I am originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and have been living in the United States for 16 years, first I moved to New York and after 2 winters living there I decided to move to Southern California, Los Angeles mostly because of the weather.

I always liked to travel and wanted to travel around the world and after the 2020 Pandemic I realized that if I wait for the perfect moment having the right amount of $$, or having someone to go along, the perfect camera equipment, etc I would never go, so I decided that in January of 2023 I will sell everything that I have that is not much (LOL) buy an used motorcycle and start traveling the world and I am in that process right now, I already sold 1 motorcycle, need to sell my car and another motorcycle and plenty of other small things and find the bike that will take with me on my new journey. I know it won't be easy and I will need to work along the way and also it might be scary sometimes going alone to the unknown by myself, but I am sure that it will change my life forever and I will meet amazing people along the way and who knows maybe I will become a big YouTuber or blogger along the way and If I don't become a bigger YouTuber or blogger it is ok, because at least I will have an amazing life experience and stories to tell and hopefully to show on video and interviews.

I love animals: Dogs, Cats, horses and all of them. I have a little bit of allergy with cats but my love for them is much bigger and I still get closer to them to pet them, "catsit" for friends and give some love and if I sneeze or start crying or itching I just wash my face and go back to the cats, LOL. I think doing that I will get used to the cat and stop with my allergy that means that my love for them will win against my allergy and if not I will keep washing my face and going back to the cats or any other animal that gives me allergies.

I don't drink much, it is very rare for me to drink and also anything that I drink that is not water it will be sweet, my coffee for example, but my goal is that one day, I will drink black coffee or even an espresso with no sugar or any type of sweet at all.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I am riding my motorcycle around the world, meeting new people along the way and learning about new cultures and visiting animal foundations.

I will start leaving Los Angeles and going south to Baja California Mexico and from there in La Paz taking a ferry boat with my motorcycle and cross to the other side of Mexico from there I will probably ride around Mexico and after that go Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Brasil. Probably not in that order and taking my time to get to know places and people and interviewing people along the way that have an interesting life story to tell.

Interests

• animals
• cats
• dogs
• culture
• photography
• cheese
• coffee
• motorcycles
• movies
• traveling
• music
• bowling
• volunteering
• backgammon
• pizza
• rollerblading
• ping pong
• meet people
• bread
• pasta

Music, Movies, and Books

I grow up listening a lot of music, my father back in Brazil works in the music industry and because of that I listened to lot of different type of music and have an eclectic taste.

About movies I like suspense, romantic, comedy, documentary, thriller and about books I should but I don't read much.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Skydiving is one of the most amazing feeling I had. The sensation of flying is amazing and the quietness after having the parachute open and maneuvering where to land it is cool.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach how to ride a motorcycle and how to play backgammon, speak Brazilian Portuguese or maybe some English as well.

I would love to learn other languages because of the latin probably French and Italian would be a little easier to learn before other languages, my Spanish is intermediate also I would like to learn how to play piano and chromatic harmonica and blues harmonica.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Life experience, kindness, sense of humor, lot of smiles and being happy and grateful of life, also I can do the dishes and cook a little mostly pasta or sandwiches ( I am very very beginner cooking).

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, United States