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Overview

  • 3 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning Danish, French, German
  • 30, Male
  • Member since 2016
  • Designer at Social Disruption "SD"
  • Master in Design
  • From Lisboa
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About Me

I´m really a nice friend to be with and always in a good mood, I enjoy meeting new people from around the world, I´m tonnes of fun as long as I´m comfortable with the others.
I love having new experiences and I´m quite open minded, but I have my limits of course.
So in other words I´m lots of fun to hangout with and I will not only be the best host you have ever had but I will enjoy showing you around my country when you come to visit.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Just want to meet and make friends that are not just Portuguese and also because I love traveling, sometimes by my own so I go look for someone that can show me around the area and of course have a few drinks, experience the nightlife of the locals and share great moments with that person, because more than knowing and learning about a new culture is make friends that are ready to put up with me and my personality that is I think unique haha.

Interests

I love photography and traveling, so I combine them both.
I´m also a designer so I always carry with me my sketch book to capture with my pencil the sights.
I love cycling very much, its my favourite main of transportation and exercise, I also play football, surf when the weather and waves are nice and sometimes I do kayake at the sea.

  • design
  • photography
  • japanese food
  • exercise
  • nightlife
  • drinking
  • traveling
  • cycling
  • surfing
  • bungee jumping
  • skiing
  • soccer
  • travelling
  • the beach
  • footbal
  • cycle

Music, Movies, and Books

Coldplay is definitely my favourite band, but mostly I like all kinds of music, from smooth to hard rock.
Movies I love the SFY and action ones especially because of the special effects done by computer, but one of my favourite one´s is " The day after tomorrow" from 2004, but it´s still quite up to date for me.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I´ve walked and had the craziest snowball fight at the top of a glaciar in Iceland, were I also climbed an active volcano and saw the crater still active.

Still hoping to do Bungee jumping and jump from a plane this year. ( open to any invitations ).

Went into an hidden cavern when snorkeling in southern Portugal and felt the adrenaline of being alone in that place, but it was awesome.

When travelling to Amsterdam and after to Copenhagen I brought my folding bike with me by plane, and had to carry it with me all the way when going from Amsterdam to Copenhagen, all of this when changing constantly different transports and all during the night hours.

Teach, Learn, Share

Travelling alone can be quite an experience, because you end up meeting the most awesome people you can imagine that will help you, embrace you as their friend, make you feel as much at home as possible, but there is a down side, some moments can appear to be quite lonely when your by your self.
But those moments made me understand that if we want to be independent we will also have to face the truth that sometimes we will feel like we are alone in the world, but all can change with a single phone call or Skype XD.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I´m really tidy so you don´t have to worry about me, I have always the day planned completely but I´m open to have some fun with the host, and if the stay with the host is great I will invite them to come to my country and stay in my house of course and show them a good time.

Countries I’ve Visited

Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Iceland, Netherlands, Scotland, Spain, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany

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