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Overview

  • 5 references 3 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning Dutch, French, Japanese, Polish
  • 34, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • Pokemon Trainer
  • Law and European Legal Studies
  • From Lima Region, Peru
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Try ALL the food
Catch 'em < if you get the refrence we'll get along

ABOUT ME

Kinda hate myself for using the format current mission/about me/philosophy as it has become quite the cliche and I am all about avoiding the cliches.

Born in Peru and moved to the UK to study at age 15.

I guess I am quite the curious individual and want try as many things as I can and learn about all kinds of things.

I also have a side project where I climb statues.

PHILOSOPHY

Grapes are fun - Xandir, Drawn Together
Happiness is only a hairflip away - Chris Crocker
Vive la vida y no dejes que la vida te viva - Susy Diaz (google her, it'll be worth it)
Do it for the story!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Recently I have been diagnosed with a condition where the immune system chronically attacks the nervous system, so I've decided to do more. I had made this account years ago but never used it.

Interests

Basically high brow stuff like geopolitics and documentaries or very low brow stuff like reality shows .

Pokemon and Game of Thrones (ASOIAF) - if they could be combined it would be my fanboy heaven,

Japanese stuff

Script for languages, I taught myself the Cyrillic and Greek and I am working on the Arabic. I don't know what I am reading or writing though, but it has come in handy on certain occasions.

  • writing
  • photography
  • documentaries
  • reading
  • backpacking
  • olympics
  • geopolitics
  • history
  • languages
  • exploring
  • pokemon
  • gayfriendly

Music, Movies, and Books

Weirdest thing about me is that I don't listen to music unless it is funny or a parody. My music library is basically audiobooks.

I mainly read history books and biographies, and very little fiction.

Movies: Battle Royale, Persepolis, Schindler's list, Sympathy for lady vengeance, Airplane!, Scary movie, the joy luck club.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

While working for the Olympics the prince of Monaco gave a badge, I showed Queen Leticia of Spain where the toilets were and the Panama team smuggled me as one of their own for the closing ceremony, after parties and shenanigans ensued. But ssshhh no one is supposed to know as it is technically a security breach.

Teach, Learn, Share

Languages and war stories.

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Laos, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Malaysia, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, North Korea, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Russian Federation, San Marino, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Japan, Peru, United Kingdom

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