CURRENT MISSION

Missions got us in a mess to begin with. Stop with the missions. Just live. D'oh! That could be a mission.

ABOUT ME

early-thirties couple from Colombia and the US, been together 9 years (wow!), married, no kids.

just quit our jobs at CNN and CDC to travel, because...why not?

started in Japan in March 2013, spent two months there and then a month in Indonesia, and then...(to be continued)

we like FOOOOODDDD!!! and cooking and trekking and beaches and diving and Bossa Nova and nuevo tango and BLUES! we dig reading high-minded literature and psychology, but also watching stupid funny movies. we like champagne with kings and beers with the people, fine dining and dirty markets.

Lola loves spending an hour trying to capture a single good image on her camera and Matt will spend days upon days trying to write a good story.

we love travel, but hate tourists (even accepting that we are tourists). we think there's nothing quite like having a connection with locals, finding that hole-in-the-wall restaurant, watching a mother and daughter interact in a different country and language, spending a day at a picnic or the beach with a group of friends.

PHILOSOPHY

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Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Have hosted
Have gone to community events
Have surfed

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Awesome! we've hosted, we've surfed, we've been to events. we've met amazing people, and best of all, we've made a few lifelong friends (one even went to our wedding in Colombia!)

Interests

so so so so many
photography
writing
literature
blues
bossa nova
nuevo tango
cooking
eating
dancing (salsa, bachata, merengue, house, break, swing...)
MEETING PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT CULTURES
and
TRYING NEW THINGS

• writing
• literature
• photography
• dancing
• tango
• bachata
• dining
• cooking
• beer
• picnic
• fine dining
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• blues
• scuba diving
• skydiving
• psychology
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Matt's favorite authors: Faulkner, Borges, and Carpentier

Lola's favorite book: Women who run with wolves

Music: we danced bachata as our wedding song!!! love salsa, hip-hop, jazz, blues, bachata, merengue, swing, and learning new styles

Little Miss Sunshine, Frida, Love Actually, Jack Goes Boating, almost all Hitchock (not The Birds)...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Machu Picchu
Swam in the Panama Canal!!!
Diving in the Gilis
Asado in Buenos Aires
Skydiving
Convinced 40 Americans to go to our wedding in Cali, Colombia

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Guatemala, Honduras, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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