🌍 Dreamer, Seeker, Minimalist & full-time World Explorer.

I was born and grew up in Brazil didn’t think that traveling abroad was financially for me, so I didn’t study much about the world, till I decided to do an academic exchange in Portugal (Industrial Engineering) in 2015. This changed my life…

Since then, I traveled to 45 countries, learned other 3 languages, and I’m each time more very interested about the world: specially about different cultures, history, nature…

I have the dream to become a global citizen: someone that understands better other cultures and can be a more empathetic and wise person. The way I’ve been developing myself in this way is both traveling and working in different countries since I left Brazil in Jan/2022. I’m planning to travel for other 3 years, before the next stage of my life: settling down in Australia for 5 years, and learning French, German and Norwegian languages.

I’m not a wealthy person and have been traveling in cheap ways or working in the hospitality field. My last works were as a tour guide in Norway and in the Russian settlements in Svalbard.

I’m grateful for the local and genuine connections that I had the chance to have, while learning about their country’s history, culture, nature and people.

I’m originally from Rio de Janeiro, where I lived for 20 years and also enjoyed the beauties of 14 of the 26 Brazilian States.

In my current life, I had the opportunity to live in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro and Florianópolis), Portugal (Porto), Peru (Lima), Italy (Rome, Padova and Sicily), South Africa (Cape Town), in a castle in France (Normandy), on a ship in Germany (Switzerland-Trier), in Israel/Palestine (Jerusalem), Norway (Tromsø and Svalbard) and in Russian settlements in the Arctic (Barentsburg/Pyramiden).

🌍 Last destinations: 6 months in Sri Lanka, India and Nepal, 3 months in Jerusalem, 2 weeks in Jordan, 4 months Norway, 1 month in the UAE, 3.5 months in Svalbard, 1 month in the Caucasus (Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan), 5 weeks in China/HK/Macau and 6 weeks in Taiwan.

I wish both to you and to myself good vibrations, Love, Peace and Freedom. May our dreams come true! ✨🤍🕊️

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I’m always lucky to meet amazing people, and I realized that some of my real friends in the last years came from this community.

Interests

• animals
• photography
• traveling
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• archeology
• history
• languages
• beaches
• nature
• freedom
• cultures
• stargazing
• plants
• buddhism
• waterfalls
• learning new things
• alternative medicine
• citizenship

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
- Trilogy of Matrix (1999 and 2003)
- Into the Wild (2007)
- Arrival (2016)
- Captain Fantastic (2016)
- The Shack (2017)
- Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Traveled using Couchsurfing or other exchange experiences in more than 30 countries
- Completed my first Around the World
- Volunteered in countries in 4 continents
- Visited half of the provinces of Peru along 4 months
- Attended the second and the first biggest Carnivals: Cajamarca (Peru) and Rio de Janeiro
- Spent a Christmas with a Swedish family and visited them again 9 years later
- Participated in the wine harvest in Porto (Portugal) and tasted a 90-years-old wine
- Walked 500-750km/month while traveling
- Rode a buffalo in a race
- Swam in rivers with piranhas, aligators, anacondas, rays, kandirus (parasite fishes) and botos (river dolphins)
- Camped in the Amazon Rainforest some times
- Swam naked in 0°C waters in rivers, lakes and seas
- Dove in the 3 best diving spots of Brazil (Bonito, Fernando de Noronha and Arraial do Cabo) and in the Red Sea (Egypt, Israel and Jordan)
- Watched the birth of some animals such as turtles, calf, chicks and guinea pig
- Experienced both the Polar Nights and Polar Days while living in the Arctic for 8 months, enjoying its amazing landscapes, lights and wildlife
- Saw whales and orcas everyday for 3 months
- Kept friendships for many years
- Had immersions in different religions

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to have genuine experiences, to listen the stories of the people, ​​and to understand how people think in different cultures.

For me, a day without learning and/or teaching, is a lost day. I hope I can share some of my knowledge, experiences traveling the world and my world vision with you, and also learn some things about your culture, mindset and stories! 😊 🙏🏻

I’m also opened to learn about Philosophy, Spirituality, Permaculture, Travels, Citizenships, Geopolitics and Freedom.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Luxembourg, Macao, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Russian Federation, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Norway, Peru, Portugal, South Africa, Svalbard and Jan Mayen