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Overview

  • 6 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Portuguese; learning English, Spanish
  • 38, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • All i am doing nowadays is preparing myself to the trip. ...
  • Journalism
  • From São Paulo
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Travel South America on my bicycle.

ABOUT ME

Jornalista, Matt Paiva é o autor do projeto “saia do sistema!”. A partir de agosto de 2012, ele partirá em uma cicloviagem pela América do Sul, em busca de personagens e iniciativas que impactam a forma como compreendemos a realidade. De artistas de rua a ecovilas – e vivenciando uma vida nômade em cima de uma bicicleta e com uma barraca na garupa -, ele traduzirá em letras como é a vida de quem procura sair do sistema.

Journalist Matt Paiva is the author of the "saia do sistema!". From August 2012, he will leave in a bicycle trip around South America in search of characters and initiatives that impact the way we understand reality. From street artists to ecovillages - and living a nomadic life riding a bicycle with a tent on it - he will write about how is life for those who seek to get out of the system.

PHILOSOPHY

Viver com o mínimo para que todos possam, no mínimo, viver.

Have a simply life, so all people can simply live.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I had only one host. But this number is gonna increase. =)

Interests

- Poesia (poem)
- Cinema
- Viagens (travel)
- Música (music)
- Jornalismo (journalism - my vocation)
- Malabarismo, palhaçadas e artes circenses em geral! (circus art)
- Bicicleta!

  • arts
  • writing
  • street art
  • yoga
  • movies
  • traveling
  • music
  • cycling
  • journalism

Music, Movies, and Books

--- FILMES
- Trainspotting
- Cães de Aluguel
- Dogville

--- LIVROS
- O Lobo da Estepe
- Ensaio sobre a Cegueira

--- MÚSICAS
- Música nacional: novos baianos, los hermanos etc.!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Pedalar pelado em São Paulo, em protesto contra a falta de segurança no trânsito, mostrando a fragilidade do corpo humano. Mudou minha vida!
- Participar do chamado do 15-O, #ocupasampa, e ficar acampado embaixo do Viaduto do Chá por mais de 10 dias. Inesquecível!
- Viajar de bike: viciante. A primeira, para Santos, a gente nunca esquece.

Teach, Learn, Share

- i can teach something (very beginning) about harmonica, but would love if you teach me. =)
- Want to share techniques about craftwork and macramê
- would love to learn about yoga and these relax things.

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, United Kingdom, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil

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