CURRENT MISSION

Living the moment.

ABOUT ME

It is very hard to talk about one's description.

Back home we have a saying: "de lavar y planchar", literally it means "of washing and ironing" and it means someone is easygoing and will always be handy, any time. I dig that.

Trust for me is the most important asset in life, and once is gone, its gone. I am very passionate about things, (specially football and politics as a tool of real transformation) being my fuel for life.

I have an amazing urban collective back home, called Combo 2600 (http://combo2600.com/) in which we do tactical urbanism and organize debates around city planning.

PHILOSOPHY

Live the moment, do what you love, get lost and explore that thing no one else is interested about it. Most important thing in life: break paradigms.

Don't talk bullshit, just do what you love and be happy. Show yourself what you are capable of doing, don't say it with words but with actions.

Warum ich bei Couchsurfing bin

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

When I can, receiving surfers. When I can't, meeting people.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Still non, but looking forward to it. Either surfing or couching.

Interessen

Politics as a real social transformation tool. Football (the real one, not american one). Cities and maps, all the history behind them and how they really shape the way we develop as social animals. Biking, both inside and outside the city, undoubtedly it is the best way to move around, looking after the environment, having a better use of time and good for your health. By far, the most important: travel by taking the road less travelled.

• animals
• culture
• environment
• picnic
• politics
• traveling
• socializing
• painting
• cycling
• camping
• surfing
• soccer
• olympics
• cartography
• history

Musik, Filme und Bücher

Biographies and non fiction. History, urban planning and political analysis.

Eine tolle Erfahrung, die ich gemacht habe

-Being Colombian is quite amazing.
-Camping in Sierra Nevada.
-Lived in Asia for 15 months when I was 19.
-Camping in the Great Wall.
-Watching Beijing Olympics in Beijing.
-Slept in a Mongolian yurt.
-Biked inside Cuba with 7 friends during 6 days.
-Worked in a moneyless political campaign giving out flyers around the city.
-Organize for 2 years straight, a weekly gathering with urban experts to talk about Bogotá.
-Tactical Urbanism by painting colored crosswalks since 2012.
-Organized a +150 people flashmob in a very busy crosswalk, stopping traffic for 5 minutes in downtown Bogotá.
-Turned a vehicle bridge into a picnic site for one day in Bogotá.

Lehren, lernen, teilen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDmt_t6umoY

Rather than teaching I can share opinions on southamerican and specially colombian politics and recent history. Im also very much into football and how shapes cultures and beliefs. Urban planning and ins influence in our societies. I like very much to see how people understand their city and environment.

I can also explain the basics of spanish and chinese culture. But most important of all, is to learn. Always to learn something new with humility and doubt.

Länder, die ich besucht habe

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Länder, in denen ich gelebt habe

China, France