Hello salut hola kiubo ciao epa!

I've been traveling around the world - well, more like living around the world - for a few years now and want to keep discovering, exploring, and meeting fun friends as my journey continues.

I'm half-Ecuadorian, half-Uruguayan, and my new base for the next few years will be Paris (I'll be working on a Masters in Social Policy and probably hosting quite a few of you at my tiny chambre de bonne). I don't speak much French though, so I'm always looking for conversation partners with a great deal of patience and good humor haha

Things I'm passionate about:

- Travel the world and the seven seas (ocean travel coming up as soon as I hitch a ride on a sailboat - any takers?)
- Nature (being in it, swimming in it, exploring it, sleeping on it hahaha)
- All things Queer
- Picnicking / relaxing in comfortable horizontal surfaces (haha!)
- Environmental sustainability / social responsibility
- Literature / Film / Art / Culture / Wine / Beer / Other really snobby-sounding things

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

For some reason, every time I've couchsurfed has been organized through a friend's account, while I lay slouched on the side. It's time to change that!

I'd like to meet people from the world over and explore new ideas and perspectives (over a beer or two, or a salad, or a barefoot walk close to a river, or simply over whatever you'd like! haha).

Also - I'm quite hyperactive and always want to be hanging out or doing something, so couchsurfing helps ;)

Interests

• running
• politics
• reading
• cycling
• swimming
• travel
• nature
• lgbt
• film
• exploring
• queer
• creative writing

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
Celia Cruz / Bomba Estéreo / Café Tacuba / Gepe / Soda Stereo / Reggeatón, perreo, salsa, merengue, vallenato, cachullapi - you name it, I like it.
Radiohead / Astor Piazzolla / Frank Ocean / El Guincho / Arcade Fire / Daft Punk / Stromae / Maria Bethania / Ray Charles / The Smiths / The Velvet Underground / Yann Tiersen / Years&Years / Miami Horror / Thelonius Monk / & mucho, muchísimo más.

Current shower song: Careless Whisper by George Michael (fancy showers = best showers haha!)

Movies:
(this is hard too)
Most things by Xavier Dolan.
Aquarius
Almodóvar (y muchas cosas de El Deseo)
Relatos Salvajes
Latin American Movies (Tantas, viejas, nuevas, y cortos)
Nobody Knows
Happy Together (and many other things by Wong Kar Wai!)
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Weresathwakul = Genius)
Amélie has a special place in my heart

... and yes, I watch and love Game of Thrones.

Books:
(oof, even harder!)
Current: Immortality by Milan Kundera.
After: Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
Other authors in my To-Read List: Onetti, Cortázar, García Lorca, Galeano, Balzac, Césaire, Baudelaire, Nothomb (and recommendations that I'll add as I receive them!)
Favorites: Bolaño, 100 Años de Soledad, Rayuela, David Foster Wallace, Lydia Davis, Murakami, J.K Rowling, Phillip Pullman.

// on the more "academic interests" side: Lorde, Sen, Butler, Freire, hooks, Piketty, Chomsky

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I don't like this question. It encourages me to be less modest and I like being modest.

But... hmmm... amazing thing I've done? I've had the opportunity to travel, meet people, learn as I go - I've been lost in mountains, swam in crystal-clear pools, played with fantastic beasts (pun pun pun), danced all night around burning pyres, slept here and there (and at beaches, and gardens, and not-so-comfortable-or-horizontal surfaces!), found a calling (and lost it, and found it, and lost it, and found it), and connected with people that have helped me become a better person.

I guess that's not "one thing," but it's definitely amazing.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I'm not an expert cook, but I love cooking and sharing my food with people (I can cook delicious quesadillas which I hope you'll be able to try!). I can also help around the house - help you clean a bit, if you want

I'll share as much as I can.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ecuador, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, Vanuatu