Currently i cannot host because i am travelling a lot but as soon as i settle down i can host at my sisters home in Bucaramanga or meet up in Bogotá when i am there.

I decided not to procrastinate my CS participation and write my profile just beforme my first independent trip to Morocco, ( I was there as a traditional tourist) where i plan to do some voluneering, and arabic learning with my interpreter Driss ( also couchsurfer )

I do that because i am still looking for opportunities at for volunteering opportunities at a Moroccan association, to learn their approach of feminism and be useful to them in what they need, for example at translating spanish texts on the matter, teach some work coaching tips. Specially for women doing engineering careers i can try to be as helpful as possible and share my experiences as maintenance engineer in the petroleum company where I worked for many years. I also want to volunteer with Driss, my interpreter to be able to communicate with peoples who dont speak english like villagers or kids. His profile is: https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/igoudman and he is good at construction and traditional Moroccan agriculture. He speaks local languages and English and is learning Spanish. Here you can see my workaway profile: https://www.workaway.info/workawayerprofile.html?w=apintob, on it, i describe my skills and his experience as well. It would be our first volunteering experience. Driss is not my partner but my interpreter ( in order to avoid cultural missundertandings).

I will also combine my trip to Morocco with Tenerife and Canaries, so i wish to participate in the CS meetings and find out if there are people or little groups with interest in Embroidery, Crafts theraphy, Yoga, Regresion techniques and alike topics.

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I am book worm looking for inner peace but fortunadly, i haven't found it, otherwise i would be in Nirvana already.

I love to travel but i have to say i have always done it as a normal tourist, buying packages. On my defence i have to say that i was very busy at work, which hold my mind very occupied with high responsibility and that we colombians need visa even to go to W... My passport and my lack of time put me in the mass tourism group. But now i wish to try if i fit in this new world of Couchsurfing/ Volunteering

I have a family orientation but on the south american sense which may vary from the normal western understanding of that. I have no kids but Mr Dark gave me cousins and a niece.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

*Mainly, To make use of groups features and look for travel recommendations, and likeminded persons or people who are diferent to me but inspiring for my next life project.

* I am in couchsurfing because i need to collect infomation and do reseach doing the groups feature. This is my main objective of participating here. However i can gladdly try to host and surf if i like the profiles and connect well with polite people.

*To stay up to 3 nights surfing at a place that is atractive to me from the cultural point of view or at a home where the host likes my profile information and his/her profile is interesting for me. I do not do couchsurfing merely based on saving money, my main motivation is to discover the real life, the things that make speciall each human.

*I also whish to improve my english and start learning Arabic and other survival Magreb or Middle Eastern languages because is my favourite area of the word to make cultural exploration. So as a host, i will prefer first people with high level of english or who can teach arabic language, or with travelling experiences in Midle East and Magreb countries. However , each traveller can be interesting if polite and open to share and be more than a freeloader. I am real couchsurfer as a host, that means: I do not use it as air bnb or charge any money for it. but for me to consider your request better send me the word* ganesha* on your request. If I want to pay for my accommodation, I use booking or airbnb so, if you are using cs to get some extra income let me know to not send you couch request or look for you at other platforms of payment. If I am real cs host. I also want to deal with real cs hosts when I surf. So if you charge money let me know soon.

*To learn the dinamic of volunteering. First as a volunteer and later to receive volunteers at my future project.

Interests

• birds
• dancing
• politics
• reading
• psychology
• travelling
• zen
• feminism
• embroidery
• reincarnation

Music, Movies, and Books

Merengue, Joe Arroyo, My name is Khan.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Have used my brain for complex stuff both at work and after my recent retirement.

Teach, Learn, Share

I read a lot about death, life after life, spiritual life, reencarnation and so on.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can teach:

*Cross stiching

*Basic Spanish for people needing classes. I am native but teaching grammar in a serious way may be a task of a professional. However i can do my best if you want or need spanish exchange.

*Relaxing and Regression Tecniques of Tanatospsychology and regression theraphy ( related with my believe in reincarnation)

*As surfer i can help at washing dishes, if you give me instructions i can help at cooking ( i ma not good cook but i am good follower of instructions).

*Fruits or nice things to eat in the local markets of the cities which i visit to collaborate and do not behave as a freeloader.

Learn

*I wanna learn languages and improve my english

*At volunteering i am willing to learn what is required to be a good volunteer but i wont tolerate misstreatment. I do not do volunteering for lack of budget but for genuine cultural and social learning and to get inspiration for my own project.

Countries I’ve Visited

Egypt, Japan, Morocco, Norway, Peru, Russian Federation, Spain, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

Colombia, United States