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Overview

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  • Fluent in English, Portuguese, Spanish; learning French, Romanian, Tetum
  • 41, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • Graduate Student
  • Master's Candidate 2012
  • From Seattle
  • Profile 70% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Attend RedR trainings for Emergency Humanitarian Relief Work, as well as stay in an Ashram and experience Bollywood!!!

ABOUT ME

I love to travel, and after living selfishly for sometime, I am trying to incorporate my love for humanity with travel. Thus I started grad school to study International Development, and my journey down this path took me from East Timor to now India!

PHILOSOPHY

Happiness is not a destination – it is a series of moments one experiences in the moment. Happiness is not a place one reaches when such and such happens; happiness is the feeling that you are doing what you want to be doing, and you know that if you could choose anything, you would be choosing exactly this.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am proof of the power of testimony! I just met some guys who had an awesome experience, and I am set to have one too! I have great stories too...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I am a newbie...am only now making the transition from hostel to couchsurfing

Interests

I love soccer (football), traveling, dancing, music. I like to salsa dance. And I am quite interested in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu!

  • dancing
  • humanitarian relief
  • traveling
  • music
  • bungee jumping
  • soccer
  • jiu jitsu

Music, Movies, and Books

Ken Wilber is my favorite author hands down. I have become a better person by reading his books. That's a bold statement, and I stand behind it.

I love Hip Hop, Electronic, and salsa.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Ran with the bulls in Spain.
Burning Man. (Youtube if you don't know what it is)
Bungee jumped into the Nile river.
Carnavel in Rio de Janeiro.
Led a "Community Led Total Sanitation" (CLTS) workshop in Kenya.
Played professional soccer.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you soccer skills, teach you how to salsa dance, teach you some Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, or give you language lessons in English, Spanish or Portuguese.

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