I was born in Madrid, grew up in Latin America, studied in Europe, and then had a long and inspiring adventure in Western China. Now I’m starting a new phase of my life back in Europe and discovering than the cultural shock of being back home is greater than the one of going away.
I'm very, very curious, I enjoy deepening on the subjects and in the cultures that surround me.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

In all of the places to where I’ve travelled I’ve found hospitality: a place to sleep and some hot water (regardless of being a couchsurfer, or a home in a village without even internet). I just don’t want to accept that in Western consumerist society we keep on forgetting something so human and basic as hospitality.

Interests

Photography. Specially documentary photography, I’ve been working for a few years as a documentary photographer. I’m also interested in experimental and alternative photography techniques: box cameras, cyanotype…
Cinema: documentary, classical, expermiental...
I like to talk about politics, history, civil and human rights and gender.

• photography
• documentaries
• human rights
• cooking
• politics
• movies
• scuba diving
• boxing
• swimming
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Jules et Jim, l'amour en fuite, Sans soleil, Site Habana, Chico y Rita, America America, Persona, Children of men, Volver, Todo sobre mi madre, Tesis, Annie Hall...
Favourite writers: Tiziano Terzani, Italo Calvino, Gabriel García Marquez, Kapuscinski, Amin Maalouf, Julio Cortázar, Albert Camus...
Music: My taste is very eclectic, I can enjoy almost every kind of music. Some of my favorite artists: Bebo Valdés, Herbie Hancock, L'Ham de Foc, Renaud Garcia-Fons, Djivan Gasparyan, Nina Simone, Ernesto Lecuona, Ben Harper, Yasmin Levy, Hedningarna, Mariza, Goran Bregovic, Ali Farka Touré, Buika, Fela Kuty...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Diving with a shark was awesome, but seeing a big fin in the water (luckily I've never new if it was a shark of a dolphin) while I was swimming; that was really amazing!
Getting lost in a mountain in Norway during a storm.
Getting lost in a zoco in Morocco (lot more tricky than any mountain...)
A tsunami alert and a hole town in panic. And the absolute joy and extasis of that night when we knew that we were safe.
L'amour en fuit et Jules and Jim by Truffaut

Teach, Learn, Share

I’m always happy to cook together and learn some of your dishes or teach you some of mine. The conversations about our experiences, history, and life will come along!

Countries I’ve Visited

Costa Rica, Japan, Jordan, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Norway, Sweden, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, China, Cuba, France, Guatemala, Spain, Switzerland, Venezuela

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