CURRENT MISSION

Hosting after my trip to the USA in April 2016, very excited to meet people.
ABOUT ME

I am a local of Melbourne Australia which is a city I love. I was born in Colombia but have lived in Melbourne for a long long time, I also lived in Europe in my 20's ....I am a Civil Engineer by day, musician by night, in my spare time I also do yoga and a bit of road cycling, I love the beach, the ocean, nature, books, great food, and kindness.

PHILOSOPHY

I believe in basic principles of living, and those are pretty universal and transcend "philosophies", those are: kindness, fairness, happiness, equality, honesty, respect, freedom, tolerance, sustainability ....pretty simple really

I am very free in my thinking and I don't believe in amassing material things as in my view that works against my freedom. I live a comfortable life with the material things that are necessary or those that give me joy....I try not to own many things that I might waste or dispose of carelessly.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I try hosting and surfing whenever I can.

I have a house in inner Melbourne and have hosted a few times, it has been wonderful....

Interests

Travel
Books (Murakami, Dave Eggers, Hanif Kureishi, Martell, Suskind, etc)
Playing guitar, bass, piano, synth
Composing music (mainly pop rock)
Road cycling
Sustainability
Bathing :) yes.... I looooove public water springs, I have been to many in Colombia, London, Japan, New Zealand , Taiwan and Australia
The beach.. the ocean...it is just majestic
Good food ... street food in Taiwan and Penang in Malaysia, yum
Meeting people with interesting stories

• books
• design
• dining
• cooking
• beer
• yoga
• flying
• gardening
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• guitar
• piano
• cycling
• surfing
• boxing
• swimming
• engineering
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Favourite Music:

I wrote this in 2009:

Interpol meets Cure via Arcade Fire, Muse, Pixies, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, The Music, The Smiths, Jazz..Van Halen!!

in 2013:

Jazz, Nick Cave, jazzy hip hop€¦.. people change

in 2016

Jazz, Phoenix, Kate Bush, David Bowie, Meg Myers, Lana del Rey....

Favourite TV Programmes: Really I watch very little tv but if I had to choose shows: Breaking bad,, Game of Thrones€, but mainly documentaries....

Favourite Films: David Cronemberg's (Crash, The Fly) , Tim Burton's (Edward Scissor hands) , Gonzales Inarritu's (Amores Perros) ahhh and the old Planet of the Apes.

Favourite Books: Garcia Marquez, Hanif Kureishi, Yann Martel, Javier Marias, Haruki Murakami, Coetzee,........ The curious incident of the dog in the nightime :), Perfume.

Favourite Quotations: It was inevitable....the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love ... ( Garcia Marquez's Love in the Time of Colera

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My whole life has been amazing....

Living in Colombia in the 90's gave me perspective on life
Cycling 600km in three days in Australia
Flying over the Andes
Flying a kite when I was a child
Swimming with Whale sharks in the Philippines
Living in the Phillipines and helping design a massive water treatment plant to improve sanitation

Teach, Learn, Share

I am a Civil Engineer and a Musician, I can give you a class on fluid mechanics....or a guitar and bass masterclass.

I also speak Spanish and a bit of Italian

I can cook a mean Oyakodon and Figs in Maple syrup....

What I Can Share with Hosts

a smile
a nice bottle of red, white, rosè, beer :)
gardening
goes without saying...help with cleaning
and I can cook

again: this goes in my box of general decency and good manners :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, United States, Vanuatu, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Chile, Colombia, Philippines, United Kingdom