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Overview

  • 20 references 6 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning French
  • 39, Male
  • Member since 2006
  • Consulting and auditing NGO's (International cooperation)
  • Respect, above everything.
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Travel as much as possible, and learn by doing so, never stop travelling, never stop learning,

ABOUT ME

I smile, I guess that pretty much describes me. Smiles keep me going! I can be extremely talkative, or be quiet for hours just thinking.

I can't do this, I hate taking about me, that's something others should do, so the comments are there, for good or bad.

But some basics: I've studied environmental sciences in university, and after taking a gap year to travel around southeast asia, sutudied a Masters course on Sustainable development and social corporate responsibility. Currently working in International cooperation by auditing and consulting NGO's

I love sports, all kind of them, from football to paragliding ( I'm very into adventure sports)

Love cooking, manly because I love food.

PHILOSOPHY

"Travel as much as possible to be able to understand better our world"

"The place is just the excuse to meet people"

"Love"

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I try to host, though I don't live alone so it's not always that easy. I can meet to show around Madrid, and you can choose if you want to see the sight-seeing madrid, "my Madrid" or a mixture, you tell me and I'll do my best!

Couch surfing groups are one of the best parts of this community and not that many people use them, I've meet extremely interesting people in Madrid Sports and Madrid Hiking, really recommend joining the groups at your place or even if you are traveling!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Getting bigger and bigger, specially because I've been traveling for 8 months, using couch surfing every now and then, experiencing how warm heated people can treat you, and little by little making a better world.

As a couch I have hosted 3 surfers and each one has made me learn something new. Great experiences all of them! I'm really expecting to host more, or at least show Madrid and try to give as much as it has been given to me.

Interests

Travelling, travelling and mmmm travelling, It's what keeps me going on

  • dancing
  • dining
  • cooking
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • hiking
  • hunting
  • surfing
  • skydiving
  • sports
  • rock climbing
  • soccer
  • paragliding

Music, Movies, and Books

In the theater I like almost anything, love going to the cinema though is getting pretty expensive (at least in Spain).
Travel literature is what I read most now (specially Asian literature)
very open minded with music but really love live music, that's a talent I wasn't given... as well as good paintings and museums which I enjoy because I am a very bad artist... (for me it's difficult to draw even a stick man!)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

*Dive in the great barrier reef in Australia*
*Hiked the great wall china (20km)*
*skydiving*
*paragliding every now and then with my own wing*
*climbing in the Alps*
*Dancing in a wedding in the middle of nowhere Gambia*
*Lived with head-hunting tribes in Nagaland (Konyaks)*
*Fallen in love* (once it's enough)

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach. Hopefully I can teach something, just don't know what. I like knowing a bit of everything, I don't believe in very concrete specialization.

Learn. I can learn almost anything, I'm thirsty for knowledge.

Share. I can share my smile, my time, and a bit of my life if you are willing.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Gambia, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Netherlands, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Qatar, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, South Africa, Spain

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