I was born and raised in São Paulo, Brazil's biggest city - some millions of people all around here. And it always made me happy to live in this city, with so many people from so many places in the world. I've studied in a very different university, with an intercultural core, where I studied social sciences, but also math, biology and philosophy, for example. Today I study International Relations - and my work is kind of related to it.

Must say since I was very young, I dreamed of the day I would travel the world, meet people, discover new cultures and ideas - everyday more, I am reaching this goal. It is a feeling of connecting with myself to be out in the world, living and creating bonds with people. Guess what I like the most in this life is to spend some time talking (with a beer, an orange juice, or any food gets even better!).

I'm passionate about arts, particularly photography, which I give my few tries sometimes. It all started with a trip I made to Colombia and Ecuador, there I found my love for two things: photography as a way to highlight how people live their life and how we are connected in all different parts of the world; and a love for Latin America and its streets, peoples, cultures and foods.

My instagram account is instragram.com/_godoyleo in case you want to check some of my photos!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Travelling is way more about meeting sharing knowledge, experiences and smiles!

Interests

I enjoy a lot of things in life, but mostly what gets my heart are all the forms of art (mainly photography, which is the one I work on); meeting new people; teaching and learning all kinds of stuff.

• culture
• books
• literature
• movies
• music
• fotografía
• culinary
• latinoamerica
• relaciones internacionales

Music, Movies, and Books

Picture of Dorian Gray, Catcher in the Rye and Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters & Seymour are my favourite books of all. Right now I've been listening to a lot of Brazilian music, and you should check out BaianaSystem - it is amazing! Before being an student, I used to watch a lot of movies, but now I must say there's not as much time as I'd want to (and Netflix has a lot of great shows hahah)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

A bike trip through Uruguay and Argentina

Teach, Learn, Share

Cooking, languages, guitar and ukulele lessons

What I Can Share with Hosts

Always excited about cooking for other people; sharing my culture and the traditions we have in my country; a good chat about anything crazy thing is this life.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil