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Overview

  • 24 references 19 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, Portuguese
  • 35, Female
  • Member since 2010
  • Travel, Photography, Writing, English teaching, Ashtanga ...
  • Audiovisuals - Sound and Image
  • From Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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About Me

Open minded, really curious for new knowledge and experiences, very easy going and ready to meet and mix in with different places, cultures and people. I'm a really simple person and I don't need luxury, a lot of things or money, I'm happier and more comfortable when I have just good people and beautiful places around, it's enough for me. I'm the most happy and free when I live just with my backpack and I step in a place for the first time. For me it's the best feeling in the world!

PHILOSOPHY

I strongly believe that the best education system is in every street of the world. After finishing college I understood that I knew very little about the planet I'm living in. I've always had strong desire to feel and visit a lot of places, people and different cultures and that's what I aim to do with my life. Run away from all the capitalism and money basis society we live in and discover by my own feet the true and pure knowledge that you receive from your senses. See, Hear, Touch, Taste and Smell. I truly trust my instincts and the human goodness that exists in every person. I'm always looking for these new sensations and feelings and I believe we are born free and should never forget who we are. Freedom is a choice and a way of living and I cherish too much mine to let it go to a monetary system or to a routine that does not give me any pleasure.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I feel Couchsurfing is a really great experience. I've met amazing people and made good friends that I've kept in my life 'till now and hopefully for whole my life. Its a great way to share and meet new and interesting people from all around the world! Connect with each other, break the borders and boundaries to this world!

Interests

  • arts
  • culture
  • writing
  • photography
  • education
  • environment
  • yoga
  • meditation
  • gardening
  • traveling
  • music
  • backpacking
  • teaching
  • adventure travel
  • trekking
  • sustainability
  • environmentalism
  • handicrafts
  • medicinal plants
  • ashtanga

Music, Movies, and Books

Books - Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
1984 by George Orwell
Fernando Pessoa
José Saramago

Music - I love music, for me it's one of the best and purest things in the world. During my life I've listen almost every kind of music but now I'm more into Hip-hop (Arts the Beatdoctor; Dudley Perkins; Madlib; J Dilla; Long Arm; Bonobo; L'orange; Akua Naru...) and World music and Afrobeat which I really really love (Tinariwen; Bombino; Tamikrest; Amadou et Mariam; Mahala Raï Banda; Konono n.1; Oumou Sangaré; Kimi Djabaté; Staff Benda Bilili; Le Trio Joubran; Ebo Taylor & Afrobeat Academy; Fatoumata Diawara; Femi Kuti & The Positive Force; Rokia Traoré, Ali Farka Touré...)

Movies: I really love Balkan Cinema (Emir Kusturica movies for example); Tim Burton, Woody Allen, David Lynch, Christopher Nolan movies. One of my favourite movies that I watch a lot of times and never get tired of is Into the Wild.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

* 1 year studying and living in lovely Ljubljana

* 1 year volunteer work in Marrakesh, being part of a wonderful association for physically disabled women who created beautiful handmade embroidery products (if you ever visit Marrakech be sure to pay them a visit - Association Al Kawtar)

* 1 year working in an international school in India with the sweetest kindergarten students

* Trekked in Sahara desert (Morocco) around 20 times, love that place!

* Motorbike journeys through some places of India (what an adventure!)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Yoga, Meditation, some photography tips, two good listening ears and a big smile and heart to hear all about you and your life in this world =)

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Macedonia, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, Morocco, Portugal, Slovenia

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