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Overview

  • 26 references 13 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Portuguese; learning French, Spanish
  • 36, Female
  • Member since 2014
  • Biologist
  • No education listed
  • From State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Well, travel li get the world I met the love of my life and just got married. So all the missions for now were accomplished!

Living in Austria... but my mum still might can host someone in Rio...
She is super fun, love dancing and hate to still be working! She is economist. Don't speak English!

ABOUT ME

I'm 27 years backpacker from Brazil. I'm from Rio, but now living in Vienna... I'm biologist, bat reseacher... I love nature, animals, trekking, Pictures, good music and beer! I love to go campping! Have two dogs, Golden Retriver! I can speak some French and Spanish; Portuguese (off course!) and English fluently.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

People did take care and guided me around the world...
Met my husband hitchhiking a sailing boat...
So I enjoy supporting those in the way!

Interests

Treking, scuba diving, sailling, horse hiding. Love movies and books.

  • animals
  • dogs
  • books
  • dancing
  • cooking
  • beer
  • boating
  • movies
  • traveling
  • music
  • hiking
  • backpacking
  • camping
  • scuba diving
  • sailing
  • astronomy
  • biology
  • economics
  • languages
  • hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Travel books... like "Long way down", "long way round", "Jupiter's travels"
climbers relates...
Dan Brown's books
I love movies... Good will hunting, Fight Club, Pretty woman, Thor, Batman, Salt, Sr. & Sra Smith, Lord of war, City of angels, Midnight in Paris... Any kind...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Camping in queensland, Austrália,, beside a river with crocodiles... and awake by a jumping kangaroo!
Poon hill, 5 days trek in Napal...
Grand Canyon, botton and up!
I've been about 1 meter from a mousse in Grand Teton National Park, usa... and it looked into my eyes!

And... My first backpacker trip was in Europe, in 2008, by myself... 45 days, with absolutely NO ENGLISH! it was almost mimic, french and Spanish... but in croatia I just found a house to sleep using only mimic language, witth na old lady...
And in German, I asked a men in a souvenir store... "are you a plate?" (LANGUAGE PROBLEMS...)

Drove from Miami to Los Angeles with my brother... hiking all we could in the way!

Hitchhiked a sailing boat, and 2 years later married one of the sailors!

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to learn languages, local cultures and cooking... (but I never realy learned to cook! lol)
I enjoy talking about places in Earth, astronomy, nature, good destinations and travel experiences... I

What I Can Share with Hosts

I know Brazil and Rio quite well,
Sometimes I'm happy to drive you around, go for a beer or help you planning your next steps...

If I accept only one request, you would have a room... but sometimes I can't ignore some requests, and end up filling the living room...

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kosovo, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Montenegro, Nepal, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Saint Martin (French part), Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Austria, United States

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