24 year old Australian-born with Portuguese heritage, travelling solo for the time being through América Latina for a year or so.

Four years ago I travelled to South America and fell in love with the people and the history of this amazing continent. Since then I completed a university degree in Sociology and saved some money now I'm back.

I'm travelling without a plan, my main objective is travel slow, meet Latin Americans, grow and learn, about myself and the cultures I enounter.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I don´t want to see all the places and do all the things. I think so much is lost when you travel just to see. I want to integrate myself in places and communities and form real connections with people who live here. I´m not here to travel in the traditional sense of the word. I think the couchsurfing community provides a unique point of entry to meet locals. It´s also an opporunity to be a part of an exchange based on mutual trust and love for other cultures and people, a non transactional exchange which in itself is a pretty unique experience in today´s world.

Interests

Everything! I'm here to learn from people about their worlds.

I want to experience societies as they are. I want to discover cities and their cultural scenes, the music, art and nightlife. I want to find a city I love and stay for a while.

I also want to experience small communities. I want to learn about sustainable development, permaculture and indigenous communities.

My interests vary so much. I love dancing, all sorts of music from hip-hop, rock to jazz and electronic, hiking, vegetarian food, reading, dancing salsa, photography, an occasional football game, discussing philosophy and politics, this list goes on...

• arts
• photography
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• vegetarian
• nightlife
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• music
• jazz
• hiking
• soccer
• history
• sociology

Music, Movies, and Books

Hip-hop, jazz, bossa-nova, neo-soul, blues, electronica

Books I´ve read recently that I enjoyed:
The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera
Open Veins of Latin America - Eduardo Galleano

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I´ve just spent two months living in the Ecuadorian Amazon, 3 hours east of Macas in Morona-Santiago.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I love conversation, exchanging ideas, perspectives & stories.
I can cook pretty well!
I can help you learn English.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Ecuador, Guatemala, India, Laos, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Guatemala