CURRENT MISSION

Aprender, viajar y enseñar lo más que pueda!

Learn, travel and teach as much as I can!

ABOUT ME

Hola! Soy Andrés, de Chile. Con Valeska, mi esposa, estamos retomando nuestra rutina viajera luego de permanecer varios años en Chile tras viajar por Europa y África. Esperamos poder conocer un poco más de la hermosa latinoamerica desde adentro!

Hello! I am Andrés, from Chile. With Valeska, my wife, we are restarting our travel routine after spending several years in Chile after traveling through Europe and Africa. We hope to get to know a little more about our beautiful Latin America from inside!

PHILOSOPHY

Admirar, conocer, vivir. (Admire, Know, Live)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Porque es perfecto!!

Because it's perfect!!

Interests

• traveling
• music
• art history
• history
• philosophy
• adventure travel
• historic sites
• travel
• travelling
• local history
• world history
• classic rock

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
✔Latin american folk: Inti Illimani, Illapu, Los Jaivas, Victor Jara, Los Kjarkas, Eva Ayllon, Mercedes Sosa. Afro-peruvian folk and Andean folk.
✔Classic Rock: The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Queen, The Who, Grand Funk Railroad, Creedence, John Denver, Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd.
✔ Classic Salsa and Latin Jazz: Rubén Blades, Héctoe Lavoe, Willie Colon, Celia Cruz, Tito Puente, Michael Camilo, Richard Bona.
✔Balkan and Gypsy music: Taraf de Haïdouks, Dikanda, BGKO, Goran Bregovic, Esma Redžepova.
✔Latin Rock (specially the old one): Cafe Tacvba, Almendra, Pedro Aznar, Sui Generis, Seru Giran
✔Brazilian Samba and Forró: Forró da Gota, Tom Jobim, Seu Jorge, Wilson Moreira, Fundo de Quintal
✔Cuban Trova: Silvio Rodríguez, Pablo Milanés

Books:
✔The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Lev Tolstoi)
✔Resistance to the civil goverment (H.D.Thoreau)
✔The call of the Wild (Jack London)
✔Sophie's World (Jostein Gaarder)
✔ A People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn)

Films:
✔The Secret in Their Eyes (Argentina, 2009)
✔Grave of the Fireflies (Japan, 1988)
✔Good Will Hunting (US, 1997)
✔3 Idiots (India, 2009)
✔One flew over the cuckoo's nest (US, 1975)
✔Godfather part II (US, 1974)
✔Amadeus (US, 1984)
✔Untouchable (France, 2011)
✔Bicycle Thieves (Italy, 1948)
✔City of God (Brazil, 2002)
✔To kill a man (Chile, 2014)
✔The separation (Iran, 2011)
✔Pantaleón y las visitadoras (Peru, 1999)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

✅Dejar nuestro trabajo, vender nuestras cosas y mochilear por parte de Europa, África y Asia por más de tres años 🌍

✅Recorrer a dedo la Patagonia completa (Carretera Austral en Chile y ruta 40 en Argentina) 🇨🇱🇦🇷

✅Caminar más de 800 km desde la frontera con Francia hasta Santiago de Compostela haciendo el Camino del Norte 🇪🇦

✅Observar las auroras boreales en Noruega por libre 🇳🇴

✅Recorrer Marruecos a dedo sin saber francés ni árabe 🇲🇦

✅Vivir y trabajar como vendedor de transplantes de pelo en Turquía 🇹🇷

✅Servir como guía turístico en una iglesia fortificada en Transilvania 🇷🇴

✅Recolectar uvas, ser trabajadores eficientes, ser recomendados para trabajar en la recolección de olivas y ser invitados a alojar a la casa de una compañera de trabajo en Croacia 🇭🇷

✅ Navegar por el Amazonas 🇧🇷

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✅Quitting our jobs, selling our stuff, and backpacking around some parts of Europe, Africa, and Asia for over three years.🌍

✅Hitchhike through the entire Patagonia (Carretera Austral in Chile and Route 40 in Argentina) 🇨🇱🇦🇷

✅Walk more than 800 km from the border with France to Santiago de Compostela walking the Camino del Norte 🇪🇸

✅See the Northern Lights in Norway for free 🇳🇴

✅Hitchhiking through Morocco without knowing French or Arabic 🇲🇦

✅Live and work as a hair transplant seller in Türkiye 🇹🇷

✅Serve as a tour guide in a fortified church in Transylvania 🇷🇴

✅Pick grapes, be efficient workers, be recommended to work in the olive harvest and be invited to stay at a co-worker's house in Croatia 🇭🇷

✅Sail on the Amazon River 🇧🇷

Teach, Learn, Share

Enseñar mis pasiones. Aprender a ser mejor ser humano cada día. Compartir mi mundo.

Teach my passions. Learn to be a better human being. Share my world.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Buena compañía, un montón de historias de viaje y mucha música.

Good company, a lot of travel stories and a lot of music.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, England, France, French Guiana, Gibraltar, Guyana, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Macedonia, Monaco, Morocco, Northern Ireland, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Serbia, Spain, Suriname, Turkey, Uruguay, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Chile, Turkey