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Overview

  • 25 references 14 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning German
  • 36, Male
  • Member since 2013
  • Traveller
  • Pilot
  • From Buenos Aires, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
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About Me

I'm starting to consider myself as a nomad, originally from Argentina (and after various childhood trips around South America) now it's over two years since i started my travels. It all started back when me and a couple of friends drove from California to Panama and back, journey that took almost 6 months and over 8000 miles. We took a truck and a home trailer through all the Pacific coast of Central America, hitting every surf spot we could get too or that the conditions were good.
I have been exploring California and learning lots of new skills thanks to work trade where i met lots of people that can now call friends, and have been great experiences. Plus learning the art and freedom of traveling by bicycle.
Also spent 5 months backpacking Europe, starting in Germany headed South and then East. Tried lots of Eastern European beers and surfed tons of couches.
Here is when i picked up hitchhiking which took me to see scandinavia and all of the United Kingdom. I finished this leg of the trip back with my friends i went to Central America with surfing in Northern Spain.
Now after a small stop back in Argentina for some months to see my family and friends i headed back into adventure. Flew all the way to Nepal to go trekking in the himalayas with a friend from Norway, spent almost 2 months exploring this beautiful country (Annapurna and Langtang regions). After this went island hopping in Indonesia and a small visit to Thailand before heading back into Europe.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

It's all about connection.
Work trade got me to share experiences while learning with some of the most amazing people iv met. And after a while i found that i really enjoy just helping others. So know that whatever it is that passions you, i'll probably like to hear about it and if possible help.
Learning from a stranger, share experiences, getting to know someone, making a new friend. It's all about connection.

Interests

The universe...

Hiking
Cycling
Surfing
Trekking
Sailing
Culture exploring
Meditation
Farming and Community
Tiny houses

Want to go back to climbing

  • arts
  • culture
  • beer
  • meditation
  • flying
  • gardening
  • traveling
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • backpacking
  • surfing
  • sailing
  • rock climbing
  • hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Pink Floyd, Blind Melon, Fleetwood Mac, Tycho, Creedence, Current Swell, Emancipator, deadmau5, General Fuzz, Grateful Dead, Gramatik, Griz, Jamiroquai, Klingande, Manu Chao, Mathisyahu, Papadosio, Odesza, Ramses B, etc.

Movies: Four Rooms, The Big Lebowski, Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, Reservoir Dogs, Snatch, Seven Psychopaths. (i enjoy good acting as much as an artistic film)

Books: Enders quintet, The hobbit, Zen and Art of motorcycle maintenance, A brief history of nearly everything, At Home, Best Seller, Area 18.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Been on the road for two years and counting.
Let yourself be in the flow :)

Teach, Learn, Share

I have been doing so much stuff lately and i'v gathered quite the set of skills.
Building
Farming
Gardening
Surfboard Fixing.
Recently learned how to work an excavator!
I enjoy designing and building furniture, would love to learn a little more about wood shaping.
I can help you with your computer issues, and if you know programming you can help me.
There is more but if i start telling you how i used to fly planes in Argentina this would take me all day..

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, El Salvador, England, France, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Northern Ireland, Norway, Panama, Scotland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, United States, Uruguay, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, United States

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