MISSION
Travel around the world for 2 years. I left home May 2016 & currently in the Brazil, my 11th country in this trip. Will be around South America for 2017. Im going back to Central America starting Feb 2018.
ABOUT
Mar Wanderlust is a traveler in 99 out of a hundred ways! I like learning new cultures, generally into history and food especially in local places that's why I prefer hanging out with local people

PHILOSOPHY

Travel until I die

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

It was because of Benny Alibhasa. We found ourselves in the concrete jungle of jakarta during one of their biggest national holidays. I don't plan much whenever I backpack but Benny was well prepared with a laminated currency conversion table an a map of Jakarta to boot. I only have my LP and that's it. Unknown to me till then, he already arranged a couch for us to stay with Abhu which he got from this odd site called Couchsurfing. I never thought of staying in other people's place when traveling as I'm happy with hostels and dorms meeting interesting travelers along the way. But couchsurfing is a little different as you get to stay in a local's place and the experience is never the same. Back to Jakarta, Abhu's place is spacious and comfortable and he brought us to CS events in Jakarta which was really fun. Then onward to Yogyakarta and before we knew it, we already have a gracious host in this lovely quaint city, Ivy.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

From time to time, I find myself joining CS events in Manila. It's always fun and never the same. I joined couchsurfing events in New York as well!

Interests

Mountaineering, Traveling, Backpacking, Partying, Movies , Music, The beach, Bob Marley, Reading, Current Events, World Economics, Food (Indian,Japanese,Thai), TLC, NatGeo, Discovery, NatGeo Adventure,...and dreaming of a life like that of Anthony Bourdain and Samantha Brown...

• dining
• partying
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• backpacking
• camping
• mountaineering
• economics
• teaching
• volunteering
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

The girl with dragon tatto series, Harry Potter (I was young then you know),Life of Pie (Best film ever), Into The Wild, 7 years in Tibet, Planet Earth BBC Series, Discovery Atlas (No Im not a nerd)Dan Brown, The Hunger Games Series, Bob Marley

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Live in my backpack for months
Climb the Everest Based Camp
Climb the Annapurna Based Camp
and the Annapurna Circuit
Rode a Camel in the Gobi Desert
Learn Spanish in Guatemala(hook with the language)

Volunteer in Calcutta

Teach, Learn, Share

I tell stories but I ain't a teacher. I'd rather be the student as I am truly interested with cultures, food, experiences, adventure and anything that is fun and extraordinary

What I Can Share with Hosts

Travel Stories. Pickpocketing story in Bogota. I was apprehended by Police in Chile because of Red Wine,haha! I can cook Filipino Food! I can teach English as well! I can show them in Boracay, a lovely island where I live in PH, if they visit me.

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, China, Georgia, Guatemala, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, North Korea, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, India, Nepal, Philippines