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Overview

  • 12 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Portuguese, Spanish; learning Arabic, French, German
  • 35, Female
  • Member since 2013
  • Chem Engineer
  • Chemical Engineer (UWC Pearson College, W&L University)
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Enjoying my golden youth days; let's make it fun! :p

ABOUT ME
Easygoing person looking to meet fellow travelers. Passionate about the simple and meaningful things in life. I am from Santa Cruz Bolivia in South America but have lived abroad for 10yrs now :) Canada (Victoria BC 2006-2008), United States (Virginia 2008-2012), Scotland (St Andrews 2010), Brazil ( Alagoas 2013-2015) and the Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi 2015-2016) while studying and working.

PHILOSOPHY

"We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us."
"Life begins at the end of your comfort zone"

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Would like to meet interesting easygoing travellers

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

-I have several close friends active in CS hosting and travelling.
- I was flatmates for 6 months with Ido from Israel who introduced me to CS.
-Hosted Jane from Australia in my flat in Brazil. -Have met several travelers (Luis from Chile, Pascal from Germany,Dave from the US, Leo from Brazil, David Silva from Br) in Brazil to hang out and walk on the beach.
-In 2014 awent to a CS meeting in Sao Paulo and meet many CSers from Ecuador.
-I went on an eurotrip with a german friend from CS Pascal around Germany,Spain and Holland.
- In november 2015 I was hosted for two days by Dana, a german girl from Cologne :)
-went camping to the Al Kathim desert with the CS group in Abu Dhabi in february 2016

Interests

OUTDOR activities, hiking, beach, live music :)
I love trying new and local food.
Good conversations, anthropology, cultures.
I'm a great listener and science geek!

  • perfumes
  • dining
  • traveling
  • music
  • live music
  • hiking
  • camping
  • rock climbing
  • anthropology
  • chemistry
  • science
  • beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

The Life of Pi, 28 days later, 500 days of summer, Batman (the Nolan trilogy). Game of Thrones.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiking on the Natural Reserve of Chapada Diamantina. Climbing Machu Picchu mountain. Eurotrip 2015 October - November

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach spanish and english. I would like learn Arabic and German.
I like learning about people and what they love to do and how they live life :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Chile, Fiji, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Paraguay, Peru, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Scotland, United Arab Emirates, United States

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