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Overview

  • 9 references 4 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Portuguese, Spanish; learning English, French
  • 52, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • Work hard, travell a little and enjoy friends & family
  • Very well, thank you!! :D
  • From Brasilia/DF, Brasil
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Well, I love to travel and learn more about others culture

ABOUT ME

Someone that loves to meet a different culture and live it as deeply as possible. I love to dance and to know exotic places, those one that are not at tourist guide. The friendship that I have made usually stay forever.

PHILOSOPHY (for now)

Keep your mind quiet, your spine erect and your heart calm...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I love to know people, but I had to stop a few years because of my Magister project. Now I'm happly back to the CS :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I am a HI participant and I've already stayed in some friends home once or twice, but I'd like to do it more often.

Interests

trekking, historic tourism, cultural experiences, original and exuberant landscapes, camping, nightlife

  • culture
  • dancing
  • nightlife
  • camping
  • tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

My favorites are:
BOOKS - The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini); The Book Thief (Markus Zusak) and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
FILMS (It's not easy!) - Blade runner (1982), Una mujer fantástica (2017), Sophie's Choice (1982), Matrix (1999)... many more!
MUSIC- latin music, samba, forró, bossa nova, classic rock, pop/dance, salsa... Absolutely everything that can make me dance, cry or laugh!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Have crossing the Beagle Channel and Strait of Magellan. Trekking by Atacama's desert and Canama's forest. A vacation at Los Roques.
Go visit argentinean (Ischigualasto, Iguazu, los Glaciares, Tierra del Fuego) and chilean parks (Torres del Paine, Huerquehue, Fray Jorge, Lago Peñuelas, Rio Clarillo, Puyehue, Los Pinguinos, Reserva Nacional de Flamencos etc)
Have the privilege to spend days working at Fernando de Noronha, Ouro Preto, wetlands, northeast semiarid and so many brazilian special places.

Teach, Learn, Share

Becoming a mother: everyday is a learning day

What I Can Share with Hosts

I'm very organized and don't mind to help with domestic affairs. As I have traveled a lot for work and don't care about tradicional tourist place, I may give original tips about Brazil.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Paraguay, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil

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