CURRENT MISSION

Developing a Collaborative Hostel Project in Nicaragua → www.calalas.com

ABOUT ME

I was born in the center of Spain, but I grew up in Gran Canaria island. where I did my sports & physical education degree (outdoor activities specialty) and the island it is been my camp base since and it is what I call home somehow, ;).

I am an outdoor guy. I worked for a few years as an adventure travel guide in the canary islands and European mountains. I also worked 5 months as Snowboard Instructor and 3 months in Gran Canaria as Sports Coordinator for 6 years period. Nowadays I am the director of a Collaborative Social Innovation traveling project → www.rutasiete.ulpgc.es in the Canary Islands and I am developing a Collaborative Hostel Project in Nicaragua.

I travel/move quite a lot. I have met amazing people all around and their friendship is my more precious possession.

In this Nicaraguan adventure my partner in crime is my brother Carlos. In our place they are welcome friends and any good-hearted traveler. This is a really easy going place.

PHILOSOPHY

A good friend of mine told me once in a long camp trip: every day there is a sunset and a sunrise but most of the time the people is not there to enjoy them, you know what are we? We are sunset hunters. I like that one.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

As a traveler I found lots of nice locals all around and they helped me out to know the places and their people better.

Interests

I am a curious person, avid reader, I write to remember... I like activities that you play with the nature: windsurf, Sailing, Ski, Snowboard, Surf, Trekking...

• instructor
• traveling
• outdoor activities
• camping
• sailing
• skiing
• snowboarding
• sports
• tourism
• adventure travel
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

I like the writers: Rudyard Kipling, Tom Sharpe, Nigel Barley, Kerouac, Truman Capote, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Jack London... I also use to read books from travelers, hikers, sailors like: Reinhold Messner, Bernard Moittesier, Wolfgang Hausner, Bruce Chatwin...

Music: Slackstring, Xavier Rudd, Amos Lee, The Police, Bob Dylan, Joaquin Sabina...

Movies:Leon the professional, Crash, Groundhog Day, Casablanca, Blade Runner, Bourne films, Le Big Blue, Snatch, Tierra, Dances with Wolves, Clerks, Reservoir Dogs, The Tiger And The Snow, The Maltese Falcon, The Fearless Vampire Killers, Death and the Maiden, El día de la Bestia...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Surf at sunrise at D-bar Gold Coast AUS surrounded by dolphins
Sunset at Lake Tahoe coming back from working in the mountains

Teach, Learn, Share

Cooking, water sports, anthropology, group facilitation, personal development...

What I Can Share with Hosts

Info about the area, tips for traveling in Nicaragua, if I am not busy maybe an excursion to visit the community, surf in other spots, cooking together...

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Finland, Gambia, Guatemala, Indonesia, Mexico, Panama, Peru, South Africa, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Nicaragua, Spain, United States, Wales