CURRENT MISSION

Traveling, writing, learning, cooking (not necessarily in that order)

ABOUT ME

I was born in Peru 🇵🇪, raised in Canada 🇨🇦 and lived in Chile 🇨🇱.

I am a savvy traveler with epicurean habits; also welcoming and friendly as much as I speak my mind. Give it a try, maybe I'll host you.

I was born in Lima but grew up in Canada. At the age of seven, my folks returned to Peru. Homesickness they call it. Some years later, in school, I wanted to become an archaeologist. But then I started to play the French horn in High School—I had this huge crush on my music teacher's daughter; that started my passion for music.

When I finished High School I really thought I wanted to be a musician. I went to Chile to continue my music education. It was 1988. Pinochet's regime, one of Latin America's longest dictatorships, was voted out through a plebiscite. A democratic regime was elected and Chile suddenly got highly interesting. There was a lot happening and I was eager to submerge myself into it all. That's when I realized my future was really in journalism.

Who am I? 🤔

I have been described as a warm and generous host. An ultimate foodie with decadent, epicurean habits. A tireless conversationalist and a knowledgeable person. But I also have been accused of being quite opinionated and arrogant, “pretending to be god because he thinks he knows everything” (direct quote from a couchsurfer!). I should admit all of the above can be true. 😂🙈😎

I am very passionate about my culture and love to share my travel knowledge with anybody that is interested. I enjoy hosting people, cooking for my guests —although, after the pandemic, I do it less— traveling and trying not to lose my sense of awe. I enjoy the simple things of life, despite my cynicism. I am blunt, speak up and usually have very strong opinions. I don't consider myself a politically-correct person. Being honest and uncompromisingly forthright are precious virtues.

If you're easily offended, you're definitely going to have a hard time being around me.🤷🏻‍♂️

Last but definitely not least: I am very sarcastic and seem to have a great sense of (dark) humor. Can't help it. But if it makes you feel better, I've also learned to laugh at myself, too.

I am a print journalist by trade, a travel and food writer, a fixer and producer, and a tour conductor and travel specialist. My professional background includes being a frequent contributor in a wide variety of outlets in South and North America, as well as Europe. I was a co-author in DK's first edition of the Peru Eyewitness Travel Guide and an updater in the Peru Moon Handbook's third edition. I have also researched for the National Geographic Society and published in the NG Traveler magazine. In more recent years, I have become a fixer for documentary and television crews of the U.S., Iran and Chile, shooting and highlighting Peru's gastronomy and tourist attractions.

My Instagram accounts:
➡️ theperutravelexperience (Peru in photos)

What's next?

The post pandemic seems to offer a unique opportunity to reframe life. I really hope to make some progress in a long-term project I hold dearly: writing a book in Spanish about my travels. Once I finish it, I hope somebody is bored enough to buy a copy and read it!

PHILOSOPHY

The Anti-Tourist Manifesto

"... as the world has become smaller, so its wonders have diminished. There is nothing amazing about the Taj Mahal, the Great Wall of China or the Pyramids of Egypt. They are as banal as the face of a Cornflakes packet.

Consequently the true unknown frontiers lie elsewhere.

The duty of the traveler, of the voyager is to open up new zones of experience. In our overexplored world these must of necessity be wastelands, black holes, and grim urban blackspots: all the places which, ordinarily, people choose to avoid.
The only true voyagers, therefore, are anti-tourists.

Following this logic we declare that:

• The anti-tourist does not visit places that are in any way desirable.
• The anti-tourist eschews comfort.
• The anti-tourist embraces hunger and hallucinations and shit hotels.
• The anti-tourist seeks locked doors and demolished buildings.
• The anti-tourist scorns the bluster and bravado of the daredevil, who attempts to penetrate danger zones such as Afghanistan. The only thing that lies behind this is vanity and a desire to brag.
• The anti-tourist travels at the wrong time of the year.
• The anti-tourist prefers dead things to living ones.
• The anti-tourist is humble and seeks invisibility.
• The anti-tourist is interested only in hidden histories, in delightful obscurities, in bad art.
• The anti-tourist believes beauty is in the street.
• The anti-tourist holds that whatever travel does, it rarely broadens the mind.
• The anti-tourist values disorientation over enlightenment.
• The anti-tourist loves truth, but he is also partial to lies. Especially his own."

— Excerpts from the resolutions passed at the First International Congress of Anti-Tourists at the Shymkent Hotel, in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, October 1999. From the book “Lost Cosmonaut: Observations of an Anti-Tourist” by Daniel Kalder, 2006.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

➡️ I have hosted travelers and friends as long as I can remember, way before CS2 existed. 😎

➡️ I used to share a flat with a very good friend and we once had around ten people camping out in the living room! 🙈

➡️ I don't do that anymore and rather have one or perhaps two guests at a time. 🙂

➡️ But it's fun to meet people, exchange travel experiences, learn in the process, grow a network, and possibly make good friends. ✌🏽🍷🌞

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Some interesting facts:

Since September 2008, I've hosted at least 200 couchsurfers from more than 40 countries, as of January 2024.

(Disclaimer ⛔: not all couchsurfers I have hosted wrote me a reference, nor I have written them one.)

So far, the majority have been from France 🇫🇷 (51), United States 🇺🇸 (24), Spain 🇪🇦 (18), and Germany 🇩🇪 (17).

Couchsurfers who hosted me in:

2008

• Areli Gutierrez ➡️ Oaxaca, Mexico 🇲🇽 (11/08)
• Patrícia Figueiredo ➡️ Tomar, Portugal 🇵🇹 (12/08)

2009

• Zeinab Dieng ➡️ Dakar, Senegal 🇸🇳 (02/09)
• Nikolas Sweet ➡️ Saint Louis, Senegal 🇸🇳 (03/09)
• Maylen Rafuls ➡️ Nouadhibou, Mauritania 🇲🇷 (03/09)
• Patrícia Figueiredo ➡️ Tomar, Portugal 🇵🇹 (05/09)

2012

• Juan Carlos Olivo + Caroline De Vreese ➡️ Brussels, Belgium 🇧🇪 (10/12)
• Patrícia Figueiredo ➡️ Lisbon, Portugal 🇵🇹 (10/12)
• Judith Groenewegen ➡️ Rotterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱 (10/12)

2022

• Sol Morán Gaibor ➡️ Quito, Ecuador 🇪🇨 (09/22)

Couchsurfers I traveled with in:

2009

• Inbal Abarbanel (Israel) 🇮🇱 ➡️ Mali 🇲🇱 (01/09)
• Christien van den Brink (Netherlands) 🇭🇺 ➡️ Senegal 🇸🇳 (02/09)
• Judith Groenewegen (Netherlands) 🇭🇺 ➡️ Portugal 🇵🇹 + Spain 🇪🇸 (05/09)
• Anne-Laure Bonhomme (France) 🇫🇷 ➡️ Bolivia 🇧🇴 (07-08/09)
• Juliette Ferrer (France) 🇫🇷 ➡️ Huancayo + Cusco, Peru 🇵🇪 (09,10/09)
• Paola Arenas (Spain) 🇪🇸 ➡️ Tingo Marí­a + Pucallpa, Peru 🇵🇪 (11/09)

2010

• Michal Karmi (Israel) 🇮🇱 ➡️ Chaparrí­, Peru 🇵🇪 (01/10)
• Vanessa G. Rosa (Brazil) 🇧🇷 ➡️ Arequipa + Majes Valley, Peru 🇵🇪 (02/10)
• Magdalini Parali (Greece) 🇬🇷 ➡️ Arequipa + Majes Canyon, Peru 🇵🇪 (02/10)
• Philippa Jephson (South Africa) 🇿🇦 ➡️ Paracas, Peru 🇵🇪 (04/10)
• Eva-Maria Kuntz (Germany) 🇩🇪 ➡️ Canta, Huaraz (05/10) + Tingo Marí­a (06/10), Peru 🇵🇪
• Ydwine Zanstra (Netherlands) 🇭🇺 ➡️ Arequipa + Madre de Dios (12/10), Peru 🇵🇪

2024

• Sol Morán Gaibor (Ecuador) 🇪🇨 ➡️ Arequipa 🇵🇪 + La Paz, Bolivia 🇧🇴 (08/24)

Couchsurfers I have hosted:

June 2009

• Marine Exposito (France) 🇲🇫
• Sharon Kennedy (Canada) 🇨🇦
• Judith Kalb (Netherlands) 🇳🇱
• Jen Hsu (Taiwan) 🇹🇼
• Nancy Hasle (France) 🇨🇵
• Saul Elbein (United States) 🇺🇲
• Eva Treichel (Germany) 🇩🇪
• Mona Mathews (Germany) 🇩🇪

August 2009

• Virginie Descamps (France) 🇨🇵
• David Cherqui (France) 🇨🇵
• Suzette Little (United States) 🇺🇲
• James Kelley (United States) 🇺🇲
• Hiromitsu Okimori (Japan) 🇯🇵
• Jana Dolezelova (Czech Republic) 🇨🇿
• Tomas Motl (Czech Republic) 🇨🇿

September 2009

• Ania Wajcowicz (Poland) 🇵🇱
• Marcin Narloch (Poland) 🇵🇱
• Sandra Reynders (Belgium) 🇧🇪
• Jef Hermans (Belgium) 🇧🇪
• Charley Hesse (England) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
• Carolina Castaño (Colombia) 🇨🇴
• Minna Heinonen (Finland) 🇫🇮
• Kirsti Lempinen (Finland) 🇫🇮

October 2009

• Juliette Ferrer (France) 🇨🇵
• Marianne Phillips (France) 🇨🇵
• Delphine Sastron (France) 🇨🇵
• Nancy Hasle (France) 🇨🇵
• Paola Arenas (Spain) 🇪🇸

April 2010

• Delphine Zamai (France) 🇨🇵
• Samuel Zamai (France) 🇨🇵
• Fernanda Rivas (Mexico) 🇲🇽
• Marika Tamm (Estonia) 🇪🇪

May 2010

• Miriam Carmo (Portugal) 🇵🇹
• Sasha Clarke (United States) 🇺🇲
• Sarah Saadoun (Belgium/Morocco) 🇧🇪/🇲🇦
• Mike Finn-Kelcey (England) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
• Sarah Graham (Scotland) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
• Hubert Piotrowski (Poland) 🇵🇱
• Ania Piotrowska (Poland) 🇵🇱
• Andrea Cessna (Canada) 🇨🇦

June 2010

• Philippa Jephson (South Africa) 🇿🇦

August 2010

• Renee Wainwright (New Zealand) 🇳🇿

September 2010

• Jeremy Marie (France) 🇨🇵
• Elisabeth Connelly (United States) 🇺🇲
• Renee Wainwright (New Zealand) 🇳🇿
• Fiona Mc Keague (Australia) 🇦🇺
• Kelly Shetron (United States) 🇺🇲
• Eunjung Lee (South Korea) 🇰🇷
• Lucia Mondella (Italy) 🇮🇹
• Cristiane Marques (Brazil) 🇧🇷

October 2010

• Barbara Kunkemöller (Germany) 🇩🇪
• Angela Ma (Denmark) 🇩🇰
• Anastasia Pertsjonok (Estonia) 🇪🇪
• Michal Stefan (Czech Republic) 🇨🇿
• Jana Mitrová (Slovakia) 🇸🇰
• Rowena Mortimer (Australia) 🇦🇺
• Liam Furlong (Australia) 🇦🇺

November 2010

• Rachel Gans (United States) 🇺🇲
• Dorothee Saucourt (France) 🇨🇵
• Pia Räty (Sweden) 🇸🇪
• Annika Gilljam (Sweden) 🇸🇪
• Antje Tara Breitkopf (Germany) 🇩🇪
• Ydwine Zanstra (Netherlands) 🇳🇱

December 2010

• Alysha Lederhouse (Canada) 🇨🇦
• Ricardo Cosentino (Canada) 🇨🇦
• Morgan Daniels (United States) 🇺🇲
• Ydwine Zanstra (Netherlands) 🇳🇱

January 2011

• Matt Noonan (United States) 🇺🇲
• Marie Brun (France) 🇨🇵
• Sandra Molina (Spain) 🇪🇸
• Roger Sánchez (Spain) 🇪🇸

February 2011

• Mariana Sainz (Argentina) 🇦🇷
• Sasha Clarke (United States) 🇺🇲
• Inga Grundke (Germany) 🇩🇪
• Gemma Marcet (Spain) 🇪🇦
• Katia Lasret (France) 🇨🇵
• Laura Böök (Finland) 🇫🇮

March 2011

• Sylvie Cazanove (France) 🇨🇵
• Axelle de Smaele (Belgium) 🇧🇪
• Lore Corty (Belgium) 🇧🇪
• Karina Simmonds (Wales) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
• Briony Hathaway-Jenkins (Wales) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

April 2011

• Lore Corty (Belgium) 🇧🇪

• May 2011

Aude-Marie Duval (France) 🇨🇵

June 2011

• Aude-Marie Duval (France) 🇨🇵

August 2011

• Astrid Forget (France) 🇨🇵
• Marilia Durand (France) 🇨🇵
• Pomme Durand (France) 🇨🇵

September 2011

• Doris Fin (Canada) 🇨🇦

October 2011

• Steffi Lazik (Germany) 🇩🇪

December 2011

• Julie Cohas (France) 🇨🇵
• Emma Conroy (United States) 🇺🇲
• Amanda Wolin (United States) 🇺🇲

January 2012

• Teresa Kallsperger (Germany) 🇩🇪
• Jasmin Ziemacki (Germany) 🇩🇪

February 2012

• Elisa Rozados Sauser (Argentina) 🇦🇷

March 2012

• Elisenda Nadal (Spain) 🇪🇸
• Enric Catalá (Spain) 🇪🇸

• April 2012

Elisenda Nadal (Spain) 🇪🇸

July 2012

• Lana Rose (England) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
• Laia Rodrí­guez (Spain) 🇪🇸
• Karine Barbeau (France) 🇨🇵
• Simone Barison (Italy) 🇮🇹
• Caterina D'angelo (Italy) 🇮🇹

August 2012

• Shannon McKenzie (Australia) 🇦🇺
• Leanna Heart Worrell (United States) 🇺🇲
• Stephanie Jager (Netherlands) 🇳🇱
• Laia Rodrí­guez (Spain) 🇪🇸

September 2012

• Sara Sánchez Mateos (Spain) 🇪🇸

November 2012

• Magda Wieczorik (Poland) 🇵🇱
• Stephanie Jager (Netherlands) 🇳🇱
• Rémi Molinero (France) 🇨🇵
• Claire Troigros (France) 🇨🇵
• Emma Larsson (Sweden) 🇸🇪

December 2012

• Maira Carpenedo (Portugal) 🇵🇹
• Violeta Ferreira (Portugal) 🇵🇹
• Vanesa Correia (Portugal) 🇵🇹
• Rebecca Wolinsky (United States) 🇺🇲

January 2013

• Sashko Morokhovets (Ukraine) 🇺🇦
• Maria Sharoykina (Ukraine) 🇺🇦
• Lisa Scheuermann (Germany) 🇩🇪
• Georg Hasselberg (Germany) 🇩🇪
• Andrea Schinko (Germany) 🇩🇪

February 2013

• Andrea Schinko (Germany) 🇩🇪
• Lisa Scheuermann (Germany) 🇩🇪
• Georg Hasselberg (Germany) 🇩🇪
• Karolina Jansson (Sweden) 🇸🇪
• María Grazia Montagnari (Italy) 🇮🇹

March 2013

• María Grazia Montagnari (Italy) 🇮🇹
• Meg de Jong (South Africa) 🇿🇦
• Patrí­cia Figueiredo (Portugal) 🇵🇹

April 2013

• Patrí­cia Figueiredo (Portugal) 🇵🇹
• Julia Hildebrand (Germany) 🇩🇪
• Susanne Hildebrand (Germany) 🇩🇪
• Suvi Koskenmaa (Finland) 🇫🇮
• Antonin Dumont (France) 🇨🇵

May 2013

• Suvi Koskenmaa (Finland) 🇫🇮
• Antonin Dumont (France) 🇨🇵
• Lenka Sabolová (Slovakia) 🇸🇰
• Vincent Meyer (France) 🇨🇵
• Esthel Davidsen (Norway) 🇮🇸
• Sabrina Putz (Austria) 🇦🇹
• Gyöngyi Toth (Hungary) 🇭🇺
• Klaudia Borbola (Hungary) 🇭🇺

June 2013

• Audrey Fremiot (France) 🇨🇵
• Marine Chauchis (France) 🇨🇵
• Amira Boucherit (Algeria) 🇩🇿

July 2013

• Amira Boucherit (Algeria) 🇩🇿
• Débora Klempous Corrêa (Brazil) 🇧🇷

August 2013

• Emma Shane (England) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

September 2013

• Sara Miller (United States) 🇺🇲

October 2013

• Sofía Vizziano (Uruguay) 🇺🇾
• Santiago Rodríguez (Uruguay) 🇺🇾

November 2013

• Teal Balmore (United States) 🇺🇲
• Helen Schefer (Switzerland) 🇨🇭
• Michelle Pitts (England) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
• Sarah Newman (England) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
• Henry Covey (England) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
• Elena Bargo (United States) 🇺🇲
• Erica Bogart (United States) 🇺🇲

December 2013

• Hannah Clare Johnson (Australia) 🇭🇲
• Lucie Remešová (Czech Republic) 🇨🇿

January 2014

• Mélanie Schwartz (France) 🇨🇵
• Lucie Remešová (Czech Republic) 🇨🇿
• Jana Ondráčková (Czech Republic) 🇨🇿
• Zuzana Poláková (Czech Republic) 🇨🇿
• Ani Ivanova Yanachkova (Bulgaria) 🇧🇬

February 2014

• Carla Espinosa (Ecuador) 🇪🇨
• Ole Bendtzen (Denmark) 🇩🇰
• Eszter Laki (Hungary) 🇭🇺
• Gergely Szőke (Hungary) 🇭🇺
• Doris Fin (Canada) 🇨🇦
• Inga Kleschinova (Russia) 🇷🇺
• Florian Fischer (Germany) 🇩🇪
• Oleksandra Tsyrkina (Ukraine) 🇺🇦

March 2014

• Margit Atzler (Austria) 🇦🇹
• Eszter Laki (Hungary) 🇭🇺
• Gergely Szőke (Hungary) 🇭🇺
• Sally Macgarry (Wales) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

April 2014

• Margit Atzler (Austria) 🇦🇹
• Audrey Hage (Lebanon) 🇱🇧

May 2014

• Pierre Mauras (France) 🇨🇵
• Audrey Mercier (France) 🇨🇵
• Joanna Kuzuian (Uruguay)
• Kim Huang (Taiwan) 🇹🇼
• Mélanie Schwartz (France) 🇨🇵

June 2014

• Júlia Sangés (Spain) 🇪🇦
• Rebecca Katya Danicic (England) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
• Laura Rokaite (Lithuania) 🇱🇹

July 2014

• Marie Liogier (France) 🇨🇵
• Lucie Remešová (Czech Republic) 🇨🇿

August 2014

• Joanna Marracelli (United States) 🇺🇲
• Laurent Lhomond (France) 🇨🇵
• Elahe Neshat (Iran) 🇮🇷
• Mohammad Hassani (Iran) 🇮🇷

September 2014

• Heng "Scott" Zhang (China) 🇨🇳
• Jing Huang (China) 🇨🇳
• Mika Machalek (United States) 🇺🇲
• Neil Hilton (United States) 🇺🇲

October 2014

• Ana Ochoa (Spain) 🇪🇦
• Pablo Rojas (Argentina) 🇦🇷

November 2014

• Clara Ortiz (Spain) 🇪🇦
• Gaëtan David (France) 🇨🇵
• Mayrah Udvardi (United States) 🇺🇲
• Vilém Děd (Czech Republic) 🇨🇿
• Alžběta Wolfová (Czech Republic) 🇨🇿
• Sonia Mackowiak (Poland) 🇵🇱

December 2014

• Lucía Rud (Argentina) 🇦🇷
• Matze Geiselhart (Germany) 🇩🇪
• March Vargas (Colombia) 🇨🇴

February 2015

• Vida Rojo (Mexico) 🇲🇽
• Jeremy Villemot (France) 🇨🇵
• Lucie Peron (France) 🇨🇵

March 2015

• Melanie Eskelinen (Finland) 🇫🇮
• Carlos Laguna Ramírez (Spain) 🇪🇦

May 2015

• Tiphaine Bonnaud (France) 🇨🇵
• Sylvain Van De Sype (France) 🇨🇵

June 2015

• Jeanne Demonque (France) 🇨🇵
• Justine Demonque (France) 🇨🇵
• Nathalie Van Alphen (Belgium) 🇧🇪

August 2015

• Aurélie Sol (France) 🇨🇵
• Sara Vitoria (Spain) 🇪🇦
• Patricía Rodríguez Cabeza (Spain) 🇪🇦
• Alya Esat (Turkey) 🇹🇷
• Volkan Kalender (Turkey) 🇹🇷

September 2015

• Alya Esat (Turkey) 🇹🇷
• Volkan Kalender (Turkey) 🇹🇷

November 2015

• Anna Malinowska (Poland) 🇵🇱

January 2016

• Letícia Fernandes (Brazil) 🇧🇷
• Zoé Riolet (France) 🇨🇵
• Laris Nadjar (France) 🇨🇵

March 2016

• Marie Dereux (France) 🇨🇵
• Milena Muižniece (France) 🇨🇵
• Alena Chetwynd (France) 🇨🇵
• Quentin Frénéhard (France) 🇨🇵

April 2016

• Sally Stadelman (United States) 🇺🇸

June 2016

• Wendulka Kratochvilová (Czech Republic) 🇨🇿
• María Mónica Espinosa (Colombia) 🇨🇴
• Alfredo Alarcón (Mexico) 🇲🇽
• María Fernanda Torres Alvarado (Mexico) 🇲🇽

July 2016

• Florence Labrechevski (Canada) 🇨🇦
• Chloé des Neiges (Canada) 🇨🇦
• Véronique Larouche (Canada) 🇨🇦
• Jade Duquette (Canada) 🇨🇦

August 2016

• Mathilde Bertrand (France) 🇨🇵
• Évora Igual (Spain) 🇪🇦
• Adrián Ruiz (Spain) 🇪🇦
• Quincy Kittle (United States) 🇺🇲

September 2016

• Iera Díaz (Spain) 🇪🇦
• Eneko Bustamante (Spain) 🇪🇦
• Regina Doormann (Germany) 🇩🇪

May 2017

• Klaudia Jagoda (Poland) 🇵🇱
• Jolanta Kiszka (Poland) 🇵🇱

September 2017

• Paulina R Campos (Chile) 🇨🇱

October 2017

• Jazmin Cavazos Herrera (United States) 🇺🇲
• Thaïs Martins (France) 🇨🇵
• Cécile Perez (France) 🇨🇵

November 2017

• Daniela Camargo (Colombia) 🇨🇴

December 2017

• Débora Pighín (Argentina) 🇦🇷
• Emmanuel de Diego (Argentina) 🇦🇷

March 2018

• Gera Sarkisyan (Russia) 🇷🇺

January 2019

• Sirkka A (Finland) 🇫🇮

September 2019

• Katie Smal (England) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

October 2019

• Riama del Barrio (Italy) 🇮🇹

November 2019

• Anne Le Corre (France) 🇨🇵
• Nela Sadzak (Australia) 🇦🇺

December 2019

• Anne Le Corre (France) 🇨🇵

January 2020

• Anne Le Corre (France) 🇨🇵

October 2021

• Abiella Woerlen (France) 🇨🇵

October 2022

• Mirjana Kovács (Hungary) 🇭🇺
• Rita Katona (Hungary) 🇭🇺

November 2022

• Melika Hojjati (Iran) 🇮🇷
• Salomé Rainier (France) 🇫🇷

December 2022

• Ksenia Shevchenko (Russia) 🇷🇺

August 2023

• Işil Dikici (Turkey) 🇹🇷

October 2023

• Alexia Ramos Bargalló (Spain) 🇪🇸

January 2024

• Işik Altunbaş (Turkey) 🇹🇷

February 2024

• Noelia Fabiana Vizzo (Argentina) 🇦🇷

July 2024

• Cândida Schaedler (Brazil) 🇧🇷

August 2024

• Sol Morán Gaibor (Ecuador) 🇪🇨

October 2024

• Svitlana Leshko (Ukraine) 🇺🇦

Interests

Traveling, photography, history, bars, cooking, music, hiking, red wine, labradors, cats, salsa dancing, women, plane-spotting, haunted houses, archaeology, ancient cultures, movies, books, writing (of course), urban legends and pranks.

• cats
• arts
• culture
• writing
• books
• photography
• beauty
• dancing
• salsa dancing
• education
• cooking
• wine
• red wine
• drinking
• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• hiking
• camping
• archeology
• teaching
• history
• journalism
• languages
• logic
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: mostly Werner Herzog, David Lynch, David Fincher, Wes Anderson, George Cronenberg, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Cohen Brothers, Buñuel, Woody Allen, Tarkovsky (with tons of coffee), Bertolucci, Almodóvar and probably two dozen more;

Music: Beethoven, Kraftwerk, Yello, Seun Kuti & the Egypt 80s, Bajofondo Tango Club, Julieta Venegas, The Clash, Jorge Reyes, Depeche Mode, Ramones, New Order, Soda Stereo, Oumou Sangare, Deep Forest, J.S. Bach, The Cure, Jeff Buckley, Miles Davis, dj Estray, Shostakovich, Novalima, Cesaria Evora, Stereolab, Zap Mama, John Cage, Fraktal, Los Tres, Tinariwen, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Maria Rita, Bo Kasper Orkester, Air, Stereolab, and a million more.

Books: too many to list...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Too many to be listed here. Better ask me if you have the pleasure of meeting me!

What I Can Share with Hosts

My debts.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Ecuador, Finland, Germany, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Peru, Portugal, Senegal, Spain, United Kingdom, United States, Western Sahara

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Chile, Peru

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