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Overview

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  • Fluent in English, French, Portuguese; learning Spanish
  • 33, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • Travels, Photography, Reading, Learning new languages... ...
  • Engineering student specialized in Renewable Energies
  • From Mt Barker, South Australia, Australia
  • Profile 70% complete

About Me

ABOUT ME

I love travelling.

- I spent two months in India for an internship.
- When I was 17, three friends and I prepared all along a year a 1-month solidarity project in Kibera's slum (Nairobi, Kenya).
- I studied 6 months energy engineering in Porto Alegre, Brazil; I learned Portuguese there.
-I went to iran for almost a month in order to discover the country beyond the stereotypes and preconceived ideas.
- I've lived 6 months in the San Francisco Bay area in 2014 for my final year internship, working in the financing of solar energy projects in California.

PHILOSOPHY
I love to be lost, to question my habits and beliefs.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I returned to my parents' house in the suburb. I will change my status to host once I find a job and an apartment.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
I stayed 6 months in Brazil (Porto Alegre) where I had my first Couchsurfing experience. It was used there as a social network, and we had a couchsurfing meeting in a bar once a week. I met there some of my current friends and I'll never forget that's where I learned Portuguese.

Interests

Backpacking, photography.
I run quite a lot, I'm definitely up for a good race/jogging with anyone whatever your level.
I played viola for 12 years, I had no choice but to stop with my studies; however I remain interested in classical music, as outmoded as it might seem.

  • photography
  • running
  • traveling
  • music
  • classical music
  • backpacking
  • engineering

Music, Movies, and Books

My two favorites might be "Sad tropics by Claude Lévi-Strauss ; "the way of the world" by Nicolas Bouvier. These two are really worth reading.

Cuban music. Samba. Chamber music. Electro.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Backpacking and couchsurfing alone in Iran for 4 weeks was maybe the strongest experience in my life.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Chile, India, Kenya, Nepal, Portugal

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil

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