ABOUT ME

Hello people from the world I'm Maia, I'm originally from Venezuela, and I'm studying art in Brooklyn, NY.
After 2 years of eternal summer I started school.
Those last two years I traveled with this Australian guy around Europe, that's when I started using couchsurfing.
My last couchsurfing trip was roadtripping and camping through the west coast. This summer I would love to travel a lot.
I love music, going to shows, riding bikes, laughing, hanging out with strangers and wakin up in different places of the world.
I think there is this thing like "travelers luck". Maybe you know exactly what i mean, but when travelers expose themselves to their most vulnerable side, when they're ready to show they're fragility to the world, that's when other traveler soul rescues them from the road.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So there was this time when we stayed in Poland for a week in 2 different cities because of some couchsurfers we met in Barcelona, and after that we started using couchsurfing,. I've stayed with no more than 10 people, I think.

I've hosted two girls here in brooklyn and they were really amazing, I showed them around and we went to see Parquet Courts, a band that I really like.

Occasionally I attend CS meet-ups, if they're like a music event or something.
I like going to shows.

This summer I was rescued by Gemma and Mat from Las Vegas, two couchsurfers that were roadtripping the west coast. These days were the best days of my life, almost.

Interests

I like art and music but I guess everyone just says that.
Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington, I like south american literature and russian writers, I like tiny animals.

• animals
• arts
• literature
• dancing
• music

Music, Movies, and Books

Favourite movies
Death Proof, Moonrise Kingdom, Watchmen, Leon the Professional, Sin city, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Fantastic Mr Fox, Un cuento chino, Yellow Submarine, Waking Life, Amores Perros, X-men (all of them), Lucia y el sexo, Annie Hall, Manhattan, Whatever works

Favourite Music:
I like post rock, jazz, swing and grunge.
Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, B.B King, Blur, Gorillaz, Bob Dylan, Queens Of The Stone Age, Pink Floyd, Plini, Pixies, Nine Inch Nails, El Cuarteto de Nos, God Is An Astronaut, Jimi Hendrix, Jorge Drexler, Brigitte, Almendra, Pescado Rabioso, Manu Chao, Nirvana, Zaz, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Frank Ocean, Hiatus Kaiyote, Snarky Puppy, ARCA, The Police, badbadnotgood, beach house, Jack White, The White Stripes. Mostly I'm in love with Duke Ellington

Lately I've been listening to a lot of hip hop also. I love J Dilla.

Favourite Books
Cien años de soledad, El amor en los tiempos de colera, Desde el Jardin, La elegancia del Erizo, Le deuxieme sexe, el arte de amargarse la vida, around the world in 80 days, the unbearable lightness of being , Rayuela, Ulysses, all of the Harry Potter books, Up and down in Paris and London, Dubliners, lolita.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I saw the most poisonous octopus in the world in Australia (I almost touched it...)

Teach, Learn, Share

Dancing salsa? Or a bike ride!

What I Can Share with Hosts

south american sasssssssssssssss

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Colombia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela