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Overview

  • 15 references 6 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning Portuguese
  • 40, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • tourism/perpetual student (turismo/estudiante)
  • College student (universidad)
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Dejar el mundo cambiarme, para que yo podría cambiar el mundo.

ABOUT ME

I am a hippie at heart, a shy extrovert, a hopeless romantic, and a relentless optimist on a mission to change the world.

Soy un hippie de corazón, extrovertido y tímido, un desesperado romántico y un optimista inexorable en una misión para cambiar el mundo.

PHILOSOPHY

I am thankful each day for what I have, but I will never stop trying to better myself and the world around me. I love life and I search for beauty in everything.

Agradezco mucho por todo lo que tengo, aunque nunca dejo de intentar a mejorar a mi y el mundo. Me encanta la vida y siempre me busca la belleza en todo.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Surf, host, travel smile, laugh often.

Couch surfear, hospedar, viajar, me río y sonrió mucho.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've hosted and have surfed many times in the US and in South America. All of my CS experiences have been very memorable.

He hecho anfitrión y surfeado muchas veces en los EE.UU. y en América del Sur. Todas mis experiencias de Couch han sido inolvidables.

Interests

Travel, music, art, travel, hiking, biking, snowboarding, travel, music, art, beach, bourbon, adventure, travel, dance, sunshine, waterfalls, music, travel, flip flops, rock 'n roll, folklore, hip hop, tequila, fruits and vegetables, graffiti, travel, live music, home cooking, travel, sun rays, Jim, Jimi, Janis, travel, Picasso, Warhol, Basqiuat, Banksy, travel, sharing laughs and smiles, skinny dipping, fatty burning, day tripping, travel, culture, laughter, food, life, and travel.

Viajes, música, arte, viajes, senderismo, ciclismo, hacer snowboard, viajes, música, arte, playa, wiskey, aventura, viajes, baile, el sol, cascadas, música, viajes, zapatillas, rock 'n roll, folklorica, hip hop, tequila, frutas y verduras, arte de graffiti, viajes, música en vivo, comida casera, viajes, rayos del sol, Jim, Jimi, Janis, viajes, Picasso, Warhol, Basqiuat, Banksy, viajes, compartir las risas y sonrisas, nadar, fumar, tripear del día, los viajes, la cultura, la risa, la comida, la vida y los viajes.

  • arts
  • culture
  • folklore
  • beauty
  • dancing
  • dining
  • cooking
  • traveling
  • music
  • live music
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • snowboarding
  • beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Motorcycle Diaries, The Celestine Prophecy, Marching Powder, Cien Años de Soledad, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, A Clockwork Orange, lots of history (especially Latin American history) and biographies.

Films: Cidade de Deus, Wasteland, Y Tu Mama También, Diarios de Motocicleta, Exit Through the Gift Shop, Forrest Gump, Legends of the Fall, 180 South, Pulp Fiction, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Mafia movies and anything by Tarantino, Iñarritu, and Almovodar

Música: TODO!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Swam with sharks, sea turtles, and sea lions in the Galapagos; watched the sunrise over the ancient Inca ruins of Machu Piccu; witnessed the political unrest in the Peruvian alto plano which ultimately led to riots and 6 deaths in Puno; saw firsthand the power of mother earth as the Volcan Tungurahua put on a beautiful light show over the town of Baños, Ecuador; played in the bioiluminecese filled waters at the beach of Leo Carillo; met a 6 year old Aymara girl who is possibly the happiest person I have ever known, in spite of the fact that her family of 6 lives in a single room hut without any of the material possessions the Western world takes for granted.

Nadé con tiburones, tortugas marinas y lobos marinos en las islas Galápagos. He visto la salida del sol sobre las antiguas ruinas incas de Machu Picchu. Fuí testigo de la agitación política en el alto plano de Perú, donde en última instancia, provocó disturbios y 6 muertes en Puno. Vi de primera mano el poder de la madre tierra, el Volcán Tungurahua que pusó en un hermoso espectáculo de luces en la ciudad de Baños, Ecuador. He jugado en las aguas bioiluminecese en la playa de Leo Carillo. Conocí a una niña Aymara de 6 años quien es posiblemente la persona más feliz que he conocido, aunque su familia vive en una choza pequeña sin ningunos de los bienes materiales que el mundo occidental que ha dado por sentado.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Ecuador, United States

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