkiting in Norway, chilling at a beach in Zanzibar, carnaval in Rio, working in the organization of the World Social Forum in Mumbai...

Teach, Learn, Share

I can make a great caipirinha (best drink in the world) and I'm always up for learning anything new!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, England, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Haiti, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Moldova, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City State, Venezuela, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Benin, Brazil, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, India, Italy, Ukraine

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