CURRENT MISSION

Dies slowly he who does not risk the certain for the uncertain to go toward that dream that is keeping him awake.

ABOUT ME

I'm from Mexico. I love to travel, I discovered CS a few years ago when I travelled to Canada, but I've backpacked before, and I'm completely open to new experiences!
I'm a chemical engineering student back in Mexico.

I'm a very open-minded person, and am always willing to learn new things, meet new people and have new experiences!
I have travelled many times within Mexico and I have been several times to US, lived six months in Canada,. I also made a back-packing trip around europe but I have never been able to repeat the experience.

PHILOSOPHY

Dies slowly ---- Martha Medeiros

Dies slowly he who transforms himself in slave of habit,
repeating every day the same itineraries,
who does not change brand,
does not risk to wear a new color and doesn't talk to whom doesn't know.
Dies slowly he who makes of television his guru.
Dies slowly he who avoids a passion,
who prefers black to white
and the dots on the "i" to a whirlpool of emotions,
just those ones that recover the gleam from the eyes,
smiles from the yawns,
hearts from the stumbling and feelings. Dies slowly he who does not overthrow the table
when is unhappy at work,
who does not risk the certain for the uncertain
to go toward that dream that is keeping him awake.
Who does not allow, at least one time in life, to flee from sensate advises. Dies slowly he
who does not travel, does not read,
does not listen to music, who does not find grace in himself.
Dies slowly he who destroys his self love,
who does not accept somebody's help.
Dies slowly he who passes his days complaining of his bad luck or the incessant rain.
Dies slowly he who abandons a project before starting it,
who does not ask over a subject that does not know
or who does not answer when being asked about something he knows.
Dies slowly he who does not share his emotions, joys and sadness,
who does not trust, who does not even try.
Dies slowly he who does not relive his memories
and continues getting emotional as if living them at that moment.
Dies slowly he who does not intent excelling,
who does not learn from the stones of the road of life,
who does not love and let somebody love.

Let's avoid death in soft quotes,
remembering always that to be alive demands an effort much bigger
that the simple fact of breathing.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have only been surfer since unfortunately I didn't have a couch until recently, as I lived with my parents. I lived six months in sourthern Mexico and hosted a lot of people, all outside of CS.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've stayed in several cities in Canada with awesome hosts, I had my first veggie burger in Toronto, and I stayed with a tseltal family in southern Mexico for a week, sleeping in the floor!

I'm traveling with a mexican friend, Alejandra, you can see her in my pictures.

Interests

I love to travel, I love new experiences, one month ago I learned how to ski and completely loved it! So Im open for new stuff!
I love photography and during the six months I lived with indigenous communities I greatly improved my pictures.

Here's an album of some of my pictures. http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152310489510261.935324.701320260&type=1&l=771403ca89

• photography
• coloring
• coffee
• traveling
• music
• scuba diving
• skiing
• communications
• engineering

Music, Movies, and Books

I love reading, among my favourite books are Love in the times of Cholera, Death Foretold, many books by Saramago.

El laberinto del Fauno is one of my top movies.

I love The Beatles, Mumford & Sons, Arcade Fire, Tallest Man On Earth, La Blogotheque

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sky Diving in Mexico

Living and working in southern Mexico in a coffee and honey cooperative with indigenous people. One of the poorest places I ever been to, and one of the happiest as well.

Teach, Learn, Share

I've spent the last six months living with tseltals, one of the last mayan tribes in Mexico, and would love to share this experience with snyone, and also get to know other people and different ways of seeing and doing stuff.

I know a little bit if tseltal! And I can teach you how to count!

Countries I’ve Visited

Chile, Colombia, France, Germany, Guatemala, Italy, Japan, Myanmar, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Mexico