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Overview

  • 44 references 22 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German, Spanish; learning French, Italian, Portuguese
  • 38, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • I'm a traveller. Occasionally, due to the need of funding...
  • Bachelor's Degree in Tourism & Hospitality
  • From Villa Ballester, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Become a real wanderer.

ABOUT ME

I'm 30 years old and a quite silent person, at least in the beginning. I love travelling, I would seriously like to visit all countries, all places, all cultures on Earth.
My favourite conversation topics range from trips experiences and sports (specially soccer), to politics, religion, philosophy or human feelings. In the middle, just about anything else related to the wanderlust experience. When I'm on the road, my main goal is to meet people from all around the world to try to know and understand all points of view.
I'm also writing a travel blog, in case you want to take a look at it, it is www.cuevadelviajero.com.ar (written in Spanish).

PHILOSOPHY

I always try to think about what's "behind" the main though. Sometimes, I support what majorities dislike, or otherwise. I don't like pre-established things or generalisations. I don't accept things just the way they are, if I can't find coherency and empirical proofs. I don't believe in nationalisms, flags or borders.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Me and my girlfriend are actually doing a one-year-long Working Holiday experience in New Zealand, from October 2014 to October 2015. In the middle of the experience, we also are going to visit the Pacific countries of Fiji and Kiribati.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I had a couple of experiences surfing alone in South East Asia (Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand) during 2013. Then, I've been travelling with my girlfriend and we both stayed doing CS in Singapore, Tokyo, Okinawa, Osaka, Busan, Khabarovsk, Moscow, St Petersburg, Warsaw and Oslo.

When we surf couches, we enjoy better good talks and laughs with some beer or wine and street food rather than hanging out, clubbing or having nice, expensive dinners. We are really easy-going people who can adapt ourselves to almost everything. Despite considering ourselves backpackers, wanderers or simply travellers, we like to have a shower at least everyday, although it's something not always possible when travelling during long days.

Interests

Travelling, Sports, Politics, Human Development, Philosophy, Geography, "Beerology"...

  • writing
  • photography
  • dining
  • wine
  • beer
  • clubbing
  • flying
  • politics
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • blogging
  • surfing
  • sports
  • soccer
  • swimming
  • geography
  • religion

Music, Movies, and Books

Firs of all I'm a very big fan of travel blogs. I'm always reading a new one. I also have LOTS of movies, so I can share them with my fellow hosts/guests/friends.

Books:

Cien Años de Soledad
The Fight Club
Jules Verne collection
Harry Potter's Saga
Travel Guides

Movies:
Zeitgeist Trilogy, The Butterfly Effect, Back to the Future Trilogy, Pulp Fiction, Before Sunrise and Sunset.

Serie:
Breaking Bad.
House of Cards.
Rome.
The 100.
Utopia.
Black Mirror.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Bathing with elephants in Nepal
- Travelling 40 hours non stop on a local bus with the same driver from India to Nepal.
- Entering Syria with a laptop in the beginning of the Arab Spring.
- Working for seven months at the Outback desert, Australia.
- Crossing from Istanbul to Cairo overland.
- Sneaking into the Marina Bay Sands swimming pool without being a guest.
- Crossing all Russia from Vladivostok to StPetersburg in six weeks, taking eight different trains.
- Flying from Oslo to Bangkok paying only 270 US Dollars one way.
- Working non-stop for 24 weeks in the small little town of Fox Glacier, on the West Coast of the South Island, New Zealand.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm really good on planning travels (specially in Europe and Asia). Bookings, recommendations, tips, personal reviews, and stuff. I would like to learn more about photography.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Fiji, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kiribati, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macao, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Palestine, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Australia, New Zealand

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