CURRENT MISSION

Taking a break from all the work! Travelling the wilds of South America to relax, experience the best that nature has to offer and add to my list of skills and work experience.

ABOUT ME

I am a nature lover...'a naturalist at heart'. I love to travel and care passionately about the environment and humanity. I have now been in South America almost 6 six years. I studied a Masters degree in Sao Paulo on what I love most: birds. Now I'm working as a biologist for an NGO in Paraguay to help discover and conserve that country's beautiful diversity. I'm a pretty free spirit and, oh yeah, also gay.

PHILOSOPHY

Ubuntu: umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu (a person is a person because of people). A Zulu principle of empathy and tolerance to fellow humans. If you hurt, it hurts me; if you're well, so am I.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Mostly good.

Interests

Birds, all of Nature, frogs, birds, fish, birds, botany, entomology, birds, evolution, sustainability, rehabilitation, reforestation, environmentalism, art, music (especially classical performances), human biology, the history of the universe.

• birds
• fish
• arts
• environment
• traveling
• music
• fishing
• biology
• entomology
• history
• science
• tours

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Various expeditions to collected/ monitore birds in the Brazilian Amazon; finding and catching species new to science, recently described or that very very few people have seen. Guided tours to the Salar de Uyuni and through Ecuadorian Cloud forests...I feel privileged to have fulfilled such dreams.

Countries I’ve Visited

Botswana, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Paraguay, Poland, Slovakia, Swaziland, United States, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, South Africa