CURRENT MISSION

"Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero"

"If there is light in the soul,
there is beauty in the person;
If there is beauty in the person,
there will be harmony in the house;
If there is harmony in the house,
there will be order in the nation;
If there is order in the nation,
there will be peace in the world.”

ABOUT ME

What I am is what I am are you what you are or what?

I've been called an old soul with a young heart.

PHILOSOPHY

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass... It's about learning to dance in the rain.

Never take life too seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.

Your time is limited so don't waste it living someone else's life.

Where there is love there is life.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

The Guest House

This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
As an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they're a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.

Interests

Travels...Travels...Travels!!!

• tango
• cooking
• red wine
• triathlon
• running
• massage therapy
• gardening
• traveling
• guitar
• skydiving
• rock climbing
• swimming
• tourism
• volunteering
• bicycling

Music, Movies, and Books

'Because the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, burn'
(from On the road by Jack Kerouac)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

* Great Karakoram Traverse in 2018
* I've finished an IronMan race
* Watching the sunset on Mount Everest from Kala Pattar
* Teaching indios at school in the Amazon forest
* Climbing Quallatiri volcano in Chile - 6.071 mt
* Skydiving on the Australian gold coast
* Kengtung trek in Myanmar
* Camel ride in Gobi desert
* Meeting wild orangutan in Sumatra rainforest
* Bicycling all the Icefields Parkway in Alberta Canada
* Watching "Blue Flames" inside volcano Kawah Ijen in Java
* Filming Dogon tribe in Bandiagara Escarpment in Mali

Teach, Learn, Share

I can TEACH
how to cook italian pasta and pizza
how to play guitar
how to take good photos
how to grow your garden
how to do rock climbing

I want LEARN
how to dance....especially tango

I like SHARE
my time talking, about everything especially travels.... with a glass of good red wine in my hands at sunset time

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Laos, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russian Federation, Réunion, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Italy, United Kingdom

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