CURRENT MISSION

Never stop moving.

ABOUT ME

I am, above all, a dreamer and a wanderer. I’m constantly on the search for more: places, stories, people, feelings, experiences; more. I’m the happiest when I’m on the road.

I'm, on top of that, a Portuguese journalist with a masters in Documentary Film, currently living in Australia and wishing to make my way in film storytelling, which I am deeply passionate about! I always fall in love with the stories I tell, because I feel they are also a bit my own stories, as we are all connected, a part of the same whole.

Nature fascinates and inspires me. And so does music.

Recently started scuba diving and since that first breath underwater I‘m convinced there’s nothing as magical as being submerged in this gorgeous all new world down there.

I also love photography and dancing and am going step by step into the word of yoga and meditation!

Can't image my life without the possibility of traveling around the world.

“Throw yourself flat on the ground, stretch out upon Mother Earth, with the certain conviction that you are one with her and she with you”, Alan Watts

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love that in any stranger you can find a friend and I know for a fact there’s no better way to get to know a place then through the eyes of a local.

Above all, I believe that the energy, trust and beauty of character that are needed to be a part of this community make it amazing.

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Every city has its secrets and I love to discover them in the places I visit as much as I love to brag all about Porto ones.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I feel like I make a new friend every time I host or stay with someone. Amazing experiences.

Interests

Nature
Scuba diving
Photography
Cinema
Music
Dancing
Yoga
Meditation
Voleyball
Books
TV Series
Good conversation
Coffee
Porto Wine

• writing
• books
• photography
• film making
• dancing
• dining
• wine
• coffee
• movies
• tv
• traveling
• music
• communications
• journalism
• study abroad
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Can't live without either of these things! Am addicted to music festivals, cinema in general and more recently documentaries and one of my favorite things is to go up some hill and read a book until my body can’t sit no more.

Movies: Tawai, Into the Wild, Inception, Death Proof (all Tarantino, truly), The Dark Night, Star Wars, La Vita E Bella, Le fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulain, The Revenant, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Before Sunrise, Crazy Stupid Love, Se7en, Fight Club, Black Swan, Sin City, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Disney!! (...)

TV Series: Sense 8, Stranger Things, Friends, Our Planet, This is Us, Orange is the New Black, Please Like Me, The Good Place (...)

Music: Queen, The Doors, Alt-J, Lorde, Benjamin Clementine, Billie Eilish, Frank Ocean, Alex Turner, Amy Winehouse, The Beatles, Buena Vista Social Club, Cesária Évora, Gotan Project, Nicola Cruz, Nina Simone, The XX, Yann Tiersen, Gogol Bordello, Ornatos Violeta, Anaquim, Deolinda, Fado (portuguese traditional music)!! (...)

Books: The book on the taboo against knowing who you are, Alan Watts; Siddhartha, Herman Hesse; The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle; Hundred years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez; Intermitências da Morte, José Saramago; The picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wild; Kafka on the Shore, Haruki Murakami; Fernando Pessoa (...)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

This year I went to Vava’u, Tonga, to swim with Humpback Whales !!! Hard to explain how expansive the sensation of hearing and feeling the vibrations of them singing underwater or seeing them moving closer to you as they come to the surface.

A few years ago, I took the longest train journey in the world - from Portugal to Vietnam - and made a documentary film about how we are all literally and figuratively connected. That was my first truly solo travel and that led me to experience a kind of peace and freedom I hadn’t found before.

Currently, I’m travelling all across Australia and home is where I park it, which gives me a freedom hard to describe. Everyday, I’m amazed by something or someone that I could have never predicted in my best dreams, and that sensation is priceless!

Teach, Learn, Share

Photography, film making, writing.
Portuguese food and, religiously, Porto Wine!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Mongolia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Scotland, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tonga, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Italy, Portugal, United Kingdom