Hello Dear Couchsurfers, My name is Juan Piedra, I am from Ecuador and I am 39 years old.
About my international experiences I can mention that I studied a two-year Master in Sustainable Development in Utrecht-Netherlands from 2016 to 2018. Also, I’ve lived in Switzerland, Bolivia and in Israel for 6 months helping as a volunteer in the Kibbutz. I had the luck to visit several countries around the world and I’d like to keep discovering more in the future.

This time I’m coming back to the Netherlands in June 2022 to work, and I want to live in Amsterdam.

I consider myself to be open minded, respectful and friendly, I enjoy meeting new people, I also like to get out of my comfort zone and face new challenges.

My Facebook https://www.facebook.com/el.piedrita

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Well, In my opinion, the best way to experience the local culture is through a local and who can say that has a friend in every city in the world?, just amazing!

Interests

I enjoy any form of art expression, visiting museums, getting to know the history of the places I visit, discovering new music (love live music), going out at night, party and dance. I practice some sports: soccer, skateboarding, cycling; I also like to watch combat sports and I practice some myself.

• festivals
• beer
• traveling
• socializing
• cycling
• skateboarding
• freedom
• dance
• learning new things
• muay thai
• healthy food
• salsa
• deep conversations
• meeting new people
• new friends
• sustainable development
• psychedelics
• mixed martial arts
• social psychology
• psytrance
• freestyle
• night life
• deephouse
• kaizen
• wrap your head around that
• be real
• out of confort zone

Music, Movies, and Books

I like pretty much any kind of music that makes me feel something, but normally I listen to electronic music, hip hop (I do some freestyle myself-just for fun though), rock, alternative, reggae, salsa and tropical music (no brainer, I am south-American :)). I like to read about social Psychology, novels, self motivation. Best movies: Fight Club, Natural born killers, American Beauty, Forrest Gump, Interstellar.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Tough call

Teach, Learn, Share

I could teach you Spanish, some salsa dancing, and anything related to the great natural and cultural diversity in Ecuador.

What I Can Share with Hosts

My experiences, my time, my energy and who knows perhaps a little Ecuadorian souvenir :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ecuador, Israel, Netherlands, Switzerland