I'm a 21 year old (in 2017) entrepreneur - also do professional photography and write books. I love photography (duh), motorcycles, cars, philosophy and politics, books, the gym, jazz, indie and metal music. I'm a Toastmaster, and lifelong learner.
Have a background in Physics. Love talking about the universe, physics, mathematics and everything related.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet like-minded people who love travelling and want to know different people from other cultures who have a lot of tales to tell.

Interests

• photography
• motorcycles
• politics
• traveling
• cars
• metal music
• astronomy
• economics
• mathematics
• philosophy
• physics
• language exchange
• adventure travel
• universe
• heavy metal
• gym
• toastmasters
• landscape photography
• death metal

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:

Arctic Monkeys
Tom Waits
Miles Davis
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Amon Amarth
Ensiferum

Movies:
Tarantino and Tim Burton. Interstellar, Inception, The Big Lebowski.
Love comedies w/ James Franco and Seth Rogen.
Also big fan of horror movies. Watched almost all big hits.

Books:
Favorite ever: 1984
Classic philosophy - Plato, Aristotle, Stuart Mill, David Hume, Adam Smith
Economics books and business books.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Dropped out of college to start my own company at 20 years old despite having been accepted into the most difficult to enter course in my country and having had an academic career full of medals, prizes and academic achievements.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish.
I can teach and share views Physics, Mathematics, Programming (up to and including undergraduate level).
I can teach, share and shoot photos with you (check out my profile at www.instagram.com/ruigraphy).
I can share my views on politics, economics and social organization.

I'm interested in learning Russian, music theory, business and management, leadership, public speaking, medicine and biology.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I'm a 21 year old Engineering Physics college drop-out entrepreneur who discovered a talent for photography, metal vocals, politics and who learned to program when he was 10. My life has been a crazy ride and I would love to share all of my craziest stories with my hosts.
As you can imagine, many were the times where I have gotten into spontaneous and unplanned adventures.
For example, one time, from one day to the next, I got in my car and went solo driving to explore all of my country's (Portugal) main cities for a week; or I can tell you about the time I entered a total stranger's house in Barcelona with my girlfriend after meeting them 10 seconds before; or the time I climbed up a 20 meter ( ~60 feet) high cliffside without any safety gear nearly falling to my death twice, or what made me drop out of college with a promising career and dozens of academic awards and prizes on my belt to start my own company at 20 years old.

I promise you there are a lot of things to talk about.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, England, Portugal, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Portugal