Hi, I m Ivan. I was born in San Pedro Sula (Honduras). My dad is from Killarney (Ireland) and my mum is from Corrientes, Argentina. My grandpa was dutch. From Fryslan to be more accurate. I lived in Salta and Buenos Aires and I grew up speaking English and Spanish and later when I was 20 I learned Dutch and after that I decided to continue learning languages. Right now Im also fluent in Portuguese and Afrikaans. I consider also that my French is fluent but I need more native speakers in order to improve it. I m also currently learning italian, German and Frisian. Probably I wil never stop learning... hopefully. I studied Paleontology at the University of La Plata in Buenos Aires. I love reading specially books about biology, travels, history, geography and also novels. I also love to go outdoors to do birdwatching, climbing and diving when is possible. I also have a pond full of turtles and I love to go the nationals parks and reserves to watch wildlife. I have been in 14 countries and I would love to travel more!!!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I would love to travel more and practice all the languages that I learned or that I m learning, meet new people, learn more about different cultures and for the adventure of course!

Interests

• animals
• books
• martial arts
• geography
• history
• languages
• diving
• climbing

Music, Movies, and Books

Folklore, Chamame, Heavy metal, Rock.
Jurassic park, Gladiator, Top Gun, Marvel movies, classic movies like Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, Ben-Hur.
Moby Dick, The return of a King, Heart of Darkness, End of the Megafauna, Rise and fall of the dinosaurs, Collapse, The inca of Tucumán, Het land van aankomst, afrikaner sonder grense, Los Hombres de la Entrada, Jaws, I speak of Africa, Tuareg, La iguana, Historia Universal: Descubrimientos y Reformas, Os sertoes, La Fiesta del Chivo, Hawaii, La Solitude du combattant, Atjeh, confissoes de uma leoa,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I went to North Carolina to get some cells for a cloning project using the last known living barbary leopard. Her name was Levra.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to prepare typical argentinian food like asado, empanadas and chipas. I can help you with any of the languages that I know and recommend you books, movies and more important places here to go and have a nice time. I would love to learn more about different cultures and make friends.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can offer informal tours not only around the city, I can teach you how to make typical argentinian food, a comfortable place to stay, to practice any of the languages that you are learning of that i m learning, giving the data to spend your time and money wisely using my local knowledge to have a nice trip.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Honduras, Lesotho, Mozambique, Paraguay, Peru, South Africa, Swaziland, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Honduras