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Overview

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  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning French
  • 32, Male
  • Member since 2017
  • Finance and Human Resources
  • Public Administration
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

I'm 26 years old, a 5 year old Rotaract. I'm also a One Young World Ambassador. (2014 Dublin). I used to work for a Children's Hospital in the procurement area, now I work as a Finance and HR assistant for Doctor's Without Boarders.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Traveling solo I have learn:
Hotels are weird when being alone, it makes you feel alone and it's hard to meet people.
Hostels: sharing a room with 8 people is great, sharing the bathroom with them...not so cool. I'm a clean traveler, I like to take showers 1-2 times a day, it's very common practice in my country, so a clean bathroom is a must.
AirBnB: Yeah, you "share" a room or a house with your guest, but I haven't really share experiences, a meal or even a nice long talk, I kinda felt like I was on a Hotel, which is not ok.

I would like to spend time in your City, get to know your culture, know your habits, your background and share my life.

Interests

I love Red Wine and Food, specially salads, pastas and new flavors. I love solo traveling, this way I meet more people and spend time with locals. I love to binge watch series @ Netflix. I'm quite a History/Politics Nerd, but I'm getting rusty in those topics.

  • red wine
  • traveling
  • eating out
  • watching movies
  • museums
  • rotaract

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: I'm kinda weird in music, I like my songs in English, you would have to listen to my playlist to understand me.

Books: I'm into reading, but lately I haven't done much, my days are bit packed and full of actives, so very few hours to catch on reading.

Movies: Any spy, space or fantasy movie, I'm bad with movie names, But I do enjoy watching movies.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Won a Scholarship to attend One Young World (2014) in Dublin, saw so many great speakers, ex Kofi Annan, had a beer with Muhammad Yunus

Volunteer in Guatemala-Mexico boarder area with Moonies (Unification Church) from USA... Very cultural shock first day, I then did another volunteer trip with them to Nicaragua, awesome people.

Volunteer (9 years and counting), memorable experience: sleep the night in church's wooden benches after providing food for 150 people in rural area.

Travel to Guatemala and Colombia not knowing anyone, flying back with new friends

Eat a Tequila Worm

Sleep @ Military bootcamp, served as our hotel in a volunteer experience

Walk 8 hrs in Dublin

Mud Volcano

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: I can teach you Spanish and my culture. If there are the needed ingredients, I would love to cook for you a traditional dish.

Learn: I would love to learn about your culture, political situation, history of your city, your work. If you know how to cook, I'll love to help and learn your cuisine.

Share: I'm a honest and open book, ask and ye shall get answers.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Latin American Culture, any souvenir your collect?

Countries I’ve Visited

Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Ireland, Nicaragua, Panama, United States

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