I am easygoing and adapt quickly to new places. I get along with most people. It’s genuinely hard to stress me out! 😁

I stay active and try lots of things: running, swimming, cycling 🏃‍♂️🏊‍♂️🚴‍♂️

I am a black belt in judo. I have competed in triathlons (swim, bike, run). I’ve also trained in crossfit, capoeira, taekwondo, Brazilian jiu jitsu, and partner dances like bachata, salsa, and forró. I don’t practice all of these now, but they’re part of my story.

I work as a software engineer, fully remote for a US company. I follow their timezone and all I need is a stable internet connection. That lets me travel and work at the same time 🌍💻

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/martonpaulo/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@martonviaja/

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love travel. Always have. Childhood trips to my grandparents’ countryside home started it. Then school trips. Then solo hitchhiking around Latin America. The habit stuck 😅

Money? Not the main issue. Weather? Not the main issue. Alone or with people? Doesn’t matter. I travel anyway.
My long-term dream: visit every country in the world. Ambitious? Yes. Possible? I’ll try, even if it takes a lifetime...

Interests

• animals
• pets
• culture
• music
• backpacking
• astronomy
• languages
• software
• travelling
• adventure
• creativity
• programming
• open source
• memes
• hichhiking
• musical instruments

Music, Movies, and Books

Some movies/books that really stuck with me:

🥇 Contact, by Carl Sagan
I like it because it challenges beliefs based only on hard proof. I usually think this way myself. Evidence first.
But the story goes further… something happens, there is no proof, yet the experience is REAL.

🥈 El Abrazo de la Serpiente
It may feel slow at first, even almost boring. But it’s made largely in indigenous languages and shows the Amazon during the rubber exploitation era. Western, indigenous, and local worlds collide.

🥉 Babel, by Alejandro Iñárritu
Different people. Different countries. Different realities. All connected by small events. Simple actions. Pure butterfly effect. It makes the world feel strangely connected.

🎵 When it comes to music,
I love regional music from each place I visit. I use the Shazam app to capture songs I hear in real life, on the street, in bars, in cars. Shazam listens to a song around you and tells you what it is. I save it and add it to my playlists later. My taste has no borders: Colombian salsa. French rap. Angolan kuduro. Hindi metal. If it sounds local, authentic, and alive… I’m in.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I represented my country at the Latin American Astronomy and Astronautics Olympiad in high school. It was my first trip abroad and it blew my mind. I met friends from many countries, friendships that still matter.

I love running into those same friends in other places. Sometimes I bump into people I know just by walking a random street in a foreign city 😂

Teach, Learn, Share

I’m curious. I want to learn new ideas and see things from different perspectives. I listen, even when opinions clash with what I’m used to.

What I’ve learned: hearing views outside the Western frame can be eye-opening. Some ideas aren’t obvious. Some deserve real questioning.

Countries I’ve Visited

Angola, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, South Africa, Uruguay, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil