CURRENT MISSION

Just want to have fun and get happy meeting new cultures. Enjoy me! :P

ABOUT ME

Ok, let's start talking about me. My name: Javier Valencia. Actually that is my second name and the first lie when I always introduce myself. But, to be honest, I feel very secure with this name and that is how people know me. I am journalist, but if I could go back to the past, definitly I would never pick up this academic degree again.  Now, after many days and years, I see Journalism as the bridge to get close to what I really love: Cinema!All my entire life I spent more time with a Television and teathers than friends and also my family. This is not a sad story even not a classic american lifestyle. It's just the way I could have touch with a world where the enterteinment is not the main topic, because there are more than just fun and laughts.In the other hand, I also like the cruisine. At this point, I am very vulnerable, considering food is for me like candies for a child. I am always trying new plates and this is, without no doubts, the best way to know a culture. 

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

When I travel I usually go to hotel or rent a flat. But, I always help people let them staying at my home which is quite a very charming place. Lately I am becoming part of groups, so I am going out with people showing around and make them feel confortable in this hot city.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I hosted:Ilker Duran- Turquía.Mariana y Gastón- ArgentinaJacob Mancus- USAAroon- USA, checanoIan Cheever- USAAna Santana - Brasil Daniel Bustamante- ColombiaAgatha and BF- Alemania. I surfed:Pedro Aguiar- BrasilCacio- BrasilArtur- BrasilJunior y Paul- Brasil

Interests

El cine
La lectura
Los deportes extremos
Una buena conversación
La experiencia culinaria

• culture
• dining
• movies
• traveling
• journalism

Music, Movies, and Books

Música/Music: Aretha Franklin, Florence and the Machine, Lila Downs, Johny Cash, Amy Winehouse, Paloma Faith, Pati Labelle, Calle 13, Bomba Stereo, Chavela Vargas, La Mala Rodriguez, Julieta Venegas,  Billy Holyday, Tracy Chapman, Kristin Chenoweth, Shirley Bassey, of course The Beatles, Paramore, Michael Bublé, Donna Summer, Michael Jackson, Rosario Florez, Fabiana Cantillo, Todo La Momposina  Fito Paéz, Mocedades, Sui Generis, Charlie Garcia, Joss Stone, Louis Amstrong, Frank Sinatra.  This probably will take more than one day, because music live inside me and never want to get out of my body. Libros/Books:Alexis o el tratado del inútil Combate, El retrato de Dorian Gray, Madame Bovary, Plegarias Atendidas, Desayuno en Tiffany's, Lo que el viento se llevo, Viva la música, Música para Camaleones, 20 poemas de amor y una canciòn desesperada, El corazón de las tinieblas, Palrole, parole, parole, Interview with the vampire, 12 cuentos peregrinos. This could be also eternal, but I just want to stop and mention people I love in literature and poetry: Allan Poe, Generation Beat, Julio Córtazar, Marcel Proust, Manuel Zapata, Raúl Gómez Jattin, Joyce, Truman Capote, Yourcenar, Mario Benedetti and other I could not remember in this moment. Películas/Movies: Todo lo de Almódovar, especialmente "Todo sobre mi madre". I am a huge fan of spanish and american movies. So, I have to mention: La niña de mis ojos, desde que amanece me apetece, esa maldita costilla, Connie and Carla, Moulin Rouge, West side story, Casablanca, Mata Hari, Ninotcka, Modern Times, The dictator, The aviator, el secreto de tus ojos, Paris J'taime, Amores perros, Volver, Los soñadores, Finding Nemo, Wall-e, celda 211, Azul oscuro casi negro, Noches de caviria, Bajo el sol de Toscana, La novia de Frankestein, All about eve, Puti woman. Etc etc etc. I love the cinema World.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Los amaneceres de Bogotá. No hay nada como eso.
La desembocadura del Rio Sinú y sus manglares vírgenes.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, El Salvador, Panama

Countries I’ve Lived In

Colombia