Who I am?

I'm Roberto, a simple travel blogger, I decided to travel a few years ago, starting my first real backpacking trip in Nicaragua in August 2014, it was awesome, so I decided to travel all Central America in December 2014 to February 2015, then I was so excited to go to Colombia in July-August 2015 and my first biggest trip was from El Salvador to Chile by bus (just Panama to Colombia by plane) from December 2015 to February 2016.

One of my biggest dreams was to create a travel blog, I started my first project in March 2016 with two more, traveling around El Salvador and then again from El Salvador to Chile and Argentina, I started in September 2016 and finish in Guatemala in January 2017, the last weekend of my trip, so excited to climb Acatenango's Volcano in Guatemala, the news said: Freezing volcano blast kills six climbers in temperature plunge, and I was there, the salvadoran survivor, really sad story, but I survived.

I returned to El Salvador and finish my first travel blog and I decided to start a new project by myself, so: ROBERTO WAS HERE, it was my own project, because I'm so lucky... Sponsors contacted me, and I started to travel everywhere that I want, so 2017 for me was one of the best years in my life.

One of the best things in 2017, El Salvador Travel (Ministry of Tourism in El Salvador) they named me the official TRAVELER of El Salvador. After this I decided to travel some caribbean beaches in Honduras, Guatemala, Belize and Mexico in December 2017 to February 2018.

In 2018 El Salvador Brand Country contacted me to be one of the official bloggers, so I'm the official Blogger of El Salvador Brand Country. More sponsors and more trips, 2018 was one of my favorites, I visited Mexico 3 times, Honduras and Guatemala (A thousand times), Colombia, Belize, Costa Rica and Panama.

In 2019 been in Mexico and Roatan Island to many times, still the official TRAVELER from El Salvador, and I visited all Central America (backpacking for New Years).

In 2020 before COVID-19 in “America”, I was traveling in Mexico in Veracruz, I came 1 week before the government close the borders and airport.

In 2021 fu#% COVID-19, I been in Colombia, then I traveled around El Salvador and Honduras for New Years (still the official traveler from El Salvador).

In 2022 it was the year that I rediscovered the world, been in the Amazonas, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Colombia and more…

In 2023 I traveled in Europe for the first time.

So I'm enjoying the life, taking risks, traveling to meet people Coming from El Salvador, Central America, meeting new people and trying to have as much fun as possible. Making travel plans every night, trying to take over the world, and waking up in the morning to realize I'm still in bed and sleepy. As a general rule, the wrong choices bring us to the right places. Go with the flow and stay happy. Smile to everyone and enjoy every smile back!

So I'm Roberto Was Here www.robertowashere.com
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Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I know when you're traveling for a LONG TIME, you want to save money, you want to meet local people and have one of the best experiences, so that's why I'm here, I want to help people, because many people help me when I travel, so if I'm not in El Salvador I can give you some tips or if I can't host you, why we can't travel together my country?

Interests

I like music. Climbing and mountain hiking. I also enjoy re-discovering forgotten, abandoned or remote places. Top of the mountains, volcanoes, mountain trails, landscapes, beaches, lakes... nature is more important, but I love the party (A LOT).

• traveling
• socializing
• music
• hiking
• rock climbing
• lakes
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Everything (If you know me, you will never imagine that I like country music)...

Movies: Saving Private Ryan, They Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Toy Story, Harry Potter, Spider-man, Fantastic Beast, The Notebook, Sixth Sense...

Series: The Walking Dead, Money Heist, Dark, Narcos, The Haunting of Hill House, Breaking Bad, Stranger Things, Peaky Blinders...

Books: Angel and Demons, Harry Potter, Shall We Live...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

2023: Carnaval Río de Janeiro (Brazil)
2022: Amazonas (Colombia-Brazil)
2021: La Guajira (Colombia)
2020: Carnaval de Veracruz (Mexico)
2019: New Year's Eve in Bocas del Toro (Panama)
2018: The Day of the dead (Mexico)
2017: Acatenango's Volcano (Guatemala)
2016: Lagoon 69 and Volunteer in Chacas (Peru)
2015: Feria de Las Flores (Colombia)
2014: Sunday Funday Party (Nicaragua)

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach my beautiful country, learn different experiences and stories about other countries or towns and share my smile!

What I Can Share with Hosts

My experience, how to travel safe and low budget in El Salvador.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Northern Ireland, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Saint Martin (French part), Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Spain, Turkey, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Peru